G/STR/27  
 
28 September 2021  
(21-7248) Page: 1/10 
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 : 
a. "N&F Notif." in the column heading indicates new and full notification.  
b. "Upd. Notif." in the column heading indicates updating notification.  
c. "X" denotes that a notification has been received by the WTO. Subsequent addenda  or 
corrections to notifications are not counted as additional notifications.  
d. "N" indicates that a nil notification has been made.  
e. A blank indicates that no notification has been received by the WTO.  
f. "*" indicates that the country/customs territory was not  yet a Member of the WTO.  
g. "A" indicates the year in which the WTO Agreement entered into force for that Member 
(see also document WT/INF/43/Rev.15 for detailed information).  
h. "§" indicates that the country in question is currently a member of the European  Union. 
The shaded boxes indicate that the corresponding notification was submitted by the 
European Union (formerly the EC).  
i. The letters in parentheses next to the Member's name indicates the abbreviation used in 
the notification for that Members.  
This status of notifications covers notification periods until, and including, 2018 -2019.1 With respect 
to the number of notifications, f or each of these notification periods, the European Union , its member 
States and the United Kingdom2 provide d one notification. However, the 10 member States3 that 
joined the European Union on 1  May 2004, the two member States4 that joined the European Union 
on 1 January  2007, and the member State that joined the European Union on 1  July 20135 are also 
listed separately in order to provide information on the period preceding the enlargements of the 
European Union.  
 
1 G/STR/N/18.  
2 The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020.  
3 Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic 
and Slovenia.  
4 Bulgaria and Romania.  
5 Croatia.    
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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  
INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE  XVII OF THE GATT  1994  
Status as of 28 September 2021 
 
 
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  
Afghanistan 
(AFG)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A X   
Albania 
(ALB)  * * * * * A    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 
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 
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                    
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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  
Brazil (BRA)  A X  X             N N X 
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    
Burundi 
(BDI)  A      N         N N  
Cabo Verde 
(CPV)  * * * * * * * * * * * A N      
Cambodia 
(KHM)  * * * * * * * * * A        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 
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 
China (CHN)  * * * * * * A 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 
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  
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                  
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 
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 
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 
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   
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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  
Guinea 
(GIN)  A N      N N N          
Guinea -
Bissau 
(GNB)  A                  
Guyana 
(GUY)  A                  
Haiti (HTI)  *N A 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 
Hong Kong, 
China (HKG)  A 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 
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 
Israel (ISR)  A 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 
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 
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   
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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  
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic 
(LAO)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * *A N    
Latvia (LVA) 
§ * * * *X A X N N N N N         
Lesotho 
(LSO)  A                  
Liberia  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *    
Liechtenstein 
(LIE) A X X X X X X X X X X  X X X X X X  
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 
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   
Maldives 
(MDV)  A                  
Mali (MLI)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 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 
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 
Mongolia 
(MNG)  * * A N N N N              
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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  
Montenegro 
(MNE)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * A N N N N 
Morocco 
(MAR)  A X               X   
Mozambique 
(MOZ)  A           N       
Myanmar 
(MYN)  A                  
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 
Nicaragua 
(NIC)  A 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 
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 
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   
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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  
Poland (POL)  
§ A X   N N N N N N          
Qatar (QAT)  *N A   N     N N N N N N N   
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 
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 
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 
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            
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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  
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  
Sri Lanka 
(LKA)  A                  
Suriname 
(SUR)  A         N N N       
Switzerland 
(CHE)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Chinese 
Taipei 
(TPKM)  * * * * * * * A 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 
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 
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   
Turkey 
(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 
United Arab 
Emirates 
(ARE)  *N A  N   N   N N N N N N N N N   
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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  
United 
States of 
America 
(USA)  A 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 
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  67/136  52/136  41/136  
 
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