. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/IT/1/Rev.43 
28 October 2010 
 (10-5658) 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products   
 
  
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION 
 
Note by the Secretariat
1 
 
Revision  
 
 
1. As of 28 October 2010, the ITA had 46 par ticipants (covering 73 Members and States or 
separate customs territories in the process of acced ing to the WTO) representing approximately 97 per 
cent of world trade in information technology products.   
Albania Guatemala Macao, China Saudi Arabia 
Australia Honduras  Malaysia Se parate Customs Territory  
Bahrain Hong Kong, China Mauritiu s of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, 
Canada Iceland Moldova and Matsu 
China India Morocco Singapore 
Costa Rica Indonesia New Zealand Switzerland2 
Croatia Israel Nicaragua Thailand Dominican Republic Japan Norway Turkey Egypt Jordan Oman Ukraine 
El Salvador Korea Peru United Arab Emirates 
European Union
3 Kuwait Panama United States 
Georgia Kyrgyz Republic Philippines Viet Nam  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 34 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 Switzerland and Liechtenstein. 
3 The schedule of the European Union comprise s the commitments of the 27 member states. G/IT/1/Rev.43 
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  Australia Iceland Norway 
Bahrain India Peru
4 
Bulgaria Indonesia Philippines Canada Israel Romania Costa Rica Japan Singapore 
Dominican Republic Korea Switzerland 
Egypt Kuwait
5 Thailand 
El Salvador Macao, China Turkey European Union Malaysia United Arab Emirates Guatemala Mauritius United States 
Honduras New Zealand  
Hong Kong, China Nicaragua  
  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. Documentation for the following participan ts, noted as being submitted under paragraph 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;  Republic of Korea;  Macao, China;  Mala ysia;  Mauritius;  New Zealand;  Nicaragua;  
Norway;  Peru;  Philippines;  Romania;  Singapore;  Switzerland;  Thailand;  Turkey;  United 
Arab Emirates and United States. 
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4 First rate reduction occurred on 1 January 2009. 
5 First rate reduction will occur on 1 January 2011. 
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.