WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/MA/IDB/2/Rev.6
30 September 1999
(99-4055)
Committee on Market Access
STATUS OF SUBMISSIONS TO THE INTEGRATED DATA BASE (IDB)
Note by the Secretariat
Revision
Pursuant to the General Council Decision circulated on 16 July 1997 (WT/L/225), and at the
request of the Members of the Committee, the attached tables1 indicate the status of submissions to
the Integrated Data Base (IDB) received by the Secretariat.
                                                     
1 For an explanation of the columns' headings see "Modalities and Operation of the Integrated Data
Base" (G/MA/IDB/1/Rev.1).Status of PC IDB submissions as of 27 September 1999
WTO Members (65 Members)
Members Year Imports Current Tariffs Descriptions
Bound AppliedNational
CorrelationsOther
ReferencesDate of
submissionComments
1996 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No 06.01.99/05.03.99
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No No 12.02.99/05.03.99 2nd submissionArgentina
1998 Yes No Yes Yes No No 07.10.98/06.01.99
1996 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes 16.06.98/19.06.98 2nd submission
1997 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes 25.03.98/16.06.98 2nd submission
1998 --- No Yes Yes Yes No 03.12.97/25.03.98 2nd submissionAustralia
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes No 11.01.99
1996 Yes3No No No No Yes 02.09.99
1997 Yes No No No No Yes 02.09.99Bahrain
1998 Yes1No No No No No 02.09.99
1996 Yes No No No No Yes 17.06.99
1997 Yes No No No No Yes 17.06.99
1998 Yes No No No No Yes 17.06.99Barbados
1999 --- No Yes Yes No No 17.06.99
1996 Yes1No No No No No 20.01.99
1997 Yes1No No No No No 20.01.99Bolivia
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 20.01.99
1997 Yes1Yes No No No No 30.04.99/ 08.07.99
1998 No Yes Yes Yes No Yes 30.04.99/ 08.07.99Brazil
1999 --- Yes No No No No 08.07.99
Brunei Darussalam 1996 --- No Yes Yes No No 14.06.99
1997 No No Yes Yes No No 22.10.98
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 23.10.98Bulgaria
1999 --- No Yes Yes No No 19.04.99
                                                     
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Bound AppliedNational
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ReferencesDate of
submissionComments
1996 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes 10.12.97/04.03.98
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 10.12.97/25.09.98
1998 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 23.03.98/22.03.99Canada
1999 --- No Yes Yes No Yes 22.03.99
1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 14.08.98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 14.08.98
1998 Yes No Yes Yes No No 17.08.99Chile
1999 --- No Yes Yes No No 17.08.99
1996 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 04.02.98
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 04.02.98Colombia
1998 Yes No Yes Yes No No 19.06.98/ 10.07.99
1996 Yes1No No No No Yes 30.10.98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 27.10.98/08.04.99
1998 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 27.10.98/04.05.99Costa Rica
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 04.05.99
1996 Yes3No Yes No No No 09.03.99/ 30.06.99 Cuba
1997 Yes3No No No No No 30.06.99
1996 Yes No Yes  Yes No Yes 31.03.98
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 31.03.98Cyprus
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 31.03.98
1996 Yes No Yes No No Yes 17.06.98/17.12.98
1997 Yes No Yes No No Yes 17.12.98Czech Rep.
1998 --- No Yes No No Yes 31.03.98
1996 Yes No Yes1Yes No Yes 29.04.99/11.05.99 2nd submission
1997 Yes No Yes1Yes No Yes 29.04.99/11.05.99 2nd submissionDominica
1998 --- No Yes1No No No 29.04.99
Ecuador 1996 Yes No Yes No No No 02.07.99/03.07.99
                                                     
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Bound AppliedNational
CorrelationsOther
ReferencesDate of
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1997 Yes No Yes No No Yes 04.11.98/ 03.07.99
1998 --- No Yes No No No 03.07.99Ecuador (cont'd)
1999 --- No Yes No No No 03.07.99
1997 No Yes No Yes No No 06.04.98/26.05.98 Egypt
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 22.12.98
1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 28.01.98 2nd submission
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 28.01.98/15.10.98 2nd submission
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 03.03.99/17.05.99European Union
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes No 11.01.99/03.03.99
1996 Yes1No No No No No 03.02.99 Grenada
1997 Yes1No No No No No 03.02.99
1996 Yes No Yes Yes No No 17.09.98/05.12.98
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No No 17.09.98/05.12.98
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 17.09.98/05.12.98Guatemala
1999 --- No Yes Yes No No 17.09.98
1996 Yes No No Yes No No 12.02.98/18.05.98 Honduras
1997 Yes1Yes Yes Yes No No 12.02.98/18.05.98
1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 23.12.97
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 23.12.97/30.09.98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 30.03.99/ 25.08.99Hong Kong, China
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 30.03.99
1996 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 08.06.98
1997 Yes No Yes No No No 08.06.98/10.06.98
1998 Yes No Yes No No No 08.06.98/ 22.06.99Hungary
1999 --- No Yes No No No 22.06.99
1996 Yes No No No No No 14.08.98 Iceland
1997 Yes No No No No No 26.08.98
                                                     
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Iceland (cont'd) 1998 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 22.09.98/21.05.99
96/97 Yes Yes Yes No No No 10.12.97/ 15.09.99 India
97/98 --- No Yes No No No 15.09.99
1996 Yes No Yes1 Yes No Yes 02.03.98
1997 Yes No Yes1Yes No Yes 02.07.98Indonesia
1998 Yes No Yes Yes No No114.06.99
Jamaica 1999 --- No Yes Yes No No 21.04.99
1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 24.03.98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 24.03.98/21.08.98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 21.08.98/ 15.09.99Japan
1999 --- --- Yes Yes Yes No 15.09.99
1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 02.12.97
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 21.04.98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 21.04.98/ 11.06.99Korea Rep.
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes No Yes 11.06.99
1997 Yes ---2No No No Yes 01.03.99
1998 Yes ---2Yes No No Yes 01.03.99/ 06.08.99Latvia
1999 --- Yes Yes No No Yes 01.03.99
1996 Yes No Yes No No No 11.06.97
1997 Yes No Yes No No No 22.04.98Macao
1998 Yes No No No No Yes 15.07.99
1996 Yes1No Yes No No No 17.02.99
1997 Yes No Yes No No No 17.02.99/ 26.07.99Madagascar
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 18.02.99
1996 Yes No No Yes No Yes 03.12.98 Malaysia
1997 Yes No No Yes No Yes 03.12.98
Maldives 1996 Yes No No No No Yes 18.02.99
                                                     
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Bound AppliedNational
CorrelationsOther
ReferencesDate of
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Maldives (cont'd) 1997 Yes No No No No Yes 18.02.99
1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 23/30.01.98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 23.01.98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 30.03.98/ 15.07.99Malta
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 29.03.99
Mauritania 1997 Yes1No No No No No 03.12.98
1996 Yes1No Yes1Yes1No No 08.05.98 Mauritius
1997 Yes1No Yes1Yes1No No 08.05.98
1996 Yes No No No No Yes 30.04.99
1997 Yes No No No No Yes 30.04.99Mexico
1998 --- No Yes Yes No Yes 30.04.99
Mongolia 1997 Yes1No No No No No 09.02.99
1996 Yes No No No No Yes 03.12.97 Morocco
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No No 04.12.98/05.01.99
Myanmar 1996 No No Yes Yes No No 14.06.99
1996 Yes1No No Yes No No 25.06.99
1997 Yes No No Yes No No 25.06.99Namibia
1998 Yes No No Yes No No 25.06.99
1996 Yes No No No No No 20.11.97
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No No 10.07.98/21.10.98
1998 Yes1No Yes Yes No No 10.07.98/ 26.07.99New Zealand
1999 --- No Yes Yes No No 13.08.99
1996 Yes No Yes Yes No No 01.12.98
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No No 01.12.98Nicaragua
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 01.12.98
1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 23.01.98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 23.01.98/10.12.98Norway
1998 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 01.05.98
                                                     
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Bound AppliedNational
CorrelationsOther
ReferencesDate of
submissionComments
Norway (cont'd) 1999 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 16.03.99
1997 Yes3No No No No No 07.05.98 Pakistan
1998 Yes3No No No No No 18.05.99
1996 Yes ---2No No No Yes 20.07.98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 20.07.98Panama
1998 --- Yes No No No Yes 20.07.98
1996 No No Yes No No No 03.03.99
1997 Yes No No No No No 26.07.99Paraguay
1998 Yes1No Yes Yes No No 26.07.99
1996 Yes No No Yes No No 02.03.98
1997 Yes No No Yes No No 02.03.98/25.05.98Peru
1998 Yes No Yes Yes No No 25.05.98/12.04.99
1996 Yes No Yes Yes No No 02.06.98/08.07.98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 02.06.98/08.07.98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 25.09.98/ 14.06.99Philippines
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 14.06.99
1997 Yes No No No No Yes 26.05.99 Romania
1999 --- No Yes No No Yes 26.05.99
1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 18.09.98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 18.09.98Singapore
1998 --- Yes Yes Yes No Yes 18.09.98
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 25.05.98 Slovak Rep.
1999 --- No Yes Yes No Yes 09.03.99
1996 Yes No No No No No 05.06.98 South Africa
1997 Yes No No No No No 05.06.98
Switzerland 1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 05.02.97/16.07.98
                                                     
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Bound AppliedNational
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ReferencesDate of
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1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 25.03.98/24.09.98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 16.09.98/ 11.08.99Switzerland (cont'd)
1999 --- Yes Yes No No Yes 11.08.99
1996 Yes No No No No No 12.06.98
1997 Yes No No No No No 12.06.98
1998 Yes No No No No Yes 14.06.99Thailand
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes No Yes 14.06.99
1996 Yes No No Yes No Yes 04.05.99 Togo
1997 Yes No No Yes No Yes 04.05.99
Trinidad and Tobago 1997 Yes1No No No No No 23.06.99
1996 Yes No No No --- --- 19.05.99
1997 Yes No No No --- --- 19.05.99Tunisia
1998 Yes1No No No --- --- 19.05.99
1996 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 26.08.98 3rd submission
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 26.08.98 3rd submissionTurkey
1998 Yes No Yes1Yes1No Yes 16.09.99
1996 Yes No Yes No Yes Yes 02.12.97
1997 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes 02.12.97/29.09.98
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 30.03.98United States
1999 --- No Yes Yes No Yes 15.03.99
1996 Yes No No No No No 03.03.99
1997 Yes1No No No No No 03.03.99/ 26.07.99Uruguay
1998 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 03.03.99/ 11.06.99
1996 Yes1No No No No No 16.10.98/29.03.99 2nd submission Venezuela
1997 Yes1No No No No No 16.10.98/29.03.99 2nd submission
                                                     
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1996 Yes No No No No No 30.07.98/16.03.99 2nd submission Zambia
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No No 15.09.98/16.03.99 2nd submission
Yes =  information received.
No =  information not received.--- =  not applicable.
In the column National Correlations, "No" ma y also indicate that the information is not required.  Changes since the last versi on of the document "Status of Submissions to the
Integrated Data Base (IDB)" (G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.5) appear in bold.G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.6
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Countries Requesting Accession
Year Imports Current Tariffs Descriptions National Other Date of Comments Countries requesting
accession Bound Applied Correlations References submission
1996 Yes --- Yes Yes No No 24.03.98
1997 Yes --- Yes Yes No No 24.03.98/18.05.98China
1998 Yes --- No No No No 21.05.99
1996 Yes --- Yes Yes Yes No 28.01.98/30.09.98
1997 Yes --- Yes Yes No Yes 30.09.98Estonia
1998 Yes --- Yes Yes No Yes 29.05.98/ 20.09.99
1996 Yes --- Yes Yes No Yes 04.08.98
1997 Yes --- Yes Yes No Yes 19.06.98/15.02.99
1998 --- --- Yes Yes No No 04.08.98/06.08.98Separate Customs
Territory of Taiwan,
Penghu, Kinmen
and Matsu1999 --- --- Yes Yes No No 13.04.99
Yes =  information received.
No =  information not received.--- =  not applicable.
In the column National Correlations, "No" may also indicate that the information is not required.  Changes since the last versi on of the document "Status of
Submissions to the Integrated Data Base (IDB)" (G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.5) appear in bold.
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