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INFORMAL WORKING GRO UP ON MSMES* 
TPR SURVEY 2006 -2018 
The following communication, dated 6 February  2019, is being  circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Uruguay as general coordinator of the Informal Working Group on MSMEs.  
 
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1  INTRO DUCTION  
1.1.  The following is a study conducted at the request of the MSME Informal Working Group to 
review MSME related information in Trade Policy Review (TPR) Reports prepared by Economic 
Research and Statistics Division of the WTO Secretariat. This stu dy does not represent the official 
position of the W TO, nor of the WTO secretariat.  
1.2.  The study reviewed TPRs produced from 1 January 2006 to 20 November 2018 – totalling 220 
TPR reports, 219 (99%) of which mentioned MSME p olicies and issues (See Annex).  
1.1  Context 
1.3.  The Buenos Aires Joint Statement on MSMEs (WT/MIN(17)/58/Rev.1) notes that the Group will 
identify "issues of particular interest to MSMEs that could be addressed in WTO  Secretariat's  Trade 
Policy reports ". At their 30 November 2018 meeting (JOB/GC/20 9), the Group requested the WTO 
Secretariat to map provisions related to MSMEs included in TPRs with a view to identifying possible 
approaches to enhance MSME coverage in TPRs.  
1.2  Methodology  
1.4.  To identify MSME specific policies, the study investigated areas wh ere MSMEs, SMEs, Small 
businesses, etc. were mentioned. As information on MSMEs appears in various locations within one 
report, the numbers provided in this report are indications only.  
1.3  TPR Mechanism and Standard Format  
1.5.  Trade Policy Reviews are conducted by the Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB) based on a policy 
statement (Government Report) by the Member under review and a report prepared by economists 
in the Secretariat's Trade Policy Review Division. The Government Report prepared by the Member 
is their o wn statement and does not follow a standard format. The Secretariat Report is prepared on 
its own responsibility, but with the cooperat ion of the Member under review.  
1.6.  The Secretariat R eports have a standard format broken down into four main chapters : 
• Chapter 1 describes the economic environment.  
                                                
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  • Chapter 2 describes the trade and investment regimes, including areas such as the 
government's trade policy objectives , the institutional structure  and negotiating priorities , and 
participation in regional trade agr eements . The investment regime is also included . 
• Chapter 3 describes the trade policies and practices by measure . Subjects include  issues such 
as: tariffs, free trade zones,  measures affecting exports,  finance trade financing programmes , 
government procurement, taxation, customs, incentives, intellectual property and other topics 
which affect trade and productio n. 
• Chapter 4 describes trade measures and policies which are focused on specific sectors or 
industries.  
1.4  MSME Specific Subsection s 
1.7.  Several reports have subsections specifically dedicated to MSMEs. During the review period, 
there were 36 specific MSME subsections in 34 TPRs (15% of TPRs reviewed). Three of these 
subsections appeared in Chapter 2 (trade and investment regimes) and the  remaining 33 appeared 
in Chapter 3 ( trade policies and practices by measure ), predominantly as a subsection of the 
incentives subsection. There were two reports that had subsection s in both Chapter 2 and Chapter  3. 
1.5  MSME Specific Appendices  
1.8.  Just as there a re MSME specific subsections in various TPRs, there are also MSME specific 
appendi x tables  in 5 of the TPRs. One of these tables (China 2006) provides the definitions of each 
category of MSME. Three of the tables, all from India (2007, 2011, and 2015), pro vide an  itemized 
list of MSME specific policies including the requirements to access the policy, details and the date of 
implementation. The final table, from Honduras (2016), details the financial measures offered to 
MSMEs. It is broken down by sector, si ze of MSME, and which financing organization provides the 
program.  
2  INFORMATION ON ECONO MIC PROFILE RELATED TO MSMES  
2.1.  A total of 10 TPRs provide an economic profile of MSMEs, most of them in Chapter 3, others in 
Chapter 2. The information covered varies, but  generally includes the percentage of total enterprises 
that MSMEs represent (8 TPRs), their contribution to GDP (6 TPRs ), share of total employment 
(6 TPRs), and percentage of total exports (3), as well as other items. One TPR provided the 
percentage of t otal businesses by sector and another TPR provided an estimate of the percentage of 
the informal economy made up of MSMEs. This information is useful in understanding the challenges 
and importance o f MSME of the member's economy.  
3  TRADE AND INVESTMENT  REGIM E 
3.1  Government trade policy objectives  
3.1.  Government trade policy objectives are usually discussed in two specific chapters. The first is 
Chapter 2 where the broad trade policy objectives of the government are discussed. Fifty -five TPRs 
(25%) mentioned MSME pol icies in this chapter. The other is Chapter 4 where government objectives 
specific to a sector are mentioned. For example, in the Manufacturing section of Chapter 4, 13 TPRs 
mentioned MSMEs as part of the policy objectives. There were also cases when gover nment 
objectives w ere stated in Chapters 1 and 3.  
3.2  Foreign Investment and Ownership Restrictions  
3.2.  Information on foreign investment and ownership restrictions appears either in Chapter 2 or in 
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  4  SPECIFIC ISSUES  
4.1  Access to finance  and trade finance  
4.1.  The most frequently mentioned MSME specific policies found in TPRs are in the area of access 
to finance with many Members maintaining simultaneously multiple programs to improve access to 
finance for MSMEs. Access to finance issues or p olicies concerning MSMEs appear in Chapter 3, 
typically under the "incentives" section or MSME -specific sections, or in Chapter 4 particularly in the 
financial services subsection. Over the review period, there were 276 access to finance policies 
concernin g MSMEs mentioned in Chapter 3 in 141 T PRs (64% of the TPRs reviewed).  
4.2.  Coverage of these issues increased significantly during the  review period. In 2006, only 
6 financing policies referencing MSMEs were mentioned in TPRs, but by 2016 there were 43 MSME 
references  in 12 TPRs in Chapter 3 alone.  
4.3.  Policies referenced range from loan guarantees to preferential loans, subsidized interest rates, 
minimum MSME loan requirements for commercial banks' portfolios, credit insurance, lines of credit, 
venture capital inc entives, the issuance of grants, etc. Regarding grants, information covers both 
those given  in response to a lack of capital to adequately cover financing trade costs or to finance  
business costs such as skills and training.  
4.2  Taxation and Customs Fees  
4.4.  The s econd most frequent MSME -specific policy area covered in TPRs concerns taxation, with 
77 observations in 75 TPRs (34% of the TPRs reviewed) mostly in Chapter 3. Subjects typically 
covered include tax exemptions specific to MSMEs, as well as incentives such  as value -added tax 
measures; tax credits; lower customs rates; tax cuts; and changes to the tax code. Other measures 
such as tax waivers and tax regime simplification specific to Manufacturing  are mentioned in 
Chapter  4. 
4.3  Government Procurement  
4.5.  The third most frequent MSME -specific policies covered in TPRs are government procurement 
policies, with 63 observations in 62 T PRs (28% of the TPRs reviewed).  
4.6.  Measures include reserved lists of products to be solely provided by MSMEs, contract sizes 
exclusive to MS MEs and contracts conditional upon adequate level of MSME participation etc. The 
government procurement sections on MSMEs vary in length, from a few paragraphs to a few pages.  
4.4  Legal and Regulatory Changes  
4.7.  Another frequent area covered in TPRs concerns the legal framework  governing MSMEs, with 
55 instances  in Chapter 3  and 19 in Chapter 4 (33% of the TPRs reviewed) describing legal issues 
and reforms regarding MSMEs. Legislation related to a specific industry is normally referenced in 
Chapter 4, while genera l legislative chan ges are mentioned in Chapter 3.  
4.8.  The information provided includes changes to laws, such as changes to the competition law or 
to financial laws to promote access to finance, or the creation of MSME -specific law or regulation. 
Most of the legal and regulatory changes covered in TPRs aim at promoting economic inclusion of 
MSMEs through MSME -friendly policies or at reducing the cost of legal and regulatory procedures by 
simpl ifying documents and processes.  
4.5  Business Development and Export Prom otion  
4.9.  A total of 87 TPRs covered policies on business development and export promotion specific to 
MSMEs. Such measures were mainly mentioned in Chapter 3 and included technical assistance 
policies (20 observations); policies for training and skills (23 ob servations); policies for government 
advisory or consulting services  (13 observations); and policies for export or import promotion, 
including grants, and networks development measures meant to facilitate MSME business relations 
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  4.10.   These categories were also mentioned when and where appropriate in Chapter 4, particularly 
in manufacturing.  
4.6  Access to Technology and Research and Development  
4.11.   During the review period, there were 41 observations of research and development polic ies 
and 11 observations of access to technology policies in 39 TPRs (17% of the TPRs reviewed). Such 
information is typically included in Chapter 3, with specific measures so metimes appearing in 
Chapter 4.  
4.7  Informal Economy  
4.12.   For Emerging markets and LDCs, tr ansitioning from informal to formal operations is also a 
MSME issue. During the review period, seven TPRs included references to MSMEs in relation to the 
informal economy (3% of the TPRs reviewed) in Chapter 1. There were  four other mentions of MSMEs 
and the informal economy in Chapter s 3 and 4.  
4.8  Trade facilitation  
4.13.   Over the 12 years of the review, 15 TPRs included information  in the trade facilitation 
sub-section of Chapter 3 on Single Windows and e -portals with explicit references to M SMEs (7% of 
the TPRs r eviewed).  
4.9  Access to information  
4.14.   The Secretariat's TPR Reports include a section in Chapter 2 on Transparency, which discusses 
access to information. However, there were no instances of MSME specific policies mentioned in this 
section for the reviewed repor ts. Information concerning the development of e -portals mentioned in 
the trade facilitation sub -section of Chapter 3 (see point 4.8 above) sometimes specifies that such 
e-portals are also meant to ensure adequate access to information for MSMEs.  
4.10  Intellectu al Property  
4.15.   There were 16 instances of policies to protect intellectual property rights related to MSMEs in 
15 TPRs (7% of the TPRs reviewed), mostly in Chapter 3, ranging from measures designed to make 
the IP regime more accessible to MSMEs to measures ed ucating MSMEs on the value of IP.  
4.11  Scale Issues Predominantly in Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining  
4.16.   Over the 12 years of the review, 118 policies focused on small -scale agriculture in 96 TPRs. 
Such information is typically covered in Chapter 4, sometimes as a MSME specific subsection (see 
point 5 below for an example of a M SME subsection on agriculture).  
4.17.   Examples of small scale terms used include small farms, small family holdings, small -scale 
farming, etc. Many different terms are used to describe small -scale operations, making it difficult to 
assess and compare MSME specific policies across countries in these areas. Policies in these areas 
range from access to finance, to certifica tion and technical assistance.   
4.12  Manufacturing  
4.18.   After agriculture (assuming all "small -scale" terms are MSME -specific), manufacturing was 
the sector that appeared most frequently concerning MSME -specific policies described in Chapter 4. 
These were very similar to the broader policies mentioned in Chapter 3 such as access to finance, 
skills and training, technical assistance, access to technology, research and development, etc. In 
some cases, there were direct repeats of the policies discussed in Chapter 3.  
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  5   EXAMPLES OF MSME IN FORMATION IN TPRS  
5.1.  The following table is a selected list o f examples that could serve as guidelines to Members for 
the preparation of inputs on M SMEs to be used in TPR reports.  
Type of Information  TPR Reports and Chapter  Reference  
MSME Specific Section Chapter 2  India 2015 Section 2.4.1.2  WT/TPR/S/345  
MSME Specific Section Chapter 3  Turkey 2016 Section 3.3.1.3; 
or Egypt 2018 Sections 
3.3.1.3 and 3.3.1.4  WT/TPR/S/331  
WT/TPR/S/367  
Government Funds for MSMEs  Colombia 2012 Ch.3 
Table  III.29  WT/TPR/S/265  
Financial Incentives of MSMEs  Costa Rica 2013 Ch.3 
Table  3.18 WT/TPR/S/286  
Financing for MSMEs  Table in 
Appendix  Honduras 2016 Appendix 
Table page 115  WT/TPR/S/336  
Incentive sc hemes/programmes 
Table  India 2015 Appendix A3.7  WT/TPR/S/313  
Agriculture Sector MSME section 
Chapter 4  Russian Federation 2016  
Chapter 4 Par a. 4.26  WT/TPR/S/345  
 
 
6  COLLECTION OF MSME -RELATED INFORMATION  
6.1.  The Member under review can submit inputs during the TPR process through three channels. 
First, they can submit information as part of responses to the Secretariat's the Initial R equest for 
Information, which is submitted to the Member for the purposes of drafting the Secretariat's report. 
Second, the Member has the possibility to comment on the Secretariat’s draft report. As already 
noted, the Secretariat report is prepared on its  own responsibility. It does, however, reflect inputs 
submitted as part of responses to the Initial request, and comments made by the Government on 
the draft Secretariat report. Third, the Member prepares a Government Report, which is circulated 
simultaneo usly with the Secretariat’s report.  
6.2.  Based on the present study, " issues of particular interest to MSMEs that could be addressed in 
WTO Trade Policy reports ", as per the mandate of the Ministerial declaration (WT/MIN(17)/58/Rev.1) 
either at the stage of the  Initial Request for background Information or in the Government Report 
could include:  
1. Economic profile on MSMEs  
Information to be provided could include:  
 
• the national definition of MSMEs ; 
• a standard table with statistics for each year of the review pe riod (each year since the 
last TPR for the Member) on the following:  
1. Total number of MSMEs  
2. Percentage of businesses that are MSMEs  
3. GDP profile of MSMEs  
4. Percentage of GDP generated by MSMEs  
5. Employment created by MSMEs  
6. Percentage of total employment generated by MSMEs  
7. Total Exports and Imports for M SMEs  INF/MSME/W/2  
 
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  8. Percentage of al l Exports and Imports for MSMEs  
9. Total number of MSMEs that are Exporting and Importing  
10. Percentage of Trading Companies that are MSMEs . 
2. Government objectives and investment regime  
Information to be provided could include an explanation of government objectives regarding 
MSMEs and the governance structure for MSMEs (including associations that advise on policy), 
as well as information on foreign investment and o wnership restrictions.  
 
3. Trade policies by measures  
Information to be provided would cover issues typically covered under chapter 3 of TPR 
Reports, including tariffs; free trade zones; access to finance, trade finance and financing 
measures; government p rocurement; taxation; customs; incentives; business development; 
export promotion; access to technology (i.e. programs meant to promote the adoption of 
technology); research and development; intellectual property and other topics which affect 
the whole eco nomy.  
 
Regarding access to finance, trade finance and financing measures, which are issues of great 
interest to the Informal Working Group on MSMEs, it could be useful to profile the information 
based upon various categories such as Subsidized Financial Me asures, Portfolio Requirements 
for Commercial Banks, Financial Inclusion Institutions (such as Micro Finance) and others 
popular means to resolve the issue.  
 
Regarding grants, the information typically covers both those measures provided in response 
to a lack of capital to adequately cover financing trade costs or to finance business costs such 
as skills and training. Measures listed could distinguish between those for domestic business 
development and measures specifically meant to enable MSMEs to trade (s uch as the 
difference between Access to Finance in general or Access to  Trade Finance).  
 
The mapping of access to trade finance measures that the MSME Informal Working Group 
decided to undertake in 2018 could provide useful insights to help structure infor mation on 
trade finance for the Initial Request for Background informa tion. 
 
As access to information is an issue of particular importance to the MSME Informal Working 
Group, thoughts could be given to the best way for Members to submit information on this  
topic. The questionnaire to be conducted for the Global Trade Helpdesk could provide some 
guidance in this respect.  
 
4. Measures and policies which are focused on specific industries  
Information to be provided could include information on MSME -related information and policies 
focuses on specific industries, such as agriculture, fi sheries, mining, manufacturing.  
 
6.3.  Another option for the MSME Informal Working Group would be to collect information through 
a questionnaire that Members would be invited to fil l on a regular and voluntary basis. This approach 
is used in other committees on topics such as Import Licensing. The collected information is used by 
the Trade Policy Review Division during the TPR process. An additional advantage of this approach 
is that  the collected information would be a complete and up -to-date time series of quantitative and 
qualitative information that could be used to map best practice s in the various areas covered.  
 
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  ANNEX  
TPRS REVIEWED  
TPR Report  Reference  MSMEs  
Mentioned  MSME 
Sections  Appendic es 
MSME section  
or table  
Year 2006  
Angola  WT/TPR/S/158/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Bangladesh  WT/TPR/S/168/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
China  WT/TPR/S/161/Rev.1  Yes Yes Yes 
Colombia  WT/TPR/S/172/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  WT/TPR/S/169/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Djibouti  WT/TPR/S/159/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Hong Kong, China  WT/TPR/S/173/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Iceland  WT/TPR/S/164/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Israel  WT/TPR/S/157/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda  WT/TPR/S/171/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Kyrgyz Republic  WT/TPR/S/170/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Malaysia  WT/TPR/S/156/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Nicaragua  WT/TPR/S/167/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Chinese Taipei  WT/TPR/S/165/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Togo WT/TPR/S/166/Rev.1  Yes none none 
United Arab Emirates  WT/TPR/S/162/Rev.1  Yes none none 
United States of America  WT/TPR/S/160/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Uruguay  WT/TPR/S/163/Rev.1  Yes none none 
 
Year 2007  
Argentina  WT/TPR/S/176/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Australia  WT/TPR/S/183/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  WT/TPR/S/185/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Cameroon and Gabon  WT/TPR/S/187/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Canada  WT/TPR/S/179/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Central African Republic  WT/TPR/S/183/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Chad WT/TPR/S/174/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Costa Rica  WT/TPR/S/180/Rev.1  Yes none none 
European Union  WT/TPR/S/177/Rev.1  Yes none none 
India WT/TPR/S/182/Rev.1  Yes Yes Yes 
Indonesia  WT/TPR/S/184/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Japan  WT/TPR/S/175/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Macao, China  WT/TPR/S/181/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Organization of Eastern Caribbean 
States (OECS)  WT/TPR/S/190/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Panama  WT/TPR/S/186/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Peru WT/TPR/S/189/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Thailand  WT/TPR/S/191/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Turkey  WT/TPR/S/192/Rev.1  Yes none none INF/MSME/W/2  
 
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TPR Report  Reference  MSMEs  
Mentioned  MSME 
Sections  Appendices 
MSME section  
or table  
Year 2008  
Barbados  WT/TPR/S/203/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Brunei Darussalam  WT/TPR/S/196/Rev.1  Yes none none 
China  WT/TPR/S/199/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Dominican Republic  WT/TPR/S/207/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Ghana  WT/TPR/S/194/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Jordan  WT/TPR/S/206/Rev.1/
Corr.1  Yes none none 
Korea, Republic of  WT/TPR/S/204/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Madagascar  WT/TPR/S/197/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Mauritius  WT/TPR/S/198/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Mexico  WT/TPR/S/195/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Norway  WT/TPR/S/205/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Oman  WT/TPR/S/201/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Pakistan  WT/TPR/S/193/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Singapore  WT/TPR/S/202/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Switzerland  WT/TPR/S/208/Rev.1  Yes none none 
United States of America  WT/TPR/S/200/Rev.1  Yes none none 
 
Year 2009  
Brazil  WT/TPR/S/222/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and 
South Africa  WT/TPR/S/212/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Chile WT/TPR/S/220/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
European Union  WT/TPR/S/214/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Fiji WT/TPR/S/231/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Georgia  WT/TPR/S/224/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Guatemala  WT/TPR/S/210/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Guyana  WT/TPR/S/218/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Japan  WT/TPR/S/211/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Maldives  WT/TPR/S/221/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Morocco  WT/TPR/S/217/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Mozambique  WT/TPR/S/209/Rev.1  Yes none none 
New Zealand  WT/TPR/S/216/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Niger and Senegal  WT/TPR/S/223  Yes none none 
Solomon Islands  WT/TPR/S/215/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Zambia  WT/TPR/S/219/Rev.1  Yes none none 
 
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  TPR Report  Reference  MSMEs  
Mentioned  MSME 
Sections  Appendices 
MSME section  
or table  
Year 2010  
Albania  WT/TPR/S/229/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Armenia  WT/TPR/S/379/Rev.1  no none none 
Belize  WT/TPR/S/238/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Benin  WT/TPR/S/236/Rev.1  Yes none none 
China  WT/TPR/S/230/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Croatia  WT/TPR/S/227/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  WT/TPR/S/240  Yes none none 
El Salvador  WT/TPR/S/226/Rev.1  Yes none none 
The Gambia  WT/TPR/S/233/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Honduras  WT/TPR/S/234/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Hong Kong, China  WT/TPR/S/241/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Malawi  WT/TPR/S/231/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Malaysia  WT/TPR/S/225/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Papua New Guinea  WT/TPR/S/239/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Sri Lanka  WT/TPR/S/237/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Chinese Taipei  WT/TPR/S/232/Rev.1  Yes none none 
United States of America  WT/TPR/S/235/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Year 2011  
Australia  WT/TPR/S/244/rev.1  Yes none none 
Cambodia  WT/TPR/S/253/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Canada  WT/TPR/S/246/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Ecuador  WT/TPR/S/254/Rev.1  Yes none none 
European Union  WT/TPR/S/248/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Guinea  WT/TPR/S/251/Rev.1  Yes none none 
India WT/TPR/S/249/Rev.1  Yes Yes Yes 
Jamaica  WT/TPR/S/242/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Japan  WT/TPR/S/243/Rev.1/
Corr.1  Yes none none 
Mauritania  WT/TPR/S/250/Rev.1  Yes none None 
Nigeria  WT/TPR/S/247/Rev.1  Yes none None 
Paraguay  WT/TPR/S/245/Rev.1  Yes none None 
Thailand  WT/TPR/S/255/Rev.1  Yes none None 
Zimbabwe  WT/TPR/S/252/Rev.1  Yes none None 
 
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  TPR Report  Reference  MSMEs  
Mentioned  MSME 
Sections  Appendices 
MSME section  
or table  
Year 2012  
Bangladesh  WT/TPR/S/270/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Burundi  WT/TPR/S/271/Re v.1 Yes none none 
China  WT/TPR/S/264/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Colombia  WT/TPR/S/265/Rev.2  Yes none none 
Côte d'I voire, Guinea -Bissau and 
Togo WT/TPR/S/266/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Iceland  WT/TPR/S/273/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Israel  WT/TPR/S/272/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Korea, Republic of  WT/TPR/S/268/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Kuwait, the State of  WT/TPR/S/258/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Nepal  WT/TPR/S/257/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Nicaragua  WT/TPR/S/274/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Norway  WT/TPR/S/269/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Philippines  WT/TPR/S/261/Rev.2  Yes Yes none 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  WT/TPR/S/256/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Singapore  WT/TPR/S/267/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Trinidad and Tobago  WT/TPR/S/260/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Turkey  WT/TPR/S/259/Rev.1  Yes none none 
United Arab Emirates  WT/TPR/S/262/Rev.1  Yes none none 
United States of America  WT/TPR/S/275/Rev.2  Yes none none 
Uruguay  WT/TPR/S/263/Rev.1  Yes none none 
 
Year 2013  
Argentina  WT/TPR/S/277/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Brazil  WT/TPR/S/283/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Cameroon, Central African Republic, 
Chad, Congo and Gabon  WT/TPR/S/285/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Costa Rica  WT/TPR/S/286/Rev.1  Yes none none 
European Union  WT/TPR/S/284/Rev.2  Yes none none 
Indonesia  WT/TPR/S/278/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Japan  WT/TPR/S/276/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Kyrgyz Republic  WT/TPR/S/288/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Macao, China  WT/TPR/S/281/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Mexico  WT/TPR/S/279/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Peru WT/TPR/S/289/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Suriname  WT/TPR/S/282/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Switzerland  WT/TPR/S/280/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
The former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia  WT/TPR/S/290/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Viet Nam WT/TPR/S/287/Rev.1  Yes none none 
 
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  TPR Report  Reference  MSMEs  
Mentioned  MSME 
Sections  Appendices 
MSME section  
or table  
Year 2014  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  WT/TPR/S/294/Rev.1  Yes none none 
China  WT/TPR/S/300/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Djibouti  WT/TPR/S/305/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Ghana  WT/TPR/S/298/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Hong Kong, China  WT/TPR/S/306/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Malaysia  WT/TPR/S/292/Rev.2  Yes Yes none 
Mauritius  WT/TPR/S/304/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Mongolia  WT/TPR/S/297/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Myanmar  WT/TPR/S/293/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Oman  WT/TPR/S/295/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Organization of Eastern Caribbean 
States (OECS)  WT/TPR/S/299  Yes none none 
Panama  WT/TPR/S/301/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Qatar  WT/TPR/S/296/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Chinese Taipei  WT/TPR/S/302/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Tonga  WT/TPR/S/291/Rev.1  Yes none none 
United States of America  WT/TPR/S/307/Rev.1  Yes none none 
 
Year 2015  
Angola  WT/TPR/S/321/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Australia  WT/TPR/S/312/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Barbados  WT/TPR/S/308/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Brunei Darussalam  WT/TPR/S/309/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Cabo Verde  WT/TPR/S/322  Yes none none 
Canada  WT/TPR/S/314/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Chile WT/TPR/S/315/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Dominican Republic  WT/TPR/S/319/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
European Union  WT/TPR/S/317/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Guyana  WT/TPR/S/320/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Haiti WT/TPR/S/327/Rev.1  Yes none none 
India WT/TPR/S/313/Rev.1  Yes Yes Yes 
Japan  WT/TPR/S/310/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Jordan  WT/TPR/S/325/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Madagascar  WT/TPR/S/318/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Moldova, Republic of  WT/TPR/S/323/Rev.1  Yes none none 
New Zealand  WT/TPR/S/316/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Pakistan  WT/TPR/S/311/Rev.1  Yes none none 
South African Customs Union  WT/TPR/S/324/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Thailand  WT/TPR/S/326/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
 
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  TPR Report  Reference  MSMEs  
Mentioned  MSME 
Sections  Appendices 
MSME section  
or table  
Year 2016  
Albania  WT/TPR/S/337/Rev.1  Yes none none 
China  WT/TPR/S/342/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  WT/TPR/S/339  Yes none none 
El Salvador  WT/TPR/S/344/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Fiji WT/TPR/S/330/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Georgia  WT/TPR/S/328/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Guatemala  WT/TPR/S/348/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Honduras  WT/TPR/S/336/Rev.1  Yes none Yes 
Korea, Republic of  WT/TPR/S/346/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Malawi  WT/TPR/S/335/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Maldives  WT/TPR/S/332/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Morocco  WT/TPR/S/329/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Russian Federation  WT/TPR/S/345/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  WT/TPR/S/333/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Singapore  WT/TPR/S/343/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Solomon Islands  WT/TPR/S/349/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Sri Lanka  WT/TPR/S/347/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Tunisia  WT/TPR/S/341/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Turkey  WT/TPR/S/331/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Ukraine  WT/TPR/S/334/Rev.1  Yes none none 
United Arab Emirates  WT/TPR/S/338/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
United States of America  WT/TPR/S/350/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Zambia  WT/TPR/S/340/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Year 2017  
Belize  WT/TPR/S/353/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, 
Guinea -Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal 
and Togo  WT/TPR/S/362/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  WT/TPR/S/363/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Brazil  WT/TPR/S/358/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Cambodia  WT/TPR/S/364/Rev.1  Yes none none 
European Union  WT/TPR/S/357/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Iceland  WT/TPR/S/361/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Jamaica  WT/TPR/S/359/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Japan  WT/TPR/S/351/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Mexico  WT/TPR/S/352/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Mozambique  WT/TPR/S/354/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Nigeria  WT/TPR/S/356/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Paraguay  WT/TPR/S/360/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Sierra Leone  WT/TPR/S/303/Rev.2  Yes none none 
Switzerland  WT/TPR/S/355/Rev.1  Yes none none 
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  TPR Report  Reference  MSMEs  
Mentioned  MSME 
Sections  Appendices 
MSME section  
or table  
Year 2018  
China  WT/TPR/S/375/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Colombia  WT/TPR/S/372/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Egypt  WT/TPR/S/367/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
The Gambia  WT/TPR/S/365/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Guinea  WT/TPR/S/370/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Israel  WT/TPR/S/376/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Malaysia  WT/TPR/S/366/Rev.1  Yes Yes none 
Mauritania  WT/TPR/S/371/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Montenegro  WT/TPR/S/369/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Norway  WT/TPR/S/373/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Philippines  WT/TPR/S/368/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Uruguay  WT/TPR/S/374/Rev.1  Yes none none 
Total s for all TPR Reports 
Reviewed  220 219 34 5 
 
 
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