. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/IT/1/Rev.38 
27 October 2006 
 (06-5185) 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products   
 
  
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Revision  
 
 
 
   
 
1. As of 26 October 2006, the ITA had 44 par ticipants (covering 69 Members and States or 
separate customs territories in the process of acc eding to the WTO) representing approximately 
97 percent of world trade in information technology products.   
Albania Georgia Macao, China Saudi Arabia 
Australia Guatemala Malaysia Separate Customs Territory  Bahrain Hong Kong, China Mauritiu s of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, 
Bulgaria  Honduras Moldova and Matsu 
Canada Iceland Morocco Singapore 
China India New Zealand Switzerland
1 
Costa Rica Indonesia Nicaragua Thailand Croatia Israel Norway Turkey Dominican Republic Japan Oman United States Egypt Jordan Panama Viet Nam
2 
El Salvador Korea Philippines  
European Communities3 Kyrgyz Republic Romania  
 
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 27 participants have been received and circulated pursuant to 
these procedures: 
                                                      
1 On behalf of the customs union Switzerland and Liechtenstein. 
2 The concessions contained in the ITA schedule of Viet Nam will come into effect upon the date of 
Viet Nam's accession to the WTO. 
3 The schedule of the European Communities comprises the commitments of the 25 member states. This document has been prepa red under the Secretariat's own 
responsibility and without prejudice to the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO G/IT/1/Rev.38 
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  Australia Iceland New Zealand 
Bahrain India Norway Bulgaria Indonesia Philippines Canada Israel Romania
4 
Costa Rica Japan Singapore 
Egypt Korea Switzerland3 
El Salvador Macao, China Thailand4 
European Communities Malaysia5 Turkey 
Hong Kong, China Mauritius United States 
 
 Of the above, El Salvador has indicated that  implementation would be gin after the completion 
of domestic legal procedural requirements.6  Morocco and Panama have not yet submitted the formal 
documentation.    3. Albania, China, Croatia, Georgia, Jord an, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Oman, Saudi 
Arabia, and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu incorporated 
their commitments in their schedules annexed to thei r 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 eleven. 
 
5. The following documentation, noted as bei ng submitted under paragr aph 2 above, has been 
formally certified by the Director-General: 
Australia; Bahrain; Bulgaria; Canada; Costa Rica; Egypt; European Communities; 
Hong Kong, China; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Israel; Japan; Korea; Macao, China; Malaysia; 
Mauritius; New Zealand; Norway; Philippines;  Romania; Singapore; Switzerland; Thailand; 
Turkey; United States. 
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4 First rate reduction occu rred on 31 December 1997 
5 First rate reduction occurred on 1 January 1998. 
6Awaiting for domestic approval (G/MA/TAR/RS/45 + Ad d. 1). Bulgaria, India, Israel, Philippines, 
Switzerland, and Turkey which had also made such a notification, have subsequently notified that these 
procedural requirements have been completed.