G/L/1497  
G/STR/36  
 
20 October  2023 
(23-7090) Page: 1/10 
Council for Trade in Goods  
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises  
    
 
  
STATUS OF NOTIFICATIONS SUBMITTED BY WTO MEMBERS UNDER  
ARTICLE  XVII:4(A) OF THE GATT  1994 AND PARAGRAPH  1  
OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE INTERPRETATION  
OF ARTICLE  XVII OF THE GATT  1994  
1. This listing does not address the qualitative aspects of these notifications, that is, the extent 
to which the content of the submissions satisfies the informational requirements of the 
notification obligations or affects the rights and obligations of Members.  
2. The abbreviations and symbols  used in the table are as follows : 
• "N&F Notif." in the column heading indicates a new and full notification.  
• "Upd. Notif." in the column heading indicates an updating notification.  
• "X" denotes that a notification has been received by the WTO. Subsequent ad denda or 
corrections to notifications are not counted as additional notifications.  
• "N" indicates that a nil notification has been received by the WTO . 
• A blank indicates that no notification has been received by the WTO.  
• "*" indicates that the country/custo ms territory was not yet a Member of the WTO.  
• "A" indicates the year in which the WTO Agreement entered into force for that Member (see 
also document WT/INF/43/Rev. 23 for detailed information).  
• "§" indicates that the country in question is current ly a member of the European  Union.  
• The shaded boxes indicate that the corresponding notification was submitted by the European 
Union.  
• The letters in parentheses next to a Member's name indicate the abbreviation used in the 
notification for that Member.  
This status of notifications covers notification periods until, and including, 2020 -2021.1 With respect 
to the number of notifications, the European Union and its member States are counted as one. The 
member States that joined the European Union on 1  May 2004,2 1 January  2007,3 and 1  July 20134 
are also listed separately in order to provide information on the period preceding the enlargements 
of the European Union. For the notification periods until, and including, 2018 -2019 (N/18), the 
European Union and the United Kingdom are counted as one. T he European Union and the 
United  Kingdom are counted separately starting from the 2020 -2021 notification period (N/19).5
 
1 G/STR/N/19 . 
2 Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic 
and Slovenia.  
3 Bulgaria and Romania.  
4 Croatia.  
5 The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020.    
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- 2 - NOTIFICATIONS SUBMITTED BY WTO MEMBERS UNDER ARTICLE  XVII:4(A)  
OF THE GATT  1994 AND PARAGRAPH  1 OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE  
INTERPRE TATION OF ARTICLE  XVII OF THE GATT  1994  
Status as of 20 October 2023  
 
 
Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  N&F 
Notif. 
(2018)  
N/17  N&F 
Notif. 
(2020)  
N/18  N&F 
Notif. 
(2022)  
N/19  
Afghanistan 
(AFG)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A X    
Albania (ALB)  * * * * * A    N N N N N N N N N N 
Angola (AGO)  * A                  
Antigua and 
Barbuda 
(ATG)  A                   
Argentina 
(ARG)  A N  N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Armenia 
(ARM)  * * * * * * * * A N N N N N      
Australia 
(AUS)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of 
(BHR)  A   X X X N N N N N N N       
Bangladesh 
(BGD)  A                   
Barbados 
(BRB)  A X          X X X X X X    
Belize (BLZ)  A                   
Benin (BEN)  * A                  
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of 
(BOL)  A    N N N             
Botswana 
(BWA)  A N                   
Brazil (BRA)  A X  X             N N X X   
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- 3 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  N&F 
Notif. 
(2018)  
N/17  N&F 
Notif. 
(2020)  
N/18  N&F 
Notif. 
(2022)  
N/19  
Brunei 
Darussalam 
(BRN)  A                   
Bulgaria 
(BGR) §  *N A     N N  N          
Burkina Faso 
(BFA)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N    X 
Burundi 
(BDI)  A      N         N N   
Cabo Verde 
(CPV)  * * * * * * * * * * * A N       
Cambodia 
(KHM)  * * * * * * * * * A        N N 
Cameroon 
(CMR)  A                   
Canada 
(CAN)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Central 
African 
Republic 
(CAF)  A                   
Chad (TCD)  * A  N N N N             
Chile (CHL)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
China (CHN)  * * * * * * A X X X X X X X X X X X X  
Colombia 
(COL)  A X X  X   X X X X X X X X X X    
Congo (COG)  * * A                 
Costa Rica 
(CRI)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire 
(CIV)  A X                   
Croatia 
(HRV) §  * * * * * A  N N N N N N N      
Cuba (CUB)  A                   
Cyprus (CYP) 
§ A X      N N N             
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- 4 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  N&F 
Notif. 
(2018)  
N/17  N&F 
Notif. 
(2020)  
N/18  N&F 
Notif. 
(2022)  
N/19  
Czech 
Republic 
(CZE) §  A X N N N N N N N N N          
Democratic 
Republic of 
the Congo 
(COD)  * * A                 
Djibouti (DJI)  A                   
Dominica 
(DMA)  A   X X X              
Dominican 
Republic 
(DOM)  A                  X 
Ecuador 
(ECU)  * AN N N N N N N N N N N N N X X    
Egypt (EGY)  A   N         N  N N    
El Salvador 
(SLV)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Estonia (EST) 
§ * * * * A  N N N           
Eswatini 
(SWZ)  A                   
European 
Union (EU)  A X X X X X X X N N N N N X X X X X X X 
Fiji (FJI)  * A  X                
Gabon (GAB)  A                   
The Gambia 
(GMB)  *N A                  
Georgia 
(GEO)  * * * * * A N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Ghana (GHA)  A      N   N          
Grenada 
(GRD)  * A           X       
Guatemala 
(GTM)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N  
Guinea (GIN)  A N      N N N             
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- 5 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  N&F 
Notif. 
(2018)  
N/17  N&F 
Notif. 
(2020)  
N/18  N&F 
Notif. 
(2022)  
N/19  
Guinea -
Bissau (GNB)  A                   
Guyana 
(GUY)  A                   
Haiti (HTI)  *N A N N N N N         N N N N N 
Honduras 
(HND)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Hong Kong, 
China (HKG)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Hungary 
(HUN) §  A N N N N N N N N N           
Iceland (ISL)  A X   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X N N 
India (IND)  A X      X X X X X X X X X X X   
Indonesia 
(IDN)  A X X  N   X X  X X X X X X X X X X 
Israel (ISR)  A X               X X X X 
Jamaica 
(JAM)  A X  X    N     X X X X X    
Japan (JPN)  A X X X X   X   X X X X X X X X X X 
Jordan (JOR)  * * * *X *X A X X X X           
Kazakhstan 
(KAZ)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A X X X  
Kenya (KEN)  A          N         
Korea, 
Republic of 
(KOR)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Kuwait, the 
State of 
(KWT)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N     
Kyrgyz 
Republic 
(KGZ)  * * * A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic 
(LAO)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * *A N     
Latvia (LVA) 
§ * * * *X A X N N N N N            
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- 6 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  N&F 
Notif. 
(2018)  
N/17  N&F 
Notif. 
(2020)  
N/18  N&F 
Notif. 
(2022)  
N/19  
Lesotho 
(LSO)  A                  N 
Liberia  (LBR)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A    
Liechtenstein 
(LIE) A X X X X X X X X X X  X X X X X X N N 
Lithuania 
(LTU) §  * * * * * * A X             
Macao, China 
(MAC)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Madagascar 
(MDG)  A                   
Malawi (MWI)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N    
Malaysia 
(MYS)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X  
Maldives 
(MDV)  A                   
Mali (MLI)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N X X X X 
Malta (MLT) 
§ A X   X X X X X            
Mauritania 
(MRT)  A                   
Mauritius 
(MUS)  A X X X     X      X X X X X X 
Mexico (MEX)  A N N N N N N          X    
Moldova, 
Republic of 
(MDA)  * * * * * * A N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Mongolia 
(MNG)  * * A N N N N             
Montenegro 
(MNE)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * A N N N N  
Morocco 
(MAR)  A X               X    
Mozambique 
(MOZ)  A           N        
Myanmar 
(MYN)  A                     
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- 7 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  N&F 
Notif. 
(2018)  
N/17  N&F 
Notif. 
(2020)  
N/18  N&F 
Notif. 
(2022)  
N/19  
Namibia 
(NAM)  A X   X X X N N N N N N N       
Nepal (NPL)  * * * * * * * * * A          
New Zealand 
(NZL)  A X X X X X X X   X X X X X X X X X X 
Nicaragua 
(NIC)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Niger (NER)  * A                  
Nigeria 
(NGA)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N      
North 
Macedonia 
(MKD)  * * * * * * * * A N N N N N N N N N N 
Norway 
(NOR)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X N N N N   
Oman (OMN)  * * * * * A X  X X X X X X X     
Pakistan 
(PAK)  A N  N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N  
Panama 
(PAN)  * * A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Papua New 
Guinea (PNG)  * A                  
Paraguay 
(PRY)  A   X                
Peru (PER)  A X X X N N N N N N N N N N N N N N   
Philippines 
(PHL)  A X X  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Poland (POL) 
§ A X   N N N N N N           
Qatar (QAT)  *N A   N     N N N N N N N      
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- 8 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  N&F 
Notif. 
(2018)  
N/17  N&F 
Notif. 
(2020)  
N/18  N&F 
Notif. 
(2022)  
N/19  
Romania 
(ROU) §  A N N N N N N N N N N N         
Russian 
Federation 
(RUS)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * A      
Rwanda 
(RWA)  * A                  
Saint Kitts 
and Nevis 
(KNA)  * A                  
Saint Lucia 
(LCA)  A                   
Saint Vincent 
and the 
Grenadines 
(VCT)  A   X X X              
Samoa 
(WSM)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * A N N N N   
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of 
(SAU)  * * * * * * * * * * N N N   N N N N 
Senegal 
(SEN)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N     
Seychelles, 
Republic of 
(SYC)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A N N N N 
Sierra Leone 
(SLE)  A                   
Singapore 
(SGP)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Slovak 
Republic 
(SVK) §  A X X X X X N N N N           
Slovenia 
(SVN) §  A X X X X X N N N N           
Solomon 
Islands (SLB)  * A                  
South Africa 
(ZAF)  A X X X N N N N N N N N N N N N N N     
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- 9 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  N&F 
Notif. 
(2018)  
N/17  N&F 
Notif. 
(2020)  
N/18  N&F 
Notif. 
(2022)  
N/19  
Sri Lanka 
(LKA)  A                   
Suriname 
(SUR)  A         N N N        
Switzerland 
(CHES) A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X N 
Chinese 
Taipei 
(TPKM)  * * * * * * * A X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Tajikistan 
(TJK)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * *A      
Tanzania 
(TZA)  A                   
Thailand 
(THA)  A X X X    X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Togo (TGO)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N    
Tonga (TON)  * * * * * * * * * * * N N N N N N N N 
Trinidad and 
Tobago 
(TTO)  A   X      X X X X       
Tunisia (TUN)  A X  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X    
Türkiye 
(TUR)  A X  X X X X X X   X X X X X X    
Uganda 
(UGA)  A   N N N    N          
Ukraine 
(UKR)  * * * * * * * * * * * A X X X X X X X X 
United Arab 
Emirates 
(ARE)  *N A  N   N   N N N N N N N N N  
United 
Kingdom 
(GBR)                    X   
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- 10 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  N&F 
Notif. 
(2018)  
N/17  N&F 
Notif. 
(2020)  
N/18  N&F 
Notif. 
(2022)  
N/19  
United States 
of America 
(USA)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Uruguay 
(URY)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Vanuatu 
(VUT)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * A N N N   
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of 
(VEN)  A X X X X X X X             
Viet Nam 
(VNM)  * * * * * * * * * * * A   X X    
Yemen (YEM)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A     
Zambia 
(ZMB)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N   
Zimbabwe 
(ZWE)  A          N N        
Number of 
Notifying 
Members/ 
Number of 
Members  65/97  45/113  48/117  65/118  60/120  59/125  72/128  63/129  59/131  64/123  63/124  66/126  66/126  61/130  64/133  68/136  54/136  47/136  44/136  
 
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