G/STR/20  
 
12 October 2018 
(18-6322) Page: 1/10 
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 Members.  
2. The abbreviations and symbols used in the table are as fol lows: 
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 notificati ons 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" 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 currently a member of the European  Union. 
The shaded boxes indica te 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 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, an d 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.  
 
 
                                                
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 AR TICLE  XVII OF THE GA TT 1994  
Status as of 11  October 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. 
(2018)  
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 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                  
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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. 
(2018)  
N/17  
Brazil (BRA)  A X  X             N 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 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 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 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                  
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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. 
(2018)  
N/17  
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 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 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 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     
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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. 
(2018)  
N/17  
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 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 X 
Jordan 
(JOR)  * * * *X *X A X X X X         
Kazakhstan 
(KAZ)  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A X X 
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 X 
Kuwait, the 
State of 
(KWT)  A N N N 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  N&F 
Notif. 
(2018)  
N/17  
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   
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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. 
(2018)  
N/17  
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 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 N N 
Philippines 
(PHL)  A X X  X X X X X X X X X X X X X   
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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. 
(2018)  
N/17  
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   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          
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- 9 - 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. 
(2018)  
N/17  
Solomon 
Islands 
(SLB)  * A                
South Africa 
(ZAF)  A X X X N 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 N 
Togo (TGO)  A N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N  
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   
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- 10 - 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. 
(2018)  
N/17  
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 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  63/129  59/131  63/123  62/124  64/126  64/126  58/130  55/133  54/136  26/136  
 
 
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