. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/IT/1/Rev.42 
29 June 2010 
 (10-3533) 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products   
 
  
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Revision  
 
 
 
   
 
 1. As of 28 June 2010, the ITA had 45 participan ts (covering 72 Members and States or separate 
customs territories in the process of acceding to th e WTO) representing approximately 97 percent of 
world trade in information technology products.   
Albania Guatemala Malaysia Separate Customs Territory  
Australia Honduras  Mauritius of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Bahrain Hong Kong, China 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 Ukraine Egypt Jordan Peru United Arab Emirates 
El Salvador Korea Panama United States 
European Union
2 Kyrgyz Republic Philippines Viet Nam 
Georgia Macao, China Saudi Arabia   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 29 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 Union comprise s 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.42 
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  Australia India Peru
3 
Bahrain Indonesia Philippines Bulgaria Israel Romania
4 
Canada Japan Singapore Costa Rica Korea Switzerland
3 
Egypt Macao, China Thailand4 
El Salvador Malaysia5 Turkey 
European Union Mauritius United Arab Emirates Hong Kong, China New Zealand United States Iceland Norway  
 
 Of the above, El Salvador has indicated that  implementation would be gin after the completion 
of domestic legal procedural requirements.
6  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. 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;  Cost a Rica;  Dominican Republic;  Egypt;  European 
Union;  Guatemala;  Honduras;  Hong Kong, China;  Iceland;  India;  Indonesia;  Israel;  Japan;  Korea;  Macao, China;  Malaysia;  Mauritius;  New Zealand;  Norway;  Peru;  
Philippines;  Romania;  Singapore;  Switzerland;   Thailand;  Turkey;  United Arab Emirates 
and United States. 
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3 First rate reduction occurred on 1 January 2009.  
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.