WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/MA/IDB/W/5
16 March 2000
(00-1082)
Committee on Market Access
REVIEW OF THE IDB AND IDB RELATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES
Note by the Secretariat
A. INTRODUCTION
1. The purpose of this note is to provide factual information to assist Members in their review of
the operation of the Integrated Data Base (IDB) and related technical assistance activities in
accordance with paragraph 19 of the document on IDB dissemination policy (Dissemination of the
Integrated Data Base, G/MA/IDB/3 of 1 June 1999).
2. Paragraph 19 of the Dissemination document states "In light of the need to assure the broadest
possible participation of Members in the IDB and full compliance with the 16 July 1997 Decision of
the General Council (WT/L/225) concerning supply of information to the IDB, Members agreed that
the Market Access Committee would undertake prior to 1 June 2000 a review of the operation of theIDB and of IDB related technical assistance activities.  If, at the time of the review, participation of
Members in the IDB falls substantially below the current level of participation, access to the IDB data
will be temporarily suspended until adequate participation is secured again, unless other steps
considered appropriate by Members are agreed".
3. The note draws on information contained in the documentation on the status of submissions to
the IDB as at 21 June 1999 (G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.5)  and as at 8 March 2000 (G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.7),
supplemented with information from IDB administration r ecords.  It is in two parts.  The first part,
dealing with the operation of the IDB, focuses on th e participation in the IDB and includes a brief
reference to timeliness and quality issues. The second part describes IDB technical assistanceactivities from the beginning of the IDB technical assistance policy to June 1999, and from July 1999
to February 2000.
B. OPERATION OF THE IDBParticipation
4. In June 1999, 59 Members had submitted information to the IDB in compliance with the
General Council Decision of 16 July 1997 (W/T/L/225 refers).  By 10 March 2000, a further ten
Members had submitted information, bringing total participation1 in the IDB up to 69 Members out of
the total of 119 Members2 required to respond to the Council Decision.
5. Table I sets out the status of responses to the IDB as at 10 March 2000 by Member.  On a
numerical basis, 58 per cent of all Members have responded to the IDB notification requirements.
However, when the value of responding Members' imports is taken into consideration, they account
for 95 per cent of the imports of all Members.  The 50 Members who have not yet responded to the
                                                     
1 It should be noted that unofficial submissions from four Members plus information submitted by two
countries in accession, are not included in the participation figures.
2  The Member states of the European Union are co unted as one, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein are
also counted as one.G/MA/IDB/W/5
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IDB account for five per cent of the total imports of all Members.  It should be noted that 49 of these
non-respondents are developing Members, of which 22 are classified as least developed countries;
and one is an economy in transition.
6. Technical assistance is the main activity of the Secretariat with respect to increasing
participation.  However, IDB staff also try to make informal contacts with delegations in conjunction
with Geneva-based seminars, principally to follow up on processing problems but also to encourage
participation.  It will also be recalled that Member s are asked if tariff information supplied to other
WTO Divisions could be used for the IDB.
Timeliness
7. As set out in G/MA/IDB/Rev.1/Add.1 of 4 December 1997, the deadline for submitting tariffs
is 30 March of the current year and for imports, 30 September for the previous year.  Current
requirements are tariff information 1996-1999, and import statistics for 1996-1998.
8. Table 2 presents the status of the submissions of the 69 Members currently participating in the
IDB.  Members' names in bold denote new participants since June 1999.  It can also be seen from
Table 2 that:
- Fourteen Members have fully complied with the above-mentioned deadlines, that is,
supplied tariff and import data for all years.
- twenty-four Members have supplied tariff and import statistics for at least three years;
- eight Members have submitted tariff and import statistics for one or two years;
- three Members have submitted tariff and/or import data for different time periods;
- fourteen Members have submitted only import data;  and
- six Members have submitted only tariff information.
Data quality
9. During calendar year 1999, the Secretariat received for processing 85 import files, 90 tariff
files and 75 description files.  Some of the information did not pass preliminary verification, being
either invalid (e.g. import data submitted in nomenclature other than the Harmonized System),
incomplete, or, for technical reasons (e.g. unreadable tapes), could not be processed.  It is Secretariatpractice in these cases to go back to the Member for clarification or for replacement files before
processing continues.
10. Thus, of the above submissions, only 45 import files, 75 tariff files and 62 description files
could be processed and incorporated in the IDB.  The remaining 68 pending files (27 per cent of totalfiles received) are the subject of correspondence wi th WTO Members.  The following chart illustrates
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Source:  IDB Administrative Records
C. IDB RELATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITES
11. The Integrated Data Base (IDB) technical assistance activities were launched in April 1998,
following the adoption by the Committee on Market Access of document "IDB Technical Assistance
Programme" (G/MA/IDB/W/3/Rev.1, dated 11 March 1998).
12. During the first year, covering the period up until the Market Access Meeting of 11 June 1999,
13 technical assistance missions in relation to the IDB took place.  Details are as follows:
- Eight regional seminars on various topics , including the IDB (four in Africa, two in
Asia, one in Central America and one in the Caribbean), during which the IDBpresentation was attributed between half a day and a full day;
- one regional seminar exclusively on the IDB for 18 APEC economies;
- one national technical assistance mission to Venezuela;  and
- three missions to follow the progress of the data entry software developed jointly with
the SIECA secretariat and the Inter-American Development Bank.
13. Between June 1999 to February 2000, a further ten technical assistance missions in relation to
the IDB were undertaken, as follows:
- Two regional seminars on various topics (both of them in Africa) where the IDB was
attributed between half a day and a full day for its presentation;
- one regional seminar exclusively on the IDB for ten ASEAN countries;
- four national technical assistance missions (A rgentina, Guatemala, Mali and Togo);  and
- three missions to present the data entry software, developed jointly with the SIECA
secretariat and the Inter-American Development Bank, to member countries of theFree-Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).  Two of these missions were undertaken in
conjunction with the national missions to Argentina and Guatemala.  The third
SIECA mission was to Peru.Status of processing - IDB files notified in 1999
0102030405060708090100
Imports Tariffs DescriptionsNumber
Pending subject to
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Members
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14. The national and regional technical assistance missions have been highly productive in terms
of improving IDB participation and the coverage of the information.  For example:
- The seminar in Malaysia resulted in eight new submissions;
- seven of the ten countries participating in the seminar in Thailand have submitted
information.  The remaining three are acceding countries;  and
- all but one of the national technical assistance missions have resulted in submissions
to the IDB, either directly to the IDB officer on mission or soon after the mission,
including two African least developed Members. The exception was a Member who
had already submitted data, but where the need for assistance was principally focused
on technical expertise in order to improve the quality of the data.
15. In addition to technical assistance carried out abroad, IDB staff also participate in WTO Trade
Policy Courses for developing countries, which take place three times a year, and in other occasional
WTO Short Trade Policy Courses.
16. As can be seen from Table 1, 50 Members have yet to comply with the IDB submission
requirements.  These Members account for slightly less than five per cent of the total imports of WTO
Members.  Of these 50 Members, more than half (30 Members), are found in Africa and 19 are
designated as least developed countries (LDCs) by the United Nations.
17. Currently five official requests for technical assistance are being processed.  One concerns a
regional seminar that will be held in Namibia in mid-2000.  Although the participation on this seminar
has not been finalized, it is intended to target as many non-respondents in Africa as possible.  The
remaining four others follow requests from Barbados, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire and Qatar.  The mission to
Barbados is scheduled for the beginning of April, while the other three will be carried out as soonafter as possible. On past experience, it could be expected that these seminars as well will lead to
further improvements in Members' participation in the IDB.G/MA/IDB/W/5
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Table 1
Integrated Data Base - Status of Resp onses of WTO Members as at 10 March 2000
Respondents (total 69) Non-respondents (total 50)
Argentina Angola
Australia Antigua and Barbuda
Bahrain Bangladesh
Barbados Belize
Bolivia Benin
Brazil Botswana
Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso
Bulgaria Burundi
Canada Cameroon
Chile Central African Republic
Colombia Chad
Costa Rica Congo
Cuba Congo, Dem. Rep. of
Cyprus Côte d'Ivoire
Czech Rep. Djibouti
Dominica Dominican Republic
Ecuador Fiji
Egypt Gabon
El Salvador Gambia
Estonia Ghana
European Union Guinea
Grenada Guinea-Bissau
Guatemala Guyana
Honduras Haiti
Hong Kong, China Israel
Hungary Kenya
Iceland Kuwait
India Kyrgyz Rep.
Indonesia Lesotho
Jamaica Malawi
Japan Mozambique
Korea Rep. Niger
Latvia Nigeria
Macau, China Papua New Guinea
Madagascar Poland
Malaysia Qatar
Maldives Rwanda
Mali Senegal
Malta Sierra Leone
Mauritania Solomon Islands
Mauritius Sri Lanka
Mexico St. Kitts and Nevis
Mongolia St. Lucia
Morocco St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Myanmar Suriname
Namibia Swaziland
New Zealand Tanzania, United Rep. of
Nicaragua Uganda
Norway United Arab Emirates
Pakistan Zimbabwe
Panama
Paraguay
PeruG/MA/IDB/W/5
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Respondents (total 69) Non-respondents (total 50)
Philippines
Romania
Singapore
Slovak Rep.
Slovenia
South Africa
Switzerland(a)
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Zambia
(a)  Includes Liechtenstein
Note:  The information excludes unofficial submissions from four Members and submissions from two acceding c ountries.Table 2
Status of PC IDB submissions as of 8 March 2000
WTO Members (69 Members)
Members Year Imports Current Tariffs Product
Bound Applied DescriptionsNational
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 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No 25.03.98/ 15.10.99Australia
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 08.07.99/30.11.99
1998 Yes1Yes Yes Yes No Yes 08.07.99/30.11.99Brazil
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 Bulgaria
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 23.10.98
                                                     
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Bound Applied DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
ReferencesDate of
submissionComments
Bulgaria (cont'd) 1999 --- No Yes Yes No No 19.04.99
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/ 07.01.00 2nd submission
1998 Yes No Yes Yes No No 17.08.99/07.01.00 2nd submissionChile
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 Yes 04.05.99/ 08.10.99Costa Rica
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 04.05.99
1996 Yes3No Yes No No No 09.03.99/ 30.06.99
1997 Yes3No Yes No No No 30.06.99/26.10.99Cuba
1998 No No Yes No No No 26.10.99
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 Yes Yes No Yes 11.05.99/ 09.02.00 2nd submission
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 11.05.99/ 09.02.00 2nd submissionDominica
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 29.04.99/ 09.02.00 2nd submission
Ecuador 1996 Yes No Yes No No No 02.07.99/03.07.99
                                                     
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Bound Applied DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
ReferencesDate of
submissionComments
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 Yes1No Yes Yes No Yes 22.02.00
1997 Yes1No Yes Yes No Yes 22.02.00El Salvador
1998 Yes1No Yes Yes No Yes 22.02.00
1996 Yes ---2Yes Yes Yes No 28.01.98/30.09.98
1997 Yes ---2Yes Yes No Yes 30.09.98Estonia
1998 Yes ---2Yes Yes No Yes 29.05.98/ 20.09.99
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 03.03.99/17.05.99
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes No 11.01.99/03.03.99European Union
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes No 19.01.00
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 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 05.12.98/ 26.10.99Guatemala
1999 --- No Yes Yes No No 17.09.98/ 26.10.99
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
                                                     
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Bound Applied DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
ReferencesDate of
submissionComments
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
1997 Yes No No No No No 26.08.98Iceland
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 No114.06.99/20.10.99
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 22.04.98Macau, China
1998 Yes No No No No Yes 15.07.99
1996 Yes1No Yes Yes No No 03.12.99/09.02.00 3rd submission Madagascar
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No No 17.02.99/ 26.07.99
                                                     
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Bound Applied DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
ReferencesDate of
submissionComments
Madagascar (cont'd) 1998 Yes No Yes Yes No No 03.12.99/09.02.00 3rd submission
1996 Yes No No Yes No Yes 03.12.98 Malaysia
1997 Yes No No Yes No Yes 03.12.98
1996 Yes No No Yes No Yes 18.02.99 Descr. from import file Maldives
1997 Yes No No Yes No Yes 18.02.99 Descr. from import file
1996 Yes No Yes Yes No No 22.12.99
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No No 22.12.99
1998 Yes No Yes Yes No No 22.12.99Mali
1999 --- No Yes Yes No No 22.12.99
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 10.07.98/21.10.98New Zealand
1998 Yes1No Yes Yes No No 10.07.98/ 26.07.99
                                                     
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Bound Applied DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
ReferencesDate of
submissionComments
New Zealand (cont'd) 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 23.01.98/10.12.98
1998 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 01.05.98
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 16.03.99Norway
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes No 07.03.00
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 Yes1No 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/ 14.06.99
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 14.06.99Philippines
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 24.02.00
1997 Yes No No No No Yes 26.05.99 Romania
1999 --- No Yes No No Yes 26.05.99
Singapore 1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 18.09.98
                                                     
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ReferencesDate of
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1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 18.09.98 Singapore (cont'd)
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 18.09.98/ 30.09.99
1998 --- No Yes Yes No No 25.05.98
1999 --- No Yes Yes No Yes 09.03.99Slovak Rep.
2000 --- No Yes No No No 29.02.00
1997 Yes1No No No No Yes 17.11.99
1998 Yes1Yes Yes Yes No Yes 17.11.99Slovenia
1999 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 17.11.99
1996 Yes No No No No No 05.06.98 South Africa
1997 Yes No No No No No 05.06.98
1996 Yes No Yes Yes No No 05.02.97/16.07.98
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
1999 --- Yes Yes No No Yes 11.08.99/14.01.00
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 Yes Yes No Yes 04.05.99/ 22.12.99 2nd submission
1997 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 04.05.99/ 22.12.99 2nd submission
1998 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes 22.12.99Togo
1999 --- No Yes Yes No No 22.12.99
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 Yes No No Yes 16.09.99/11.01.00 2nd submission
                                                     
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Bound Applied DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
ReferencesDate of
submissionComments
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 --- No 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
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.6) appear in bold.
                                                     
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Countries Requesting Accession
Year Imports Current Tariffs Product National Other Date of Comments Countries requesting
accession Bound Applied Descriptions 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 No Yes 04.08.98
1997 Yes --- Yes Yes No Yes 19.06.98/15.02.99
1998 Yes --- Yes Yes No No 06.10.99/12.01.00 2nd submissionSeparate Customs
Territory of Taiwan,Penghu, Kinmen
and Matsu
1999 --- --- 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.6) appear in bold.
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