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ORGANIZATIONG/IT/1/Rev.28
7 July 2003
(03-3667)
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in
Information Technology Products
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION
Note by the Secretariat1
Revision
1. As of 3 July 2003, the ITA had 44 participants (covering 59 Members and States or separate
customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO) representing approximately 97 percent of
world trade in information technology products.
Albania European Communities2Lithuania Romania
Australia 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 New Zealand Slovak Republic
Croatia Israel Norway Slovenia
Cyprus Japan Oman Switzerland
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Czech Republic Jordan Panama Thailand
Egypt Korea Philippines Turkey
El Salvador Kyrgyz Republic Poland United States
Estonia Latvia
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 rectification and modification of schedules (Decisionof 26 March 1980 on Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff
Concessions, BISD 27S/25) pursuant to paragrap h 2 of the Annex to the Ministerial Declaration.
Thus, documents from the following 30 participants have been received and circulated pursuant to
these procedures:
                                                     
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat'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.28
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Australia India Philippines
Bulgaria Indonesia Poland4
Canada Israel Romania5
Costa Rica Japan Singapore
Cyprus Korea Slovak Republic4
Czech Republic4Macao, China Slovenia
El Salvador Malaysia4Switzerland5
European Communities Mauritius Thailand4
Hong Kong, China New Zealand Turkey
Iceland Norway United States
Of the above, El Salvador has indicated that implementation would begin after the completion
of domestic procedural requirements.6  Panama has not yet submitted its formal documentation.  The
formal documentation for Egypt is in preparation.
3. Albania, China, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia,  Jordan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania,
Moldova, Oman, and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsuincorporated their commitments in their schedules 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 the provision of paragraph 10 of the Annex to the
Declaration, have been received from all participants except ten.
5. The following documentation, noted as being submitted under paragraph 2 above, has been
formally certified by the Director-General:
Australia; Bulgaria; Canada; Costa Rica; Cyprus; Czech Republic; European Communities;
Hong Kong, China; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Israel; Japan; Korea; Macao, China; Malaysia;
Mauritius; New Zealand; Norway; Philippi nes; 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 occurred on 31 December 1997.
6Bulgaria, India, Israel, Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Turkey which had also made
such a notification, have subsequently notified that  these procedural requirements have been completed.