WT/COMTD/ RTA/ W/2 
 
8 November  2018 
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Committee on Trade and Development  
Dedicated Session on Regional Trade Agreements    
 
CONSIDERATION OF REG IONAL TRADE AGREEMEN TS 
STATUS OF THE WORK O F THE DEDICATED SESS ION 
STATUS OF THE PREPAR ATION OF FACTUAL PRE SENTATION S 
Report by the Chairman  
 
 
 
 
   
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- 2 - 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)  
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 sent 
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 2013-2015 import 
data for Lesotho and 
Eswatini     Awaiting data from 
some SACU members  
India-Thailand (G)  18.6.2017  10.11.2017  No data received. Data 
from the IDB used  3 May 2018  31 May 2018  From Thailand 
on 28 June 
2018  Comments received  
from Thailand. No 
comments from India  
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 data received.     Awaiting data from 
India and Nepal  
Korea -ASEAN (G)  6.7.2010  27.2.2012  Data received from Korea 
and ASEAN members     Awaiti ng some 
clarifications from 
Cambodia  
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, 
Madagascar, Seychelles, 
Zimbabwe,  and trade data 
from Eswatini      Awaiting data from all 
other parties    
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- 3 - 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  No data received.     Awaiting data from both 
parties.  
MERCOSUR -Egypt (G)  19.2.2018  10.7.2018  Data received from Egypt 
and some data from Brazil.     Awaiting data from 
MERCOSUR.  
 
 
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