WT/COMTD/W/233  
 
12 April 2018 
(18-2238) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Trade and Development    
 
NOTIFICATION S UNDER THE ENABLING C LAUSE  
IMPLEMENTATION OF TH E TRANSPARENCY MECHA NISM FOR REGIONAL TR ADE 
AGREEMENTS  
STATUS OF THE PREPAR ATION OF FACTUAL PRE SENTATION S 
Report by the Chairman  
 
 
 
 
   
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RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
 
1. Comments delayed (Agreements among Members)  
AGADIR Agreement (Egypt, Jordan, 
Morocco, Tunisia) (G)  22.2.2016  15.7.2016  Data received; Secretariat 
updating factual 
presentation to send back 
to the parties based on new 
data/information provided  11.4.2017  23.5.2017  Some  Not all comments 
received; Secretariat 
has revised parts of the 
factual presentation on 
basis of new data  
GCC-Singapore (G)  30.6.2015  23.11.2015  Data received from 
Singapore; data prepared 
by the WTO Secretariat for 
the GCC  10.10.2016; 
additional  
tables s ent 
20.12.2017  21.11.2016  
 
19.1.2018 for 
tables  No No comments received  
EAC Enlargement (G)  1.8.2012  8.3.2013  Data received  19.5.2014  16.6.2014  No No comments received  
 
2. Comments delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
 
3. Data delayed (Agreements among  Members)  
MERCOSUR -SACU (G)  19.7.2017  11.12.2017  MERCOSUR (27.11.17); 
awaiting import data from 
Paraguay, Namibia, and for 
2013-2015 for Lesotho and 
Swaziland     Awaiting data from 
Paraguay and some 
SACU members.  
India-Thailand (G)  18.6.2017  10.11.2017  No data received. Data 
from the IDB used     Factual presentation 
being drafted.  
El Salvador -Cuba (G)  29.11.2013  24.4.2014  Data from Cuba but 
incomplete     Awaiting data from 
El Salvador and Cuba  
Korea -India (G)  27.9.2010  10.11.2010  Data received from Korea; 
data on preferential tariff 
(2010 -2019) outstanding 
from India     Awaiting data from India  
India-Nepal (G)  2.8.2010  20.12.2010  No    Awaiting data from India 
and Nepal  
Korea -ASEAN (G)  6.7.2010  27.2.2012  Data received from Korea 
and from all but two ASEAN 
members     Awaiti ng data from 
Cambodia, and 
Viet Nam 
India-Afghanistan (G)  8.3.2010  26.7.2010  No data received     Awaiting data from both 
parties  
 
4. Data delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
Egypt accession to COMESA (G)  3.1.2017  6.6.2017  Data received from Egypt, 
Seychelles and trade data 
from Swaziland     Awaiting data from all 
other parties including 
tariff data from 
Swaziland    
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RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
SAFTA -Accession of Afghanistan (G)  29.7.2016  22.12.16  Trade data received from 
Sri Lanka     Awaiting data from  
Afghanistan, 
Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
India, Maldives, Nepal, 
Pakistan and tariff data 
from Sri Lanka  
India-Bhutan (G)  30.6.2008  10.8.2009  No data received; MFN tariff 
and trade data for India 
available in the IDB.     Awaiting preferential 
tariff data from India 
and trade and tariff data 
from Bhutan  
SAFTA (G)  21.4.2008  10.8.2009  Data received from 
Bangladesh     Awaiting data from 
Bhutan, Maldives, 
Nepal, India, Pakistan, 
Sri Lanka  
 
5. Agreements not in force for all parties (Agreements among Members)  
 
6. Agreements not in force for all parties (Agreements with Non -Members)  
Pacific Islands Trade Agreement 
(PICTA)  28.8.2008       Agreement not in force 
for all parties  
 
7. Other  
El Salvador – Ecuador (G)  22.3.2018  30.8.2018      Data to be provided by 
29.8.2018  
MERCOSUR -Egypt (G)  19.2.2018  10.7.2018      Data to be provided by 
10.7.2018  
Dominican Republic – Panama (G)  18.3.2016  9.8.2016  Data received     Factual presentation 
being drafted  
 
 
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