. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/IT/1/Rev.39 
26 March 2007 
 (07-1264) 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products   
 
  
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Revision  
 
 
 
   
 
1. As of 26 March 2007, the ITA had 43 par ticipants (covering 70 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 Guatemala Malaysia Separate Customs Territory  
Australia Hong Kong, China Maur itius of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, 
Bahrain 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 Arab Emirates Egypt Jordan Panama United States El Salvador Korea Philippines Viet Nam 
European Communities
2 Kyrgyz Republic Saudi Arabia  
Georgia Macao, China    
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 schedule of the European Communities comprises the commitments of the 27 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.39 
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  Australia Iceland New Zealand 
Bahrain India Norway Bulgaria Indonesia Philippines Canada Israel Romania
3 
Costa Rica Japan Singapore 
Egypt Korea Switzerland3 
El Salvador Macao, China Thailand4 
European Communities Malaysia4 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.5  Morocco, Panama and United Arabia Emirates have not 
yet submitted the formal documentation.    3. Albania, China, Croatia, Georgia, Jord an, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Oman, Saudi 
Arabia, the Separate Customs Territory of Ta iwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu, and Viet Nam 
incorporated their commitments in their schedul es 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 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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3 First rate reduction occu rred on 31 December 1997 
4 First rate reduction occurred on 1 January 1998. 
5Awaiting 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.