./.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/IT/1/Rev.30 
16 February 2004 
 (04-0637) 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products  
 
 
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION 
 
Note by the Secretariat1 
 
Revision  
 
 
1. As of 13 February 2004, the ITA had 46 pa rticipants (covering 61 Members and States or 
separate customs territories in the process of a cceding to the WTO) representing approximately 
97 percent of world trade in information technology products.   
Albania Estonia Latvia Poland 
Australia European Communities2 Lithuania Romania 
Bahrain Georgia Macao, China Separate Customs Territory Bulgaria Hong Kong, China Malaysia    of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, 
Canada Iceland Mauritius   and Matsu China India Moldova Singapore Costa Rica Indonesia Morocco Slovak Republic 
Croatia Israel New Zealand Slovenia 
Cyprus Japan Norway Switzerland
3 
Czech Republic Jordan Oman Thailand Egypt Korea Panama Turkey El Salvador Kyrgyz Republic Philippines United States 
 
2. If the participant was a WTO Member at the time  of their participation in the ITA, they were 
required to follow the procedures for the formal re ctification 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 31 participants have been received and circulated pursuant to 
these procedures: 
                                                     
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 The schedule of the European Communities comprises the commitments of the 15 member states. 
3 On behalf of the customs union Switzerland and Liechtenstein. G/IT/1/Rev.30 
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Australia India Philippines Bulgaria Indonesia Poland
4 
Canada Israel Romania5 
Costa Rica Japan Singapore Cyprus Korea Slovak Republic
4 
Czech Republic4 Macao, China Slovenia 
Egypt Malaysia4 Switzerland5 
El Salvador Mauritius Thailand4 
European Communities New Zealand Turkey Hong Kong, China Norway United States 
Iceland   
  Of the above, El Salvador has indicated that  implementation would be gin after the completion 
of domestic procedural requirements.
6  Bahrain, Morocco, and Panama have not yet submitted the 
formal documentation.   
 
3. Albania, China, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Jordan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, 
Moldova, Oman, and the Separate  Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu 
incorporated their commitments in their schedul es annexed to their Protocols of Accession, and 
therefore it was not necessary to follow the procedures for rectification and modification of tariff schedules. 
 
4. Letters of acceptance, in accordance with th e provision of paragraph 10 of the Annex to the 
Declaration, have been received from all participants except twelve. 
 5. The following documentation, noted as bei ng submitted under paragr aph 2 above, has been 
formally certified by the Director-General: 
Australia; Bulgaria; Canada; Costa Rica; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Egypt;
7 European 
Communities; Hong Kong, China; Iceland; India;  Indonesia; Israel; Japan; Korea; Macao, 
China; Malaysia; Mauritius; New Zealand;  Norway; Philippines; Poland; Romania; 
Singapore; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Switzerland; Thailand; Turkey; United States. 
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4 First rate reduction occurred on 1 January 1998. 
5 First rate reduction occu rred on 31 December 1997. 
6Bulgaria, India, Israel, Philippines, Poland, Sloveni a, Switzerland, and Turkey which had also made 
such a notification, have subsequently notified that these procedural requirements have been completed. 
7 Certification in process, will be formally circulated shortly.