. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/IT/1/Rev.45 
10 October 2011 
 (11-4942) 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products   
 
  
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION 
 
Note by the Secretariat
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Revision 
 
 
1. As of 12 May 2011, the ITA had 46 participan ts (covering 73 Members and States or separate 
customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO) representing approximately 97 per cent of 
world trade in information technology products.  
Albania Guatemala Kyrgyz Republic Philippines 
Australia Honduras Macao, Chin a Separate Customs Territory 
Bahrain Hong Kong, China Malaysia of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen  
Canada Iceland Mauritius and Matsu 
China India Moldova Singapore Costa Rica Indonesia Morocco Switzerland
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Croatia Israel New Zealand Thailand 
Dominican Republic Japan Nicaragua Turkey 
Egypt Jordan Norway Ukraine 
El Salvador Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Oman United Arab Emirates European Union
3 Korea Panama United States 
Georgia  Kuwait Peru Vietnam 
 
2. If the participant was a WTO Member at the time  of their participation in the ITA, they were 
required to follow the procedures for the formal rectification and modification of schedules (Decision of 26 March 1980 on Procedures for Modificati on 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 33  participants have been received and circulated pursuant to 
these procedures: 
                                                      
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 On behalf of the customs union of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. 
3 The schedule of the European Union comprise s the commitments of the 27 member States. G/IT/1/Rev.45 
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Australia  Iceland  Nicaragua  
Bahrain  India  Norway  
Canada Indonesia  Panama4 
Costa Rica  Israel  Peru Dominican Republic  Japan  Philippines  Egypt  Korea  Singapore  El Salvador  Kuwait Switzerland  European Union Macao , China Thailand  
Guatemala  Malaysia  Turkey  Honduras  Mauritius  Un ited Arab Emirates  
Hong Kong, China  New Z ealand  United States  
   
 
 Of the above, El Salvador has indicated that  implementation would be gin after the completion 
of domestic legal procedural requirements.5  Morocco has not yet submitted the formal 
documentation.   
 
3. Albania;  China;  Croatia;  Georgia;  Jordan;  the Kyrgyz Republic;  Moldova;  Oman; 
Saudi Arabia;  the Separate Customs Territory of  Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu;  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. 
 4. Letters of acceptance, in acco rdance with the provision of pa ragraph 10 of the Annex to the 
Declaration, have been received from all participants except five. 
 
5. Documentation for the following participan ts, noted as being submitted under paragraph 2 
above, has been formally certified by the Director-General: 
Australia;  Bahrain;  Canada;  Costa Rica;  Dominican Republic;  Egypt;  European Union;  
Guatemala;  Honduras;  Hong Kong, China;  Iceland;  India;  Indonesia;  Israel;  Japan;  Republic of Korea;  Macao, China;  Malays ia;  Mauritius;  New Zealand;  Nicaragua;  
Norway; Peru;  Philippines;  Singapore;  Swit zerland;  Thailand;  Turkey;  United Arab 
Emirates and United States. 
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4 G/MA/TAR/RS/290 of 29 July 2011. 
5Awaiting for domestic approval (G/MA/TAR/RS/45+Add.1).