WT/COMTD/85  
10 November 2014  
(14-6553)  Page: 1/17  
Committee on Trade and Development  Original: Spanish  
 
  LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION ASSOCIATION (LAIA) 
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE WTO 
Report to the WTO on Instruments Conclu ded Under the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo 
(Period 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013) 
The attached report was received from the delegation of Uruguay on 23 October 2014 for 
circulation to WTO Members. 
 
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  INTRODUCTION 
Pursuant to the obligation of WTO Members to notify instruments concluded under the 
"Enabling Clause" (paragraph 4(a)), in accordance with the Decision of 14 December 2006 establishing a "Transparency Mechanism for Re gional Trade Agreements", without prejudice 
to individual notifications submitted by Members,  and further to the reports submitted previously, 
the LAIA member countries, which notified th e 1980 Treaty of Montevideo to the GATT in 
July 1982 (document L/5342), hereby submit the following "Report on instruments concluded 
under the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo during the period 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013". 
 The first section analyses trends in intraregional trade in 2013.  
The second section describes the instruments that were concluded and registered under 
the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo during the period considered, or that were concluded in preceding 
years but were registered with the General Secretariat in 2013. It should be noted that the report 
comprises two new economic complementarity agreements, six protocols additional to economic 
complementarity agreements, and two agreements concluded under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo, under which member countries may conclude agreements with 
other Latin American countries. 
 
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  SECTION I 
ANALYSIS OF TRENDS IN INTRAREGIONAL TRADE IN 2013 
Introduction 
The region's global trade has grown very strongly  over time, with exports and imports increasing 
from around 250 billion dollars in 1980 to 1,000 billion dollars (2013 dollars) in 2013 (Chart 1(a)). 
This dynamic growth has enabled the LAIA countries  as a whole to increase their share of world 
trade, which rose from 4.3% to 5.6% in the case of exports and from 4.6% to 5.4% in the case of 
imports, during the period 1980-2013. 
Chart 1 - Trends in the global trade of member countries (1980-2013) 
(a) Billions of constant 2013 dollars 
1002003004005006007008009001,0001,100Exports
Imports (b) Share of world trade (%) 
2.53.03.54.04.55.05.56.0
Exports Imports
 
As far as intraregional trade is concerned, the ex tensive network of existing agreements within the 
LAIA framework has boosted its growth, even though intraregional trade has not been immune 
to the negative impact of trends in global trade or the economic cycles in regional economies. 
This has led to similarities in the phases of expansion and contraction recorded by intraregional trade and trade with the rest of the world (Cha rt 2(a), measured by imports in both cases). 
Nevertheless, intraregional trade accounts for a growing share of the region's total trade, with 
exports expanding from 13% to 17% and import s rising from 12% to 16% between 1980 and 
2013 (Chart 2(b)). 
Chart 2 - Trends in intraregional trade (1980-2013) 
(a) Billions of current dollars 
 
 020406080100 120 140 160 180 
0100200300400500600700800900Rest of the world
Intrarregional
 (b) Share of total trade 
6 8 101214161820Imports
Exports  
 
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  Trends in 2013 
Following the strong rebound recorded in the post-crisis period (2010-2011), there was a marked 
slowdown in the trade of LAIA member countries in 2013, as well as in the preceding year (see Chart 1(a)). Nonetheless, the region maintain ed its world share of bo th exports and imports 
at around 5.5% (see Chart (1b)). 
This slowdown in regional trade was caused by tw o main factors: the reduced rate of growth in 
economic activity in the region and the fall in international prices of the commodities strongly 
represented in the regional export basket. In th is connection, it need only be mentioned that, 
on the one hand, the LAIA's GDP growth rate  fell from 6.1% and 4.3% in 2010 and 2011, 
respectively, to 2.9% and 3.1% in the following tw o years, while, on the other, the prices of the 
main LAIA commodity exports fell by 2.3% in 2012 and 4.7% in 2013. 
Chart 2(a) shows that intraregional trade experi enced almost zero growth in 2013 (-0.1% on the 
import side), as had been the case the previous year. It thus remains at a level similar to that of its historic record. 
Imports from the rest of the world showed slightly higher growth (4.2%), representing a marginal 
decline compared to 2012 (4.8%). Similarly, ex traregional exports increased slightly (1.6%) 
in 2013, at practically the same pace as the previous year (1.7%). 
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  Table 1 Total imports by country of origin. 
LAIA/Rest of the world, 2012 and 2013  
(millions of dollars CIF) 
Country 2012 2013  Change 2013/2012  
LAIA Rest o f 
the world Total  LAIA  Rest o f 
the world  Total  LAIA Rest of 
the world Total  
Argentina 24,526 43,982 68,508  26,343  47,660  74,003  7.4% 8.4% 8.0%  
Bolivia 4,552 3,729 8,281  4,404  4,878  9,282  -3.3% 30.8% 12.1%  
Brazil 38,238 195,130 233,368  39,509  210,935  250,445  3.3% 8.1% 7.3%  
Chile 20,196 50,501 70,697  18,652  53,274  71,926  -7.6% 5.5% 1.7%  
Colombia1 15,479 43,632 59,111  13,446  45,951  59,397  -13.1% 5.3% 0.5%  
Cuba n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 
Ecuador 8,286 17,191 25,477  8,385  18,919  27,305  1.2% 10.1% 7.2%  
Mexico2 9,165 361,587 370,752  9,403  371,807  381,210  2.6% 2.8% 2.8%  
Panama1 1,803 11,054 12,633  5,720  11,349  12,814  217.3% 2.7% 1.4%  
Paraguay 5,303 6,252 11,555  5,495  6,647  12,142  3.6% 6.3% 5.1%  
Peru 11,918 30,232 42,151  11,617  31,657  43,274  -2.5% 4.7% 2.7%  
Uruguay 5,275 6,377 11,652  4,644  6,998  11,642  -12.0% 9.7% -0.1%  
Venezuela2 18,437 36,128 54,565  15,424  29,648  45,072  -16.3% -17.9% -17.4%  
TOTAL1 163,178 805,795 968,750  163,042  839,726  998,512  -0.1% 4.2% 3.1%  
1 Estimated data based on partial information. 
2 FOB values. 
3 n.a.: Not available. 
 Source: Data provided by member countries. Prepared by: LAIA General Secretariat. 
The country with the highest growth of intr aregional imports in 2013 was Panama (217.3%). 
Argentina (7.4%), Paraguay (3.6%), Brazil (3.3 %), Mexico (2.6%) and Ecuador (1.2%) also 
increased their purchases in the region, albeit at a more moderate pace. On the other hand, 
it should be noted that Venezuela (-16.3%), Co lombia (-13.1%), Uruguay (-12%), Chile (-7.6%), 
Bolivia (-3.3%) and Peru (-2.5%) recorded negative rates. 
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  Table 2 Total exports by country according to destination. 
LAIA/Rest of the world, 2012 and 2013  
(millions of dollars FOB) 
Country 2012 2013  Change 2013/2012  
LAIA Rest of 
the world Total  LAIA  Rest of 
the world  Total  LAIA Rest of 
the world Total  
Argentina 33,769 47,158 80,927  34,029  48,997  83,026  0.8% 3.9% 2.6%  
Bolivia 7,761 4,207 11,968  8,330  3,832  12,163  7.3% -8.9% 1.6%  
Brazil 45,048 197,530 242,578  50,404  191,775  242,179  11.9% -2.9% -0.2%  
Chile 11,814 64,920 76,734  11,864  64,337  76,201  0.4% -0.9% -0.7%  
Colombia 13,511 45,621 59,133  13,424  44,780  58,204  -0.6% -1.8% -1.6%  
Cuba n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 
Ecuador 7,364 16,401 23,765  6,844  18,114  24,958  -7.1% 10.4% 5.0%  
Mexico 22,746 347,960 370,706  21,758  358,430  380,189  -4.3% 3.0% 2.6%  
Panama1 40 782 822  39 772 811 -3.0% -1.2% -1.3%  
Paraguay 4,208 3,074 7,282  5,076  4,357  9,432  20.6% 41.7% 29.5%  
Peru 7,872 33,640 41,512  8,215  37,731  45,946  4.4% 12.2% 10.7%  
Uruguay 3,373 5,337 8,709  3,274  5,741  9,015  -2.9% 7.6% 3.5%  
Venezuela1 n.a. n.a. 97,340  n.a. n.a. 88,705  n.a. n.a. -8.9%  
TOTAL1 157,506 766,629 1,021,475  163,257  778,867  1,030,829  3.7% 1.6% 0.9%  
1 Estimated data based on partial information. 
2 n.a.: Not available. 
 
Source: Data provided by member countries. 
Prepared by: LAIA General Secretariat. 
The countries with the highest gains in exports to the region in 2013 were Paraguay (20.6%) and 
Brazil (11.9%). Bolivia (7.3%) and Peru (4.4%) al so recorded - albeit more moderate - increases, 
while sales by Argentina (0.8%), Chile (0.4%) and Colombia (-0.6%) stood at practically the same level as the previous year. The remaining countries, including Ecuador (-7.1%), Mexico (-4.3%), 
Panama (-3%) and Uruguay (-2.9%), reduced their purchases in the region in 2013. 
It should be emphasized that intraregional trade, which showed a slightly positive trend in the first 
six months of 2013, declined steadily in the second half of the year.
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1 The LAIA General Secretariat prepares timely tren d/cycle indicators for both intraregional trade and 
global trade (see http://www.aladi.org/nsfweb/sitio/graficasTENCI/graficoLineChartTENCIGrande.html  on the 
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  SECTION II 
DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENTS CONC LUDED BY LAIA MEMBER COUNTRIES 
UNDER THE 1980 TREATY OF MONTEVIDEO DURING THE PERIOD 
1 JANUARY 2013 TO 31 DECEMBER 2013 
For methodological purposes a data sheet is attached for each instrument concluded during 
the above-mentioned period. 
INSTRUMENT PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES 
ACE 2.71 Brazil – Uruguay 
ACE 2.72 Brazil – Uruguay 
ACE 40.4 Cuba – Venezuela 
ACE 51.3 Cuba – Mexico 
ACE 51.4 Cuba – Mexico 
ACE 70 Bolivia – Cuba – Venezuela – Nicaragua 
ACE 71 Cuba – Panama 
ACE 71.1 Cuba – Panama 
AAP.A25 TM No. 42 Ecuador – Guatemala 
AAP.A25 TM No. 43 Cuba – El Salvador 
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  71st Additional Protocol to Economic Comp lementarity Agreement No. 2 (ACE 2.71) 
1 Members signatory to the Agreement: 
Brazil – Uruguay 
2 Date of signature: 
11 March 2013 
Date of entry into force: 
Pending 
3 Brief description of the instrument: 
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 2.71 
LAIA members Brazil and Uruguay, which also have the status of WTO Members, 
concluded Additional Protocol No. 71 to Econom ic Complementarity Agreement No. 2 under the 
Enabling Clause. 
The purpose of this Protocol is to ensure the flow of bilateral trade and promote the expansion 
and deepening of trade in goods and services, ha ving particular regard for imbalances between 
the Parties. 
It establishes a Uruguay-Brazil Bilateral Trad e Commission (CCB), aimed at deepening trade 
relations among the Parties through the settlement of specific legal, regulatory and operational market access problems and the development of initiatives to expand trade in goods and services. 
It also creates a bilateral consultation mechanism under the CCB in order to deal with 
difficulties that may arise in matters relating, inter alia , to origin, trade defence, sanitary and 
phytosanitary measures, technical standards and customs procedures. Specific procedures are 
laid down for conducting each type of consultation. 
4 Text and related schedule s, annexes and protocols: 
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format) 
- Available from the following official Internet link: http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.n sf/4d5c18e55622 e104032574900 0756112/dcbe434f
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  72nd Additional Protocol to Economic Comp lementarity Agreement No. 2 (ACE 2.72) 
1 Members signatory to the Agreement: 
Brazil – Uruguay 
2 Date of signature: 
27 December 2013 
Date of entry into force: 
Pending 
3 Brief description of the instrument: 
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 2.72 
LAIA members Brazil and Uruguay, which also have the status of WTO Members, 
concluded Additional Protocol No. 72 to Econom ic Complementarity Agreement No. 2 under the 
Enabling Clause. 
Under this Protocol, the signatory countries grant each other full and immediate exemption 
from the Common External Tariff or national im port tariffs, where applicable, on specific 
products originating in the Manaos Free Zone (Brazil) and the Colonia and Nueva Palmira 
free zones (Uruguay). 
The exemption will apply as of the entry into force of the Protocol until 31 December 2016. 
4 Text and related schedule s, annexes and protocols: 
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format) 
- Available from the following official Internet link: http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.n sf/4d5c18e55622e 1040325749000756 112/367c9d8d
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  40th Additional Protocol to Economic Comp lementarity Agreement No. 40 (ACE 40.4) 
1 Members signatory to the Agreement: 
Cuba – Venezuela 
2 Date of signature: 
4 May 20122 
Date of entry into force: 
12 June 2012 
3 Brief description of the instrument: 
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 40.4 
LAIA members Cuba and Venezuela, which also have the status of WTO Members, 
concluded Additional Protocol No. 4 to Econom ic Complementarity Agreement No. 40 under the 
Enabling Clause. 
Under this Protocol, Venezuela grants Cuba exemption from import tariffs on products across 
the board. It also incorporates in the Agreement provisions relating to rules of origin (Annex I), protection of domestic production, infant industries, and agricultural and 
agroindustrial development measures (Annex II), and sanitary, zoosanitary and phytosanitary 
measures (Annex III). 
It should be emphasized that Cuba granted this concession to Venezuela at the time 
of concluding the 3
rd Additional Protocol to this Agreement.3 
4 Text and related schedule s, annexes and protocols: 
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format). 
- Available from the following official Internet link: 
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.n sf/4d5c18e55622 e104032574900 0756112/5946352
44165c75d03257bb80060edf5?OpenDocument 
 
                                               
2 This Protocol was deposited with the LAIA General Secretariat on 8 July 2013, within the period 
covered by this Report. 
3 Instrument included in the 2006-2007 Report (A LADI/SEC/di 2216 – WTO document WT/COMTD/78). WT/COMTD/85 
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  3rd Additional Protocol to Economic Comp lementarity Agreement No. 51 (ACE 51.3) 
1 Members signatory to the Agreement: 
Cuba – Mexico 
2 Date of signature: 
1 November 2013 
Date of entry into force: 
Pending 
3 Brief description of the instrument: 
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 51.3 
LAIA members Cuba and Mexico, which also have the status of WTO Members, 
concluded Additional Protocol No. 3 to Econom ic Complementarity Agreement No. 51 under the 
Enabling Clause. 
Under this Protocol, the signatory countries expanded and deepened the tariff concessions 
previously granted, adding preferences for 3,625 items and extending another 214. 
The main products negotiated were agroindust rial products, poultry meat, dairy products, 
sausages, chemicals, rum, tobacco, medicines, and medical instruments and apparatus. 
It was agreed that bilateral trade would not be subject to consular requirements, including 
related fees and charges. Adjustments were made to the provisions relating to administration 
of the Agreement; a clause on cumulation of materials between the two Parties and a 
de minimis  clause were incorporated in the rules of origin; the Appendix relating to specific 
origin requirements was replaced; and Annexes IV and V, containing provisions concerning sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to trade, respectively, were added. 
4 Text and related schedule s, annexes and protocols: 
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format). 
- Available from the following official Internet link: 
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.n sf/4d5c18e55622e 1040325749000756 112/3db04e47
8eecea1d03257c4700507b39?OpenDocument  
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  4th Additional Protocol to Economic Comp lementarity Agreement No. 51 (ECA 51.4) 
1 Members signatory to the Agreement: 
Cuba – Mexico 
2 Date of signature: 
1 November 2013 
Date of entry into force: 
Pending 
3 Brief description of the instrument: 
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 51.4 
LAIA members Cuba and Mexico, which also have the status of WTO Members, 
concluded Additional Protocol No. 4 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 51 under 
the Enabling Clause. 
This Protocol incorporates a dispute settlement regime in the Agreement, providing for a 
choice of forum - either the regime itself or the WTO. It also provides for consultation and direct negotiation, intervention of the Administrative Commission, establishment of a court 
of arbitration, a roster of arbitrators, rules of procedure, a preliminary ruling, an arbitral 
award, compliance with the award, and suspension  of benefits in the event of non-compliance. 
4 Text and related schedule s, annexes and protocols: 
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format). 
- Available from the following official Internet link: http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.n sf/4d5c18e55622 e104032574900 0756112/62b737a
eaf6bd32303257c47004ffbf3?OpenDocument  
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  Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 70 (ACE 70) 
1 Members signatory to the Agreement: 
Bolivia - Cuba - Venezuela and Nicaragua 
2 Date of signature: 
11 July 2013 
Date of entry into force: 
Nicaragua and Venezuela: 30 January 2014 
Cuba: 6 March 2014 
3 Brief description of the instrument: 
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 70 
LAIA members Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela, along with Nicaragua (in process of accession4), 
all of which have the status of WTO Members, concluded Economic Complementarity 
Agreement No. 70 under the Enabling Clause. 
The conclusion of this Agreement creates the co nditions necessary to implement the economic 
area known as the "Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of the Americas - People's Trade 
Agreement" (ECOALBA-TCP). 
Chapter II of the Agreement deals with stimulation of trade growth, Chapter III with 
productive complementarity, Chapter IV with  convergence, Chapter V with cooperation 
mechanisms, Chapter VI with administration of the Agreement, Chapter VII with accession, 
Chapter VIII with dispute settlement, and Chapte r IX with entry into force and termination. 
As to the liberalization of trade in goods, the Agreement provides that within a maximum period of two years from the date of its entry into force, signatory countries that have not yet 
liberalized their reciprocal trade across all tariff lines must establish their respective reduction 
schedules. The countries also agreed that over th e course of that period and whilst they were 
in the process of laying down the commitment s due to govern trade between the ALBA-TCP 
signatory countries, ECA No. 40 between Cuba and Venezuela, ECA No. 47 between Bolivia 
and Cuba, and the People's Trade Agreement for productive complementarity concluded between Bolivia and Venezuela would form part of ECA No. 70. 
4 Text and related schedule s, annexes and protocols: 
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format). 
- Available from the following official Internet link: 
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.n sf/4d5c18e55622e 1040325749000756 112/058d210
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4 Resolution No. 75 (XIV) of the Council of Ministers on accession of the Republ ic of Nicaragua to the 
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  Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 71 (ACE 71) 
1 Members signatory to the Agreement: 
Cuba – Panama 
2 Date of signature: 
16 March 20095 
Date of entry into force: 
20 August 2009 
3 Brief description of the instrument: 
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 71 
LAIA members Cuba and Panama, which also have the status of WTO Members, 
concluded Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 71 under the Enabling Clause. 
The Agreement contains chapters on market access, origin, safeguards, trade defence, 
sanitary and phytosanitary regulations, trade cooperation and dispute settlement, as well as 
commitments concerning investment and trade in services programmes. 
With regard to tariffs, Cuba grants Panama preferences for 261 headings in its national 
nomenclature, including a 100% preference on 221 of these headings. Panama in turn accords 
Cuba preferences for 509 headings in its nati onal nomenclature, including a 100% preference 
on 427 of these headings. 
4 Text and related schedule s, annexes and protocols: 
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format). 
- Available from the following official Internet link: 
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.n sf/4d5c18e55622e 1040325749000756 112/c78e8e08
c98db52003257c4700515bc6?OpenDocument 
 
                                               
5 This Agreement was deposited with the LAIA Ge neral Secretariat on 18 December 2013, within the 
period covered by this Report. It sh ould be noted that on the date that this Agreement was signed, Panama 
was not a LAIA member country. WT/COMTD/85 
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  1st Additional Protocol to Economic Comp lementarity Agreement No. 71 (ACE 71.1) 
1 Members signatory to the Agreement: 
Cuba – Panama 
2 Date of signature: 
18 December 2013 
Date of entry into force: 
Pending 
3 Brief description of the instrument: 
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 71.1 
LAIA members Cuba and Panama, which also have the status of WTO Members, 
concluded Additional Protocol No. 1 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 71 under the Enabling Clause. 
This Protocol introduces amendments to the Agreement on account of Panama's status as 
a LAIA member country. 
The main amendments include a change in the ti tle of the Agreement, the designation of the 
LAIA General Secretariat as the depository of the Agreement and the Protocol, and the 
requirement to advise the General Secretariat of dispute settlement notifications. 
4 Text and related schedule s, annexes and protocols: 
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format). 
- Available from the following official Internet link: http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.n sf/4d5c18e55622e 1040325749000756 112/9626394b
c61539e503257ae10058e8b4?OpenDocument 
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  Partial-Scope Agreement No. 42 under Arti cle 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo6 
(AAP.A25TM No. 42) 
1 Members signatory to the Agreement: 
Ecuador – Guatemala 
2 Date of signature: 
15 April 20117 
Date of entry into force: 
19 February 2013 
3 Brief description of the instrument: 
Partial-Scope Agreement No. 42 under Arti cle 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo 
(AAP.A25TM No. 42) 
LAIA member Ecuador and Guatemala, which both have the status of WTO Members, 
concluded Partial-Scope Agreement No. 42 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo 
under the Enabling Clause. 
The purpose of the Agreement is to expand an d diversify trade flows through the granting 
of tariff preferences, the elimination of non- tariff barriers and the streamlining of customs 
formalities, to encourage the development of investment and to boost bilateral trade in value-added goods, by protecting the natural heritage and guaranteeing the use of clean 
technologies. 
As regards market access, Ecuador accords Guatemala tariff preferences for 677 headings, 
598 of which have enjoyed duty-free access to the Ecuadorian market since the Agreement 
entered into force, and another 79 are subject to a three- to seven-year phased reduction. 
Guatemala grants Ecuador access for 614 headings, of which 533 gained immediate duty-free 
access and 81 are subject to a three- to seven-year phased reduction. 
The Agreement also includes disciplines in th e following areas: rules of origin; customs 
procedures and trade facilitation; sanitary and phytosanitary measures; technical barriers to 
trade; trade defence in the form of safeguard measures, anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties; trade cooperation; and dispute settlement. 
4 Text and related schedule s, annexes and protocols: 
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format). 
- Available from the following official Internet link: 
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.n sf/7941daed621ea378032 574900075166 0/8b07993
4f33154e403256ff9005408a1?OpenDocument 
 
                                               
6 "… member countries may draw up partial-scope agre ements with other Latin American countries and 
areas of economic integration … ". 
7 This Agreement was deposited with the LAIA Genera l Secretariat on 16 April 2013, within the period 
covered by this Report. WT/COMTD/85 
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  Partial-Scope Agreement No. 43 under Arti cle 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo 
(AAP.A25TM No. 43) 
1 Members signatory to the Agreement: 
Cuba – El Salvador 
2 Date of signature: 
19 September 20118 
Date of entry into force: 
Pending 
3 Brief description of the instrument: 
Partial-Scope Agreement No. 43 under Arti cle 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo 
(AAP.A25TM No. 43) 
L A I A  m e m b e r  C u b a  a n d  E l  S a l v a d o r ,  w h i c h  b o t h  h a v e  t h e  s t a t u s  o f  W T O  M e m b e r s ,  
concluded Partial-Scope Agreement No. 43 under Ar ticle 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo 
under the Enabling Clause. 
The purpose of the Agreement is to strengthen trade relations among the Parties. It contains 
commitments relating to market access, rules of origin, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, 
standards, technical regulations and confor mity assessment, trade defence, dispute 
settlement, and cooperation. 
El Salvador grants Cuba tariff reductions for 618 headings and Cuba does the same for 
433 headings. This is a fixed-preference, selective Agreement. 
The Agreement also contains a chapter on trade cooperation, which includes, inter alia, 
a commitment to promote the training of specialists, the exchange of information and 
experiences concerning scientific research and mutual assistance for technological 
development and productivity, thus fostering the creation of strategic public-private alliances 
for its implementation. 
4 Text and related schedule s, annexes and protocols: 
- Submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format). 
- Available from the following official Internet link: 
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.n sf/7941daed621ea 3780325749000751 660/677362a3
dc75744003257bb1004a1af0?OpenDocument 
 
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8 This Agreement was deposited with the LAIA Gene ral Secretariat on 18 June 2013, within the period 
covered by this Report.