WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/RO/63 
3 November 2006 
 (06-5311) 
Committee on Rules of Origin  
  
 
 
TWELFTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND 
OPERATION OF THE AGREEM ENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN  
 
Note by the Secretariat
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 Article 6.1 of the Agreement on Rules of Orig in provides that "the Committee shall review 
annually the implementation and opera tion of Part II and Part III of this Agreement having regard to 
its objectives".  At the meeting on 19 October 2006  the Committee on Rules of Origin conducted the 
twelfth annual review of the implementa tion and operation of the Agreement.  
 
                                                      
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. G/RO/63 
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  Table of contents
 
 
1. Members and Observer status.................................................................................................3  
(a) WTO Members (149).............................................................................................................. ....3 
(b) Observer Govern ments (32)...................................................................................................... ..4 
(c) Observer International Organizations (9) ...................................................................................4  
2. Officers of the Committee on Rules of Origin........................................................................4  
3. Meetings of the Committe e on Rules of Origin ......................................................................4  
4. Annual Report to the Council for Trade in Goods ................................................................5   G/RO/63 
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  1. Members and Observer status 
(a) WTO Members (149) 
Albania Dominica Kyrgyz Republic Qatar 
Angola Dominican Republic Latvia Romania 
Antigua and Barbuda Ecuador Lesotho Rwanda 
Argentina Egypt Libya Saint Kitts and Nevis 
Armenia El Salvador Liechtenstein Saint Lucia 
Australia Estonia Lithuania Saint Vincent and the Austria European Community Luxembourg    Grenadines 
Bahrain Fiji  Macao, China Saudi Arabia 
Bangladesh Finland Madagascar Senegal Barbados Former Yugoslav Rep. of Malawi Sierra Leone 
Belgium Macedonia Malaysia Singapore 
Belize France Maldives Slovak Republic Benin Gabon Mali Slovenia 
Bolivia Gambia Malta Solomon Islands 
Botswana Georgia Mauritania South Africa Brazil Germany Mauritius Spain 
Brunei Darussalam Ghana Mexico Sri Lanka 
Bulgaria Greece Moldova Suriname Burkina Faso Grenada Mongolia Swaziland 
Burundi Guatemala Morocco Sweden 
Cambodia Guinea, Republic of Mozambique Switzerland Cameroon Guinea-Bissau My anmar Chinese Taipei 
Canada Guyana Namibia Tanzania 
Central African Republic Haiti Nepal Thailand Chad Honduras Netherlands Togo 
Chile Hong Kong, China New Zealand Trinidad and Tobago 
China, People's Rep. of Hungary Nicaragua Tunisia 
Colombia Iceland Niger Turkey 
Congo India Nigeria Uganda Costa Rica Indonesia Norway United Arab Emirates 
Côte d'Ivoire Ireland Oman United Kingdom 
Croatia Israel Pakistan United States Cuba Italy Panama Uruguay 
Cyprus Jamaica Papua New Guinea Venezuela 
Czech Republic Japan Paraguay Zambia Democratic Republic of  Jordan Peru Zimbabwe 
   the Congo Kenya Philippines  
Denmark Korea Poland  Djibouti Kuwait Portugal  
    
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  (b) Observer Governments (32) 
 
Afghanistan Holy See Serbia 
Algeria Iran Seychelles 
Andorra Iraq Sudan 
Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Tajikistan 
Bahamas Lao, People's Democratic Republic of Tonga 
Belarus Lebanon Ukraine Bhutan Libya Uzbekistan 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Vanuatu 
Cape Verde Russian Federation Viet Nam Equatorial Guinea Samoa Yemen 
Ethiopia Sao Tome and Principe  
   
 
(c) Observer International Organizations (9) 
ACP 
EFTA IADB IMF ITCB 
OECD 
UNCTAD WCO 
 World Bank  2. Officers of the Committee on Rules of Origin 
Chairperson:  Ms. Vera Thorstensen (Brazil) 
 Vice-Chairman:  Mr. Tomoyoshi Watanabe (Japan)   
3. Meetings of the Committee on Rules of Origin 
3.1 The Committee on Rules of Origin (CRO) held one formal meeting on 19 October 2006.  The 
minutes of this meeting is contained in document G/RO/M/48. 
 3.2 With regard to the work under Part II of th e Agreement on Rules of Origin (the Agreement), 
the CRO carried out the transitional review under pa ragraph 18 of the Protocol of Accession of the 
People's Republic of China. 
 
3.3 The Chairperson of the CRO, at the request and on behalf of the Chairman of the General 
Council, has conducted intense consultations with Members in order to resolve the 94 core policy 
issues with regard to the Harmonization Work Pr ogramme under Part IV of the Agreement.  The 
CRO, in July 2002, forwarded 93 core policy issues as well as the implications issue to the General 
Council for discussion and decision at that level (G/RO/52;  WT/GC/M/75);  since then the matter has 
been in the hands of the General Council.  The General Council, at its meeting on 28 July 2006, 
agreed to continue its work with a view to co mpleting the negotiations on the core policy issues by 
July 2007.  The General Council also agreed th at the CRO would complete its remaining work 
concerning the overall architecture, technical issu es, the overall coherence exercise as well as 
rectifications of Harmonized Rules of Origin on the basis of HS 2007 by December 2007.  G/RO/63 
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4. Annual Report to the Council for Trade in Goods 
The CRO adopted its report to the CTG (G/L/790). 
  
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  ANNEX
 
 1. Members that have notified N on-Preferential Ru les of Origin 
(36) 
 
Albania (G/RO/N/47) Georgia (G/RO/N/37) Peru (G/RO/N/4 & 5) 
Argentina (G/RO/N/2, 10 & 16) Hong Kong, China (G/RO/N/1, 
10, 24, 30, 37 &46) Qatar (G/RO/N/25) 
Armenia (G/RO/N/41) Japan (G/RO/N/1) Romania (G/RO/N/1) 
Australia (G/RO/N/1) Korea (G /RO/N/1) Senegal (G/RO/N/10) 
Burkina Faso (G/RON/19) Jordan (G /RO/N/30) South Africa (G/RO/N/3) 
Bulgaria (G/RO/N/17 & 27) Madagascar (G/RO/N/11) Suriname (G/RO/N/24 & 43) 
Canada (G/RO/N/1) Mexico (G/RO/N/12) Switzerland (G/RO/N/4) 
China (G/RO/N/37/Rev.1) Moldova (G/RON/36) Chinese Taipei (G/RO/N/37) 
Colombia (G/RO/N/1) Morocco (G /RO/N/2) Tunisi a (G/RO/N/7) 
Cuba (G/ RO/N/3)  New Zealand (G/RO/N/1) Turkey (G/RO/N/8 & 28) 
EC (G/RO/N/1) Niger (G/R ON/19) US (G/RO/N/1 & 6) 
Former Yugoslav Rep. of  Norway (G/RO/N/8) Venezuela  (G/RO/N/1 & 10) 
Macedonia /G/RO/N/45)   
 
2. Members that have notified that they do not have Non-Preferential Rules of Origin (42) 
 
Bolivia (G/RO/N/9) Haiti (G/R O/N/20) Nicaragua  (G/RO/N/10) 
Brazil (G/RO/N/14) Honduras (G/RO/N/3) Oman (G/RO/N/32) 
Brunei Darussalam (G/RO/N/5) Iceland (G/RO/N/5) Pakistan (G/RO/N/16) 
Burundi (G/RO/N/33) India (G/RO/N/1) Panama (G/RO/N/23) 
Chad (G/RO/N22) Indonesia (G/RO/N/16) Papua New Guinea (G/RO/N/32) 
Chile (G/RO/N/6) Israel (G/R O/N/13) Paraguay (G/RO/N/21) 
Costa Rica (G/RO/N/1) Jamaica (G/R O/N/4) Philippines (G/RO/N/6) 
Dominica (G/RO/N/24) Kenya (G/RO/ N/9) Saudi Arabia (G/RO/N/48) 
Dominican Rep. (G/RO/N/9) Macao, Ch ina (G/RO/N/21) Si ngapore (G/RO/N/3) 
El Salvador (G/RO/N/10) Malaysia (G/RO/N/6) Thailand (G/RO/N/1) 
Fiji (G/RO/N/17) Maldives (G/RO/N/ 22) Trinidad & Tobago (G/RO/N/7) 
Ghana (G/RO/N/44) Mauritius (G /RO/N/1) Uganda  (G/RO/N/12) 
Guatemala (G/RO/N/21) Mongolia (G/RO/N/20) United Arab Emirates (G/RO/N/17) 
Guyana (G/RO/N/42) Namibia (G/RO/N/26) Uruguay (G/RO/N/12) 
 
3. Members that have not notified Non-Preferential Rules of Origin (45) 
 
Angola Egypt Nepal 
Antigua & Barbuda Gabon Nigeria 
Bahrain Gambia Rwanda 
Bangladesh Grenada Saint Kitts & Nevis 
Barbados Guinea Bissau Saint Lucia 
Belize Guinea, Rep. of Sa int Vincent & Grenadines 
Benin Kuwait Sierra Leone 
Botswana Kyrgyz Rep. Solomon Islands 
Cambodia Lesotho Sri Lanka 
Cameroon Liechtenstein Swaziland 
Central African Rep Malawi Tanzania 
Congo  Mali Togo 
Côte d'Ivoire  Mauritania Zambia 
D.R. of Congo Mozambique Zimbabwe 
Djibouti Myanmar  
Ecuador    G/RO/63 
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  4. Members that have notified Preferential Rules of Origin  (81) 
 
Albania (G/RO/N/47) Gh ana (G/RO/N/44) New Zealand (G/RO/N/1) 
Argentina (G/RO/N/16) Guatemala (G /RO/N/21) Nicara gua (G/RO/N/10) 
Armenia (G/RO/N/41) Guyana (G/RO/N/42) Niger (G/RO/N/19) 
Australia (G/RO/N/1) Ha iti (G/RO/N/20) Norway (G/RO/N/8, 22 & 23) 
Bolivia (G/RO/N/1, 22&23) Honduras (G/RO/N/3 & 10) Oman (G/RO/N/32) 
Brazil (G/RO/N/12) Iceland (G/RO/N/15, 22 & 23) Pakistan (G/RO/N/16) 
Brunei Darussalam (G/RO/N/4) India (G/RO/N/1) Panama (G/RO/N/23) 
Bulgaria (G/RO/N/15, 22, 23 & 27) Indonesia (G/RO/N/4) Paraguay (G/RO/N/12) 
Burkina Faso (G/RO/N/19) Israel (G/R O/N/13) Papua New Guinea (G/RO/N/32) 
Canada (G/RO/N/1, 6 & 8) Jamaica (G/RO/N/4) Peru (G/RO/N/1) 
Chad (G/RO/N/22) Japan (G/RO/N/6) Philippines (G/RO/N/4) 
Chile (G/RO/N/6&38) Jordan (G/RON/30) Qatar (G/RO/N/25) 
China (G/RO/N/37/Rev.1) Kenya (G/RO/N/9) Romania (G/RO/N/14, 22 & 23)  
Colombia (G/RO/N/1) Korea (G /RO/N/7) Senegal (G/RO/N/10) 
Congo, D. R. (G/RO/N/48) Kyrgyz Republic (G/RO/N/39) Singapore (G/RO/N/3 & 4) 
Costa Rica (G/RO/N/20/Rev.1) Liechtenstein (G/RO/N/22) Suriname (G/RO/N/24) 
Côte d'Ivoire (G/RO/N/11) Madagascar (G/RO/N/11) Switzerland (G/RO/N/6, 22, 23, 29 & 30) 
Croatia (G/RO/N/36) Malaysia (G/RO/N/4) Thailand (G/RO/N/1 & 4) 
Cuba (G/RO/N/3) Maldives (G/RO/N/22) Trinidad &Tob. (G/RO/N/7 & 24) 
Dominica(G/RO/N/24) Mali (G/RON/35) Tunisia (G/RO/N/7) 
Dominican Rep.  
(G/RO/N/5, 39 & 40) Mauritius (G/RO/N/1) Turkey (G/RO/N/8 & 28) 
EC (G/RO/N/1) Mexico (G/R O/N/12) Uganda  (G/RO/N/12) 
Ecuador (G/RO/N/12) Moldova (G/RO/N/36) United Arab Emirates (G/RO/N/17) 
El Salvador (G/RO/N/10, 11&30) Mongolia (G/RO/N/20) US (G/RO/N/1 , 6 & 18) 
Fiji (G/RO/N/17) Morocco (G/RO/N/2) Uruguay (G/RO/N/5) 
Former Yugoslav Rep. of  Myanmar (G/RO/N/36) Venezuela (G/RO/N/1) 
Macedonia (G/RO/N/45) Namibia (G/RO/N/26) Zambia (G/RO/N/15) 
Georgia (G/RO/N/38)   
 
5. Members that have notified that they do not have Preferential Rules of Origin  (4) 
 
Burundi (G/RO/N/34) 
Chinese Taipei (G/RO/N/37) 
Hong Kong, China (G/RO/N/1) 
Macao, China (G/RO/N/21) 
 
6. Members that have not notified Preferential Rules of Origin  (39) 
 
Angola Egypt Rwanda 
Antigua & Barbuda Gabon St. Kitts & Nevis 
Bahrain Gambia Saint Lucia 
Bangladesh Grenada Saint Vincent & Grenadines 
Barbados Guinea Bissau Saudi Arabia 
Belize Guinea, Rep. of Sierra Leone 
Benin Kuwait Solomon Islands 
Botswana Lesotho South Africa 
Cambodia Malawi Sri Lanka 
Cameroon Mauritania Swaziland 
Cent. African Rep. Mozambique Tanzania 
Congo Nepal Togo 
Djibouti Nigeria Zimbabwe 
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