WT/COMTD/AFT/W/43  
 
15 January 2013  
(13-0214)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Trade and Development 
Aid for Trade    
 
AID-FOR-TRADE  
MONITORING EXERCISE FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR 
JOINT COMMUNICATION BY THE WTO AND OECD SECRETARIATS 
Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade: Connecting to Value Chains 
 
1.1.  Further to the launch of the Aid-for-Trade monitoring exercise for the private sector on 28 November 2012 (WT/COMTD/AFT/W/41) this document serves as a reminder of the deadline of 31 January 2013  for receipt of self-assessment questionnaires completed by firms and sectoral 
associations.  
1.2.  The private sector questionnaire is complementary to the global Aid-for-Trade monitoring 
exercise which will inform the Fourth Global Revi ew of Aid for Trade scheduled to take place on 
8-10 July 2013.  
1.3.  Delegations will recall that the private se ctor monitoring exercise surveys five sectors of 
particular economic importance to developing countries: agri-food, information and communication 
technologies (ICT), textiles and apparel, tourism, and transport and logistics. Delegations had 
therefore been requested to circulate the questionnaire to firms and sector associations operating in these five areas. 
1.4.  The information provided in the responses to the questionnaire forms an important part of 
the monitoring and evaluation exercise which will inform the Global Review meeting and the active 
participation and contribution to the exercise by the private sector will be key to the success of the 
event. It will also be influential in galvanizing continued support and directing strategies to help 
developing countries derive the maximum development benefit from trade. Responses to the 
questionnaires will be analysed and conclusions drawn in the joint OECD/WTO Aid for Trade at a 
Glance publication, and policy implications will be  discussed at the Fourth Global Review meeting.  
1.5.  To date, a total of 242 completed private sector self-assessment questionnaires have been 
submitted. Annex 1 provides a breakdown of the responses by sector and Member.  
1.6.  For convenience, reproduced below are the links to the information concerning the private 
sector questionnaire: 
Questionnaire:  
https://www.research.net/s/P RIVATE_SECTOR_QUESTIONNAIRE  
 
Video message from WTO Director-General, Pascal Lamy, to private sector institutions: 
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel _e/a4t_e/aid4tradew orkprog1213_e.htm   WT/COMTD/AFT/W/43 
 
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  ANNEX 
SECTORAL BREAKDOWN 
Sector Response Percent Response Count 
Agrifood 45% 108 
Information and communication technologies 12% 30 
Textiles and apparel 17% 35 
Tourism 13% 30 
Transport and logistics 13% 31 
Total  242 
 
 
ANSWER OPTIONS RESPONSE 
COUNT 
Afghanistan 0 
Albania 0 
Algeria 1 
Andorra 0 
Angola 0 
Antigua & Barbuda 0 
Argentina 5 
Armenia 0 
Australia 0 
Austria 0 
Azerbaijan 0 
Bahamas 0 
Bahrain 0 
Bangladesh 9 
Barbados 0 
Belarus 0 
Belgium 0 
Belize 0 
Benin 1 
Bhutan 0 
Bolivia 1 
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 
Botswana 0 
Brazil 9 
Brunei Darussalam 0 
Bulgaria 1 
Burkina Faso 1 
Burundi 0 
Cambodia 1 
Cameroon 2 
Canada 3 
Cape Verde 0 
Central African Republic 0 
Chad 0 
Chile 1 ANSWER OPTIONS RESPONSE 
COUNT 
China 0 
Colombia 21 
Comoros 0 
Congo 0 
Congo DPR 0 
Costa Rica 0 
Cote d'Ivoire 4 
Croatia 1 
Cuba 0 
Cyprus 1 
Czech Republic 1 
Denmark 0 
Djibouti 0 
Dominica 0 
Dominican Republic 2 
Ecuador 3 
Egypt 3 
El Salvador 2 
Equatorial Guinea 0 
Estonia 0 
Ethiopia 1 
European Union 0 
Fiji 2 
Finland 0 
France 10 
Gabon 0 
Gambia 1 
Georgia 0 
Germany 6 
Ghana 4 
Greece 0 
Grenada 0 
Guatemala 0 
Guinea 0 
Guinea Bissau 0 WT/COMTD/AFT/W/43 
 
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  ANSWER OPTIONS RESPONSE 
COUNT 
Guyana 0 
Haiti 0 
Honduras 0 
Hong Kong, China 0 
Hungary 0 
Iceland 0 
India 12 
Indonesia 0 
Iran 0 
Iraq 0 
Ireland 6 
Israel 0 
Italy 1 
Jamaica 0 
Japan 0 
Jordan 0 
Kazakhstan 0 
Kenya 7 
Korea 0 
Kuwait 0 
Kyrgiz Republic 0 
Lao DPR 3 
Latvia 0 
Lebanon 0 
Lesotho 3 
Liberia 0 
Libya 0 
Liechtenstein 0 
Lithuania 0 
Luxembourg 0 
Macao, China 0 
Macedonia, FYRO 0 
Madagascar 6 
Malawi 0 
Malaysia 2 
Maldives 0 
Mali 1 
Malta 1 
Mauritania 0 
Mauritius 3 
Mexico 4 
Moldova 0 
Mongolia 0 
Montenegro 0 
Morocco 2 
Mozambique 0 
Myanmar 0 
Namibia 1 
Nepal 1 
New Zealand 4 
Nicaragua 0 ANSWER OPTIONS RESPONSE 
COUNT 
Niger 0 
Nigeria 8 
Norway 1 
Oman 0 
Pakistan 7 
Panama 0 
Papua New guinea 0 
Paraguay 1 
Peru 5 
Philippines 0 
Poland 0 
Portugal 0 
Qatar 0 
Romania 0 
Russian Federation 0 
Rwanda 1 
Samoa 0 
Sao Tome & Principe 0 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 0 
Senegal 3 
Serbia 1 
Seychelles 0 
Sierra Leone 0 
Singapore 0 
Slovak Republic 1 
Slovenia 0 
Solomon Islands 0 
South Africa 3 
Spain 1 
Sri Lanka 2 
St. Kitts & Nevis 0 
St. Lucia 2 
St. Vincent & the 
Grenadines 0 
Sudan 3 
Suriname 1 
Swaziland 0 
Sweden 1 
Switzerland 4 
Syrian Arab Republic 0 
Taipei, Chinese 2 
Tajikistan 0 
Tanzania 5 
Thailand 1 
The Netherlands 1 
Togo 0 
Tonga 0 
Trinidad & Tobago 0 
Tunisia 4 
Turkey 2 
Tuvalu 0 WT/COMTD/AFT/W/43 
 
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  ANSWER OPTIONS RESPONSE 
COUNT 
Uganda 1 
Ukraine 0 
United Arab Emirates 1 
United Kingdom 5 
United States 9 
Uruguay 0 
Uzbekistan 0 
Vanuatu 4 ANSWER OPTIONS RESPONSE 
COUNT 
Venezuela 1 
Viet Nam 1 
Yemen 1 
Zambia 2 
Zimbabwe 2 
 
 
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