G/IT/1/Rev.59  
 
25 March 2022 
(22-2540) Page: 1/2 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products    
 
 
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION  
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision  
1. As of 23 March  2022, the ITA ha s 55 Participants (covering 83 Members and States or 
separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO ) representing approximately 
96% of world trade in information technology products.  
ITA PARTICIPANTS  
Afghanistan  Malaysia  
Albania  Mauritius  
Australia  Moldova, Republic of  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  Montenegro  
Canada  Morocco  
China  New Zealand  
Colombia  Nicaragua  
Costa Rica  Norway  
Dominican Republic  Oman  
Egypt  Panama  
El Salvador  Peru 
European Union2 Philippines  
Georgia  Qatar  
Guatemala  Russian Federation  
Honduras  Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
Hong Kong, China  Seychelles, Republic of  
Iceland  Singapore  
India Switzerland3 
Indonesia  Chinese Taipei  
Israel  Tajikistan  
Japan  Thailand  
Jordan  Turkey  
Kazakhstan, Republic of  Ukraine  
Korea, Republic of  United Arab Emirates  
Kuwait, the State of  United Kingdom  
Kyrgyz Republic  United States of America  
Lao, PDR  Viet Nam  
Macao, China   
 
2. If the Participant was a WTO  Member at the time of its participation in the ITA, it was required 
to follow the procedures for the formal rectification and modification of schedules (Decision of 
26 March  1980 on Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff Concessions, 
BISD 27S/25) pursuant to paragraph  2 of the Annex to the Ministerial Declaration. Thus, 
documents from the following 3 9 participants have been received and circulated pursuan t to these  
procedures:  
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice to 
the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO . 
2 The European Union counts as 2 7 member States.  
3 On behalf of the customs union of Switzerland  and Liechtenstein.  G/IT/1/Rev.59  
 
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  Australia  Macao, China  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  Malaysia  
Canada  Mauritius  
Colombia  Montenegro  
Costa Rica  New Zealand  
Dominican Republic  Nicaragua  
Egypt  Norway  
El Salvador  Panama  
European Union  Peru 
Guatemala  Philippines  
Honduras  Qatar  
Hong Kong, China  Russian Federation  
Iceland  Singapore  
India Switzerland  
Indonesia  Chinese Taipei  
Israel  Thailand  
Japan  Turkey  
Korea, Republic of  United Arab Emirates  
Kuwait, the State of  United States of America  
Lao, PDR   
 
3. At present, Morocco has still not submi tted its formal documentation.  
4. The United Kingdom originally undertook the commitments of the ITA through its membership 
in the European Union. Following its withdrawal from the European Union, the United Kingdom has 
circulated its independent schedule of concessions and commitments to the GATT 
(G/MA/TAR/RS/57 0) and its addenda under the Procedures for Rectification and Modification of 
Schedules and indicated that this schedule replicates the ITA  commitments. A request has been 
made for the United Kingdom to provide a complete ITA  schedu le. 
5. Afghanistan ; Albania ; China ; Georgia ; Jordan ; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyz Republic ; Moldova,  
Republic of; Oman ; Saudi Arabia,  Kingdom of;  Seychelles ; Tajikistan ; Ukraine;  and Viet  Nam 
incorporated their commitments in their schedules annexed to their Protoco ls of Accession, and 
therefore it was not necessary to follow the procedures for rectification and modification of tariff 
schedules.  
6. Letters of acceptance, in accordance with the provision of paragraph  10 of the Annex to the 
Declaratio n, have been received from all P articipants except five . 
7. Documentation for the following P articipants, noted as being submitted under paragraph  2 
above, has been formally certified by the Director -General:  
Australia  Macao, China  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  Malaysia  
Canada  Mauritius  
Colombia  Montenegro  
Costa Rica  New Zealand  
Dominican Republic  Nicaragua  
Egypt  Norway  
El Salvador  Panama  
European Union  Peru 
Guatemala  Philippines  
Honduras  Qatar  
Hong Kong, China  Russian Federation  
Iceland  Singapore  
India Switzerland  
Indonesia  Chinese Taipei  
Israel  Thailand  
Japan  Turkey  
Korea, Republic of  United Arab Emirates  
Kuwait, the State of  United States of America  
Lao, PDR4  
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4 The documentation will be certified in the coming days , and circulated as document  WT/Let/1564.