. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/IT/1/Rev.47 
18 October 2012 
 (12-5658) 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products   
 
  
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION 
 
Note by the Secretariat
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Revision 
 
 
1. As of 18 October 2012, the ITA had 48 par ticipants (covering 74 Members and States or 
separate customs territories in the process of acced ing to the WTO) representing approximately 96 per 
cent of world trade in information technology products.  
Albania Guatemala Malaysia Separate Customs Territory 
Australia Honduras Mauritius of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen 
Bahrain Hong Kong, China Moldova and Matsu 
Canada Iceland Montenegro Singapore China 
Colombia 
Costa Rica 
Croatia India 
Indonesia 
Israel 
Japan Morocco 
New Zealand 
Nicaragua 
Norway Switzerland
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Thailand 
Turkey 
Ukraine 
Dominican Republic Egypt Jordan 
Republic of Korea Oman 
Panama United Arab Emirates 
United States 
El Salvador Kuwait, the State of Peru Viet Nam 
European Union
3 Kyrgyz Republic Philippines  
Georgia Macao, China Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
 
2. If the participant was a WTO Member at the time of its participation in the ITA, it was 
required to follow the procedures for the formal rectification and modification of schedules (Decision of 26 March 1980 on Procedures for Modificati on and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff 
Concessions, BISD 27S/25) pursuant to paragraph 2 of  the Annex to the Ministerial Declaration.  
Thus, documents from the following 36  participants have been received and circulated pursuant to 
these procedures: 
                                                      
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 On behalf of the customs union of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. 
3 The schedule of the European Union comprise s the commitments of the 27 member States. G/IT/1/Rev.47 
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Australia  Iceland  Nicaragua  
Bahrain  India  Norway  
Canada Indonesia  Panama 
Colombia Israel  Peru 
Costa Rica  Japan  Philippines  
Dominican Republic  Republic of Korea  Singapore  
Egypt  Kuwait Switzerland  
El Salvador  Macao, China Chinese Taipei 
European Union Malaysia  Thailand  
Guatemala  Mauritius  Turkey  
Honduras  Montenegro United Arab Emirates  
Hong Kong, China  New Zealand United States  
   
 
  Of the above, El Salvador has indicated that  implementation would be gin after the completion 
of domestic legal procedural requirements.
4  Morocco has not yet submitted the formal 
documentation.   
 
3. Albania; China; Croatia; Georgia; Jo rdan; the Kyrgyz Republic; Moldova; Oman; 
Saudi Arabia; Ukraine and Viet Nam incorporated their commitments in their schedules annexed to 
their Protocols of Accession, and therefore it wa s not necessary to follow the procedures for 
rectification and modification of tariff schedules.  
4. Letters of acceptance, in acco rdance with the provision of pa ragraph 10 of the Annex to the 
Declaration, have been received from all participants except five. 
 5. Documentation for the following participan ts, noted as being submitted under paragraph 2 
above, has been formally certified by the Director-General: 
 Australia; Bahrain; Canada; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Egypt; European Union; 
Guatemala; Honduras; Hong Kong, China; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Israel; Japan; Republic of Korea; Kuwait; Macao, China; Ma laysia; Mauritius; New Zealand; Nicaragua; 
Norway; Panama; Peru; Philippines; Singapore; Switzerland; Thailand; Turkey; United Arab 
Emirates and United States. 
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4Awaiting domestic approval (G /MA/TAR/RS/45+Add.1).