G/STR/16  
 
1 May  2017 
(17-2359) Page: 1/7 
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises    
 
STATUS OF NOTIFICATI ONS SUBMITTED BY WTO  MEMBERS UNDER  
ARTICLE  XVII:4(A) OF THE GAT T 1994 AND PARAGRAPH  1  
OF THE UNDERSTANDING  ON THE INTERPRETATIO N  
OF ARTICLE  XVII OF THE GATT  1994  
 
1. This listing does not address the qualitative aspects of these notific ations, that is, the extent 
to which the content of the submissions satisfies the informational requirements of the notification 
obligations or affects the rights and obligations of Members.  
2. The abbreviations and symbols used in the table are as follows : 
a. "N&F Notif." in the column heading indicates new and full notification.  
b. "Upd. Notif." in the column heading indicates updating notification.  
c. "X" denotes that a notification has been received by the WTO. Subsequent addenda or 
corrections to notifications are  not counted as additional notifications.  
d. "N" indicates that a nil notification has been made.  
e. A blank indicates that no notification has been received by the WTO.  
f. "*" indicates that the country/customs territory was not yet a Member of the WTO.  
g. "A" indica tes the year in which the WTO Agreement entered into force for that Member 
(see also document WT/INF/43/Rev.15 for detailed information).  
h. "§" indicates that the country in question is currently a member of the European  Union. 
The shaded boxes indicate that  the corresponding notification was submitted by the 
European Union (formerly the EC).  
i. The letters in parentheses next to the Member's name indicates the abbreviation used in 
the notification for that Members.  
With respect to the number of Members, the Eur opean Union and its 28 member States (EU) 
provide one notification for each notification period. However, the 10 member States1 that joined 
the European Union on 1  May 2004, the two member States2 that joined the European Union on 
1 January  2007, and the o ne Member State that joined the European Union on 1  July 20133 are 
considered separately in order to provide information on the period preceding the enlargements of 
the European Union.  
 
                                                
1 Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic 
and Slovenia.  
2 Bulgaria and Romania.  
3 Croatia.   
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- 2 - NOTIFICATIONS SUBMIT TED BY WTO MEMBERS U NDER ARTICLE  XVII:4(A)  
OF TH E GATT  1994 AND PARAGRAPH  1 OF THE UNDERSTANDI NG ON THE  
INTERPRETATION OF AR TICLE  XVII OF THE GATT  1994  
Status as of 28 April 2017  
 
Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  
Albani a (ALB)  * * * * * A    N N N N N N  
Afghanistan (AFG)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A X 
Angola (AGO)  * A               
Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)  A                
Argentina (ARG)  A N  N N N N N N N N N N N N N  
Armenia (ARM)  * * * * * * * * A N N N N N   
Australia (AUS)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Bahrain, Kingdom of (BHR)  A   X X X N N N N N N N    
Bangladesh (BGD)  A                
Barbados (BRB)  A X          X X X X X  
Belize (BLZ)  A                
Benin (BEN)  * A               
Bolivia, P lurinational State 
of (BOL)  A    N N N          
Botswana (BWA)  A N                
Brazil (BRA)  A X  X             N 
Brunei Darussalam (BRN)  A                
Bulgaria (BGR) §  *N A     N N  N       
Burkina Faso (BFA)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N  
Burundi (BDI)  A      N         N 
Cabo Verde (CPV)  * * * * * * * * * * * A N    
Cambodia (KHM)  * * * * * * * * * A        
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- 3 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  
Cameroon (CMR)  A                
Canada (CAN)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Central African Republic 
(CAF)  A                
Chad (TCD)  * A  N N N N          
Chile (CHL)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
China (CHN)  * * * * * * A X X X X X X X X X  
Colombia (COL)  A X X  X   X X X X X X X X X  
Congo (COG)  * * A              
Costa Rica (CRI)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)  A X                
Croatia (HRV) §  * * * * * A  N N N N N N N   
Cuba (CUB)  A                
Cyprus (CYP) §  A X      N N N        
Czech Republic (CZE) §  A X N N N N N N N N N       
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo (COD)  * * A              
Djibouti (DJI)  A                
Dominica (DMA)  A   X X X           
Dominican Republic (DOM)  A                
Ecuador (ECU)  * AN N N N N N N N N N N N N X  
Egypt (EGY)  A   N         N  N N 
El Salvador (SLV)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Estoni a (EST) §  * * * * A  N N N        
European Union (EU)  A X X X X X X X N N N N N X X X X 
Fiji (FJI)  * A  X             
Gabon (GAB)  A                
The Gambia (GMB)  *N A               
Georgia (GEO)  * * * * * A N N N N N N N N N   
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- 4 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  
Ghana (GHA)  A      N   N       
Grenada (GRD)  * A           X    
Guatemala (GTM)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N   
Guinea (GIN)  A N      N N N        
Guinea -Bissau (GNB)  A                
Guyana (GUY)  A                
Haiti (HTI)  *N A N N N N N         N  
Honduras (HND)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N  
Hong Kong, China (HKG)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Hungary (HUN) §  A N N N N N N N N N        
Iceland (ISL)  A X   X X            
India (IND)  A X      X X X X X X X X   
Indonesia (IDN)  A X X  N   X X  X X X X X X X 
Israel (ISR)  A X                
Jamaica (JAM)  A X  X    N     X X X X X 
Japan (JPN)  A X X X X   X   X X X X X X X 
Jordan (JOR)  * * * *X *X A X X X X        
Kazakhstan (KAZ)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A X 
Kenya (KEN)  A          N      
Korea, Republ ic of (KOR)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Kuwait, the State of (KWT)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N  
Kyrgyz Republic (KGZ)  * * * A N N N N N N N N N N N  
Lao People's Democratic 
Republic (LAO)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * *A N  
Latvia (LVA) §  * * * *X A X N N N N N       
Lesotho (LSO)  A                
Liechtenstein (LIE)  A X X X X X X X X X X  X X X X X 
Lithuania (LTU) §  * * * * * * A X          
Macao, China (MAC)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N  
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- 5 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  
Madagascar (MDG)  A                
Malawi (MWI)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Malaysia (MYS)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Maldives (MDV)  A                
Mali (MLI)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N X 
Malta (MLT) §  A X   X X X X X         
Mauritania (MRT)  A                
Mauritius (MUS)  A X X X     X      X X X 
Mexico (MEX)  A N N N N N N          X 
Moldova, Republic of (MDA)  * * * * * * A N N N N N N N N N N 
Mongolia (MNG)  * * A N N N N          
Montenegro (MNE)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * A N N 
Morocco (MAR)  A X               X 
Mozambique  (MOZ)  A           N     
Myanmar (MYN)  A                
Namibia (NAM)  A X   X X X N N N N N N N    
Nepal (NPL)  * * * * * * * * * A       
New Zealand (NZL)  A X X X X X X X   X X X X X X X 
Nicaragua (NIC)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N  
Niger (NER)  * A               
Nigeria (NGA)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N   
Norway (NOR)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X N N N 
Oman (OMN)  * * * * * A X  X X X X X X X  
Pakistan (PAK)  A N  N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Panama (PAN)  * * A N N N N N N N N N N N   
Papua New  Guinea (PNG)  * A               
Paraguay (PRY)  A   X             
Peru (PER)  A X X X N N N N N N N N N N N N   
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- 6 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  
Philippines (PHL)  A X X  X X X X          
Poland (POL) §  A X   N N N N N N        
Qatar (QAT)  *N A   N     N N N N N N N 
Romania (ROU) §  A N N N N N N N N N N N      
Russian Federation (RUS)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * A   
Rwanda (RWA)  * A               
Saint Kitts and Nevis (KNA)  * A               
Saint Lucia (LCA)  A                
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines (VCT)  A   X X X           
Samoa (WSM)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * A   
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 
(SAU)  * * * * * * * * * * N N N    
Senegal (SEN)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N  
Seychelles, Republic of 
(SYC)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A N 
Sierra Leone (SLE)  A                
Singapore (SGP)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Slovak Republic (SVK) §  A X X X X X N N N N        
Slovenia (SVN) §  A X X X X X N N N N        
Solomon Islands (SLB)  * A               
South Africa (ZAF)  A X X X N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Sri Lanka (LKA ) A                
Suriname (SUR)  A         N N N     
Swaziland (SWZ)  A                
Switzerland (CHE)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Chinese Taipei (TPKM)  * * * * * * * A X X X X X X X X X 
Tajikistan (TJK)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * *A   
Tanzani a (TZA)  A                
Thailand (THA)  A X X X    X X X X X X X X    
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- 7 - Member  N&F 
Notif. 
(1995)  
N/1 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1996)  
N/2 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1997)  
N/3 N&F 
Notif. 
(1998)  
N/4 Upd. 
Notif. 
(1999)  
N/5 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2000)  
N/6 N&F 
Notif. 
(2001)  
N/7 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2002)  
N/8 Upd. 
Notif. 
(2003)  
N/9 N&F 
Notif. 
(2004)  
N/10  N&F 
Notif. 
(2006)  
N/11  N&F 
Notif. 
(2008)  
N/12  N&F 
Notif. 
(2010)  
N/13  N&F 
Notif. 
(2012)  
N/14  N&F 
Notif. 
(2014)  
N/15  N&F 
Notif. 
(2016)  
N/16  
The former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia 
(MKD)  * * * * * * * * A N N N N N N N 
Togo (TGO)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N 
Tonga (TON)  * * * * * * * * * * *      
Trinidad and Tobag o (TTO)  A   X      X X X X    
Tunisia (TUN)  A X  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Turkey (TUR)  A X  X X X X X X   X X X X X X 
Uganda (UGA)  A   N N N    N       
Ukraine (UKR)  * * * * * * * * * * * A X X X X X 
United Arab Emirates (ARE)  *N A               
United States of America 
(USA)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Uruguay (URY)  A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   
Vanuatu (VUT)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * A   
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  (VEN)  A X X X X X X X          
Viet Nam (VNM)  * * * * * * * * * * * A   X X 
Yemen (YEM)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A  
Zambia (ZMB)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N   
Zimbabwe (ZWE)  A          N N     
Number of Notifying 
Members/ Number of 
Members  65/97  45/113  48/117  64/118  60/120  58/125  70/128  61/129  57/131  61/123  60/124  62/126  62/126  56/130  52/133  42/136  
 
 
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