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Committee on Regional Trade Agreements    
 
  
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RTA TRANSPARENCY MECHANISM  
STATUS OF THE PREPARATION OF FACTUAL PRESENTATIONS1 
Background Note by the Secretariat  
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1 Members are invited to contact the Secretariat in case of inaccuracies  and/or for any further 
information concerning this document at RTA.Statistics@wto.org .   
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RTA Name  Coverage  Notification 
Date  Status  Data due 
on: FP sent for 
comments  Comments 
due on :  Remarks  
Central European Free Trade Agreement 
(CEFTA) 2006*  Goods  26/07/07  FP issued  10/08/09  17/10/18  28/11/18  RTA consideration blocked  
China - Cambodia  Goods & 
Services  07/02/24  Awaiting data  27/06/24  … …   
China - Nicaragua  Goods & 
Services  02/02/24  Awaiting data  28/06/24  … …   
Colombia – Israel  Goods & 
Services  14/03/23  FP issued  03/08/23  05/12/23  09/01/24  RTA consideration scheduled for 
the CRTA June Meeting    
Comprehensive and Progressive 
Agreement for Trans -Pacific Partnership 
(CPTPP) - Entry into force for Brunei 
Darussalam , Chile and Malaysia  Goods & 
Services  07/06/23  
14/02/23  
25/01/23  Awaiting 
comments  30/08/23  
04/05/23  
17/04/23  22/01/24  04/03/24  RTA consideration for the entry 
into force for Chile, Malaysia and 
Brunei Darussalam to be done 
jointly  / scheduled for the CRTA 
September Meeting   
Economic Community of West African 
States (ECOWAS)  Goods  06/07/05  Awaiting data  10/10/19  … … Received some data from Togo, 
Niger, Senegal and Benin.  
Awaiting complete data from all 
the Parties   
EFTA - GCC Goods & 
Services  06/10/22  Awaiting data  23/12/22  … … Awaiting data from GCC 
Members   
EFTA - Lebanon*  Goods  22/12/06  Awaiting data  01/06/09  … … Awaiting data from Lebanon   
EU - Eastern and Southern Africa States - 
Accession of Comoros*  Goods  14/01/21  Awaiting data  30/03/21  … … Comoros  preferential tariff data 
will be constructed based from 
the Agreement.  
Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) - Iran*  Goods  31/01/20  Awaiting data  22/06/20  … … Awaiting data from all Parties   
Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) - 
Serbia*  Goods  03/11/21  Awaiting data  28/03/22  … … Awaiting data from EAEU 
Members   
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)  Goods  06/10/09  FP issued  07/04/08  22/10/10  19/11/10  RTA consideration postponed 
pending outstanding replies from 
GCC Members States to questions 
raised by WTO Members  
India - Australia  Goods & 
Services  07/09/23  FP in progress  28/11/23  … … RTA consideration scheduled for 
the CRTA November Meeting    
Indonesia - Korea, Republic of  Goods & 
Services  15/06/23  FP issued  06/11/23  18/01/24  15/02/24  RTA consideration scheduled for 
the CRTA June Meeting    
Kazakhstan – Azerbaijan*  Goods  26/03/24  Awaiting data  15/08/24  … …  
Korea, Republic of - Cambodia  Goods  21/06/23  FP issued  13/11/23  22/01/24  19/02/24  RTA consideration scheduled for 
the CRTA June Meeting    
Kyrgyz Republic - Azerbaijan*  Goods  31/01/24  Awaiting data  27/06/24  … …   
Mozambique - Indonesia  Goods  19/11/23  Awaiting data  18/04/24  … …   
Russian Federation - Turkmenistan*  Goods  18/01/13  Awaiting data  11/06/13  … … Awaiting data from Turkmenistan    
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Date  Status  Data due 
on: FP sent for 
comments  Comments 
due on :  Remarks  
Southern African Development 
Community (SADC)  Services  12/09/22  Awaiting data  … … … Factual Presentation to be done 
when the Services Agreement is 
in force for all Parties  
Treaty on a Free Trade Area between 
members of the Commonwealth of 
Independent States (CIS)*  Goods  06/06/13  Awaiting 
comments  31/10/18  21/01/19  04/03/19  RTA consideration pos tponed 
pending outstanding comments 
from Armenia, Belarus, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, and 
the Russian Federation.  
Türkiye - Bolivarian Republic of 
Venezuela  Goods  05/03/24  Awaiting data  25/07/24  … …   
Türkiye - Bosnia and Herzegovina*  Goods & 
Services  05/01/24  Awaiting data  05/06/24  … …   
Türkiye - Faeroe Islands*  Goods  01/11/22  Awaiting data  12/01/23  … … Awaiting tariff data from the 
Faeroe Islands   
Türkiye - Kosovo2* Goods  21/12/21  FP in progress  11/05/22  … … Data to be processed  
Türkiye - Montenegro  Services  11/07/23  Awaiting 
comments  05/12/23  07/03/24  04/04/24  RTA consideration scheduled for 
the CRTA September Meeting    
Türkiye - Syria*  Goods  15/02/07  Awaiting data  13/08/09  … … Awaiting complete data from 
Syria  
Ukraine - Azerbaijan*  Goods  18/08/08  Awaiting data  10/08/09  … … Awaiting tariff data from 
Azerbaijan   
Ukraine -Turkmenistan*  Goods  18/08/08  Awaiting data  10/08/09  … … Awaiting tariff data from 
Turkmenistan   
United Kingdom - Australia  Goods & 
Services  22/06/23  Awaiting 
comments  05/09/23  14/02/24  13/03/24  RTA consideration scheduled for 
the CRTA September Meeting    
United Kingdom - Cameroon  Goods  31/12/20  Awaiting data  13/07/21  … … Cameroon's  tariff data 
constructed based from the 
Agreement  
United Kingdom - Cariforum States*  Goods & 
Services  31/12/20  Awaiting data  06/05/21  … … Received some data from the 
Dominican Republic, Grenada, 
and St Vincent.  Awaiting 
complete data from all the 
Cariforum Parties   
United Kingdom - Côte d'Ivoire  Goods  31/12/20  Awaiting data  05/05/21  … … Côte d'Ivoire's tariff data 
constructed based from th e 
Agreement/ RTA consideration 
scheduled for the CRTA 
November Meeting  
United Kingdom - Faeroe Islands*  Goods  31/12/20  Awaiting data  05/05/21  … … Awaiting tariff data from the 
Faeroe Islands   
 
2 Reference to Kosovo in this table shall be understood to be in the context of the United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).    
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Date  Status  Data due 
on: FP sent for 
comments  Comments 
due on :  Remarks  
United Kingdom - Ghana  Goods  04/03/21  Awaiting data  17/05/21  … … Ghana's tariff data constructed 
based from the Agreement / RTA 
consideration scheduled for the 
CRTA November Meeting   
United Kingdom - Iceland, Liechtenstein 
and Norway  Goods & 
Services  30/11/21  FP issued  28/02/22  25/01/24  07/03/24  RTA consideration scheduled for 
the CRTA June Meeting    
United Kingdom - Kosovo*  Goods  31/12/20  FP in progress  12/05/21  … … Data to be processed  
United Kingdom - Lebanon*  Goods  31/12/20  Awaiting data  05/05/21  … … Awaiting complete data from 
Lebanon  
United Kingdom - Morocco  Goods  31/12/20  FP in progress  05/05/21  … …  
United Kingdom - New Zealand  Goods & 
Services  22/06/23  FP in progress  05/09/23  … … RTA consideration scheduled for 
the CRTA November Meeting    
United Kingdom - Pacific States  Goods  31/12/20  Awaiting 
comments  05/05/21  08/02/24  21/03/24  RTA consideration for all Pacific 
States, including subsequent 
accessions of Samoa and 
Solomon Islands to be done 
jointly  / scheduled for the CRTA 
September Meeting   
United Kingdom - Palestine*  Goods  31/12/20  Awaiting data  10/05/21  … …  Awaiting data from Palestine  
United Kingdom - Ukraine  Goods & 
Services  31/12/20  FP in progress  05/05/21  … … RTA consideration scheduled for 
the CRTA September Meeting    
… not applicable.  
*  RTA involves a WTO non -Member. 
Note:  In addition to the RTAs listed above, there are 27 RTAs for which the consideration process has not started yet: 19 concern R TAs with non -WTO Members and /or that are 
due inactive (factual presentations to be done), and 8 concern services RTAs for which specific commitments have not yet been  agreed (factual presentations on hold). 
Please consult the RTA Database  or the Interactive Dashboard  for further details.  
 
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