G/IT/1/Rev.56  
 
19 May 2017 
(17-2734) Page: 1/2 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products    
 
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTA TION  
NOTE BY THE SECRETAR IAT1 
Revision  
1. As of 19 May 2017, the ITA ha s 53 Participants (covering 82 Members and States or 
separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO ) representing approximately 
96% of world trad e in information technology products.  
ITA PARTICIPANTS  
Afghanistan  Malaysia  
Albania  Mauritius  
Australia  Moldova, Republic of  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  Montenegro  
Canada  Morocco  
China  New Zealand  
Colombia  Nicaragua  
Costa Rica  Norway  
Dominican Republic  Oman 
Egypt  Panama  
El Salvador  Peru 
European Union2 Philippines  
Georgia  Qatar  
Guatemala  Russian Federation  
Honduras  Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
Hong Kong, China  Seychelles, Republic of  
Iceland  Singapore  
India Switzerland3 
Indonesia  Chinese Taipei  
Israel Tajikistan  
Japan  Thailand  
Jordan  Turkey  
Kazakhstan, Republic of  Ukraine  
Korea, Republic of  United Arab Emirates  
Kuwait, the State of  United States of America  
Kyrgyz Republic  Viet Nam  
Macao, China   
 
2. If the Participant was a WTO  Member at the t ime 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 Modification 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 3 8 participants have been received and circulated pursuant 
to these procedures:  
                                                
1 This do cument has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO . 
2 The schedule of the European Union comprises the commitments of the 28  member State s. 
3 On behalf of the customs union of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.  G/IT/1/Rev.56  
 
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  Australia  Macao, China  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  Malaysia  
Canada  Mauri tius 
Colombia  Montenegro  
Costa Rica  New Zealand  
Dominican Republic  Nicaragua  
Egypt  Norway  
El Salvador  Panama  
European Union  Peru 
Guatemala  Philippines  
Honduras  Qatar  
Hong Kong, China  Russian Federation  
Iceland  Singapore  
India Switzerland  
Indone sia Chinese Taipei  
Israel  Thailand  
Japan  Turkey  
Korea, Republic of  United Arab Emirates  
Kuwait, the State of  United States of America  
 
3. As of the above, El Salvador has indicated that implementation would begin after the 
completion of domestic legal  procedural requirements.4 Morocco has not yet submi tted the formal 
documentation.  
4. Afghanistan ; Albania ; China ; Georgia ; Jordan ; Kazakhstan, Republic of; Kyrgyz Republic ; 
Moldova,  Republic of; Oman ; Saudi Arabia,  Kingdom of;  Seychelles, Republic of ; Tajikistan ; 
Ukraine;  and Viet  Nam incorporated their commitments in their schedules annexed to their 
Protocols of Accession, and therefore it was not necessary to follow the procedures for 
rectification and modification of tariff schedules.  
5. Letters of acce ptance, in accordance with the provision of paragraph  10 of the Annex to the 
Declaratio n, have been received from all P articipants except five . 
6. Documentation for the following P articipants, noted as being submitted under paragraph  2 
above, has been form ally certified by the Director -General:  
 
Australia  Malaysia  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  Mauritius  
Canada  Montenegro  
Colombia  New Zealand  
Costa Rica  Nicaragua  
Dominican Republic  Norway  
Egypt  Panama  
European Union  Peru 
Guatemala  Philippines  
Honduras  Qatar  
Hong Kong, China  Russian Federation  
Iceland  Singapore  
India Switzerland  
Indonesia  Chinese Taipei  
Israel  Thailand  
Japan  Turkey  
Korea, Republic of  United Arab Emirates  
Kuwait, the State of  United States of America  
Macao, China   
 
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4 Awaiting domestic approval (G/MA/TAR/RS/4 5, G/MA/TAR/RS/45/ Add.1 , and 
G/MA/TAR/RS/ 45/Add.2 ).