G/STR/19  
 
12 October 2018  
(18-6319) Page: 1/8 
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises    
 
STATUS OF NOTIFICATI ONS SUBMITTED BY WTO  MEMBERS UNDER  
ARTICLE  XVII:4(A) OF  THE GATT  1994 AND P ARAGRAPH  1  
OF THE UNDERSTANDING  ON THE INTERPRETATI ON  
OF ARTICLE  XVII OF T HE GATT  1994  
 
1. This listing does not address the qualitative aspects of these notifications, 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 Mem bers. 
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 rece ived 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 th e country/customs territory was not yet a Member of the WTO.  
g. "A" indicates 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 c urrently 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 notifi cation for that Members.  
With respect to the number of Members, the European 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 one 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.  
 
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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 THE GATT  1994 AND  PARAGRAPH  1 OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE   
INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE  XVII OF THE GATT  1994  
Status as of 31 May 2018  
 
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  N&F 
Notif. 
(201 8) 
N/17  
Albania (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 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 X  
Belize (BLZ)  A                 
Benin (BEN)  * A                
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
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    
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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  N&F 
Notif. 
(201 8) 
N/17  
Burundi (BDI)  A      N         N N 
Cabo Verde (CPV)  * * * * * * * * * * * A N     
Cambodia (KHM)  * * * * * * * * * A        
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 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    
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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  N&F 
Notif. 
(201 8) 
N/17  
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 N 
Estonia (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   
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 N 
Hungary (HUN) §  A N N N N N N N N N         
Iceland (ISL)  A X   X X X X X X X X X X X 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               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   
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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  N&F 
Notif. 
(201 8) 
N/17  
Kenya (KEN)  A          N       
Korea, Republic 
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 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 N 
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 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   
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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  N&F 
Notif. 
(201 8) 
N/17  
                  
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 X 
Nicaragua (NIC)  A N N 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 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   
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                  
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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  N&F 
Notif. 
(201 8) 
N/17  
Saint Vincent and 
the Grenadines 
(VCT)  A   X X X            
Samoa (WSM)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * A    
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of (SAU)  * * * * * * * * * * N N 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 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 X 
Chinese Taipei 
(TPKM)  * * * * * * * A X X X X X X X X X  
Tajikistan (TJK)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * *A    
Tanzania (TZA)  A                 
Thailand (THA)  A X X X    X X X X X X X X X   
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   
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- 8 - 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  N&F 
Notif. 
(201 8) 
N/17  
Tonga (TON)  * * * * * * * * * * *       
Trinidad and 
Tobago (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  N  
Zimbabwe (ZWE)  A          N N      
Number of 
Notifying 
Members/ 
Number of 
Members  65/97  45/113  48/117  64/118  60/120  59/125  71/128  62/129  58/131  62/123  61/124  63/126  63/126  57/130  54/133  50/136  13/136  
 
 
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