WT/COMTD/N/6/Add.8  
16 February  2022 
(22-1474) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Trade and Development  Original:  English  
 
 
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES  
NOTIFICATION BY NORWAY  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 15 February 2022 , is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of Norway.  
 
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Reference is made to the Decision of 28 November 1979 of Differential and More Favourable 
Treatment Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries (“Enabling Clause”) (L/4903), 
the General Council Decision of 14 December 2010 on the Transparency Mechanism for Prefere ntial 
Trade Agreements (WT/L/806) and Norway’s notification of its Generalized System of Preferences 
(GSP) with subsequent amendments (WT/COMTD/N/6). Norway would like to inform members of 
changes affecting the implementation of its GSP. Norway would like to emphasise that there are 
no changes to the underlying principles and structure of the Norwegian GSP . 
 
The Norwegian GSP scheme is based on the structure below. Countries are classified according 
to their DAC ODA list status:  
 
- Ordinary GSP countries: Upper middle -income countries (UNMIC) as well as lower  
middle -income countries and low -income countries with more than 75 million  inhabitants.  
- GSP plus: Lower middle -income countries (LMIC) with fewer than 75 million inhabitants.  
- GSP zero: All l east-developed countries (LDC) and low -income countries (LIC) with fewe r 
than 75 million inhabitants.  
 
Changes to the GSP related to the conclusion of a free trade agreement  
 
As previously notified (WT/COMTD/N/6/Add.5), the main rule is that countries entering into a 
free trade agreement with Norway are to be withdrawn from the GSP scheme. Since Norway’s 
previous notification dated 12 November  2019, free trade agreements negoti ated through the 
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) has entered into force between Norway and the following 
countries:  
 
Ecuador ; Indonesia  
 
In accordance with the above, these countries are no longer eligible for the GSP.  
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  Changes to the GSP related t o amendments of the OECD’s DAC List of ODA Recipients  
 
The Norwegian GSP country list is based on the DAC list of ODA recipients. In order to ensure 
a higher degree of predictability for the economic operators, the provisions of the entry into force of 
a change in a GSP -category following a change in the placement in an income group in the 
OECD’s  DAC list of ODA recipients  were adjusted  1 July 2021 . 
 
The general rule  is that when a country moves to a higher income group, the preferences that 
apply to the new group shall take effect on the first day of the second year after  the country has 
been placed in a higher income group in two successive DAC list revisions . The general rule when a 
country moves to a lower  income group  is that  the preferences that apply to the new group shall 
take effect on the first day  of the first year after the country has been placed in a lower  income 
group in one DAC list revision. The genera l rule when a country is removed from the DAC -list is that 
the preferences no longer apply from the first day of the second year after the country has been 
placed in a higher income group in one  DAC list revision . 
 
The following countries were re -categoris ed or will be re -categorised  in order to reflect the 
amendments to the DAC List s of ODA Recipients:  
 
1 January 20 22 
Country  Previous category  New category  
Belize  Ordinary GSP  GSP+  
Syria GSP+  GSP zero  
Samoa  Ordinary GSP  GSP+  
 
1 July 2022  
Country  Previous category  New category  
Uruguay  Ordinary GSP  No longer eligible  
 
1 January 2023  
Country  Previous category  New category  
Kenya  GSP zero  GSP+  
Guyana  GSP+  Ordinary GSP  
Paraguay  GSP+  Ordinary GSP  
Tajikistan  GSP zero  GSP+ 
Antigua and Barbuda  Ordinary GSP  No longer eligible  
Palau  Ordinary GSP  No longer eligible  
 
 
Implementation of the Registered Exporter System (REX)  
 
The Registered Exporter system (the REX system) is the system of certification of origin of 
goods for the GSP of the European Union, Switzerland and Norway. It is based on a principle of 
self-certification by economic operators who will make out themselves  so-called statements on 
origin.  
 
Please find enclosed an updated overview of countries and territories eligible for 
Norway’s  GSP, as well as an overview of countries and territories that are part of the 
Norwegian  GSP, but have not yet applied the Regist ered Exporter system (REX) . 
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  ANNEX  
COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ELIGIBLE FOR NORWAY’S  
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP)  
This table shows countries and territories that are eligible for Norway’s GSP. Countries and 
territories marked with * are Least Developed Countries (LDCs) or countries or territories that benefit 
from GSP zero. Imports from these are free of duty.  
 
Countries and territories marked with + are GSP+. Ordinary GSP and GSP+ countries and 
territories have between 10 and 100% tariff reduction. The different duty rates are shown in the 
Norwegian Customs Tariff . 
 
A 
Afghanistan*  Angola*  Antigua and Barbuda  
Argentina  Armenia+  Azerbaijan  
B 
Bangladesh*  Belarus  Belize + 
Benin*  Bhutan*  Bolivia +, Plurinational State of  
Botswana  Brazil  Burkina Faso*  
Burundi*    
C 
Cambodia*  Cabo Verde + China1 
Cook Islands (New Zealand)  Congo+  Comoros*  
Côte d'Ivoire + Cuba   
D 
Dominica  Dominican Republic   
E   
El Salvador+  Eritrea*  Eswatini+  
Ethiopia*    
F-G   
Fiji Gabon  Gambia*  
Ghana + Guatemala+2 Guinea*  
Guinea -Bissau*  Guyana+   
H 
Haiti*  Honduras+   
I-J 
India Iran  Jamaica   
K 
Kazakhstan  Kenya*  Kiribati*  
Kosovo+  Kyrgyz Republic +  
L 
Lao People's Democratic Republic*  Lesotho*  Liberia*  
M 
Madagascar*  Malawi* Malaysia  
Maldives  Mali* Mauritania*  
Mauritius   Micronesia+  Moldova+, Republic of   
Mongolia+  Mozambique*  Myanmar*  
N 
Namibia  Nepal*  Nicaragua+  
Niger*  Nigeria  Niue Islands (New Zealand)  
P   
Pakistan  Papua New Guinea + Paraguay+  
R-S 
Rwanda*  Sao Tomé and Principe   Senegal*  
Sierra Leone*  Solomon Islands*  South Africa   
Sri Lanka+  Sudan*  Surinam e  
T 
Tajikistan*  Tanzania*  Thailand   
Togo*  Tuvalu*   
U 
Uganda*  Uruguay  Uzbekistan+  
 
1 China will not apply the REX system, but still use the Movement Certificate Form A due  to Free Trade 
Agreement  negotiations . 
2 Guatemala  will not apply the REX system, but still use the Movement Certificate Form A due to Free 
Trade Agreement  negotiations . WT/COMTD/N/6/Add.8  
 
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  V   
Vanuatu*  Viet Nam    
Y   
Yemen*    
Z   
Zambia*  Zimbabwe*   
 
Countries and territories that are part of the Norwegian GSP, but have not yet applied the 
Registered Exporter system (REX) or presented their stamps to the Norwegian Customs, are shown 
in the table below. Countries and territories marked with * are Least Developed Countries (LDCs) or 
countries or territories that benefit from GSP zero. Countries and territories marked with + are 
GSP+.  
 
A 
Algeria    
C 
Cameroon+  Central African Republic*  Chad*  
Congo*, Democratic Republic of    
D-E 
Djibouti*  Equatorial Guinea*   
G 
Grenada    
I   
Iraq   
K 
Korea *, Democratic People's 
Republic of   
 
L-M 
Libya Marshall Islands (US)  Monserrat (UK)  
N-P 
Nauru  Palau   
S 
Saint Helena (UK)  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   
Samoa + Seychelles   Somalia*  
South Sudan*  Syria*  
T   
Timor -Leste*  Tokelau Islands+ (New Zealand)  Tonga  
Turkmenistan     
V-W 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of   Wallis and Futuna   
These tables  are valid as per 15.2.2022. Please refer to www.toll.no  for the most recently updated information.  
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