WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/COMTD/LDC/W/38/Corr.1 
TN/MA/S/19/Corr.1 11 July 2006 
 
 
(06-3387) 
Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries  Negotiating Group on Market Access  
 
 
 
MARKET ACCESS ISSUES RELATED TO PRODUCTS OF EXPORT INTEREST 
ORIGINATING FROM LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 
 
Note by the Secretariat
1 
 
Corrigendum2 
 
  Table 6 on page 16 should be replaced with the attached table. 
 
     
 
 
                                                     
 
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 This corrigendum has been issued in response to a request from the Sub-Committee on LDCs at its 
43rd Session for additional information on tariff measures f acing LDC exports.   
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Table 6: Tariff treatment of LDC exports in selected markets, 2003 
 
NUMBER OF TARIFF LINES IMPORTS (000'000s US $ )  
MFN 
  
LDC 
 LDC  
 Duty-Free Status 
(per cent) 
Market Sector Total With 
imports Dutiable  
 
With 
Imports Dutiable 
  MFN 
  with 
Imports Dutiable 
preferential Dutiable 
preferential 
with 
Imports Total 
Total Dutiable Tariff lines Imports 
 Total 6,102 5,686 3,209 655 406 0 0 84,366 89 0 100 100 
Australia Agriculture 773 651 215 73 21 0 0 3,975 14 0 100 100 
 Non-agriculture* 5,326 5,032 2,994 582 385 0 0 75,915 75 0 100 100 
 Petroleum 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 4,477 0 0 100 n.a. 
 Total 8,497 8,292 4,236 1,569 889 97 1 234,984 769 0 98.9 100 
Canada Agriculture 1,372 1,269 821 194 65 97 1 14,531 36 0 92.9 100 
 Non-agriculture* 7,124 7,022 3,415 1,374 824 0 0 210,598 405 0 100 100 
 Petroleum 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9,855 329 0 100 100 
 Total 7,445 6,977 6,950 639 562 - - 411,494 6,268 418 6.6 93.3 
China Agriculture 1,059 854 979 86 85 - - 16,708 217 217 7.6 0.0 
 Non-agriculture* 6,385 6,122 5,971 552 477 - - 375,004 593 201 6.5 66.2 
 Petroleum 1 1 0 1 0 - - 19,782 5,458 0 100 100 
 Total 10,404 10,115 8,228 3,517 2,716 67 19 992,010 13,705 120 99.4 99.1 
European  Agriculture 2,115 1,918 1,713 505 345 42 17 66,248 1,562 120 98.0 92.3 
Communities Non-agriculture* 8,287 8,195 6,515 3,011 2,371 25 2 824,311 10,184 0 100 100 
 Petroleum 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 101,451 1,959 0 100 100 
 Total 5,113 4,648 5,054 926 910 - - 51,302 1,324 1,274 1.2 3.8 
Indiaa,b Agriculture 677 501 658 169 159 - - 3,713 600 585 2.8 2.5 
 Non-agriculture* 4,435 4,146 4,395 757 751 - - 34,560 724 689 0.9 4.9 
 Petroleum 1 1 1 0 0 - - 13,029 n.a. n.a. 0.0 n.a. 
 Total 9,296 8,204 5,950 776 465 1,350 89 376,941 1,564 766 85.5 51.0 
Japan Agriculture 1,858 1,433 1,397 121 58 938 31 37,152 177 5 49.5 97.0 
 Non-agriculture* 7,436 6,769 4,551 654 406 410 57 293,950 746 120 94.5 83.9 
 Petroleum 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 45,839 641 641 0.0 0.0 
  
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 Page 3Table 6: Tariff treatment of LDC expo rts in selected markets, 2003 (cont.) 
 
NUMBER OF TARIFF LINES IMPORTS (000'000s US $ )  
 
MFN 
  
LDC 
 LDC  
 Duty-Free Status 
(per cent) 
Market Sector Total With 
imports Dutiable  
 
With 
Imports Dutiable 
MFN 
with  
Imports Dutiable 
preferential Dutiable 
preferential 
with 
imports Total 
Total Dutiable Tariff lines Imports 
 Total 11,261 10,119 10,402 768 708 10,183 656 178,823 901 796 9.6 11.6 
Korea, Rep. Agriculture 1,537 1,222 1,510 91 90 1,462 84 9,603 41 36 4.9 11.7 
 Non-agriculture* 9,714 8,888 8,882 672 613 8,711 567 146,139 226 126 10.3 44.3 
 Petroleum 10 9 10 5 5 10 5 23,082 634 634 0.0 0.0 
 Total 7,414 6,256 3,393 521 363 59 3 18,439 31 0 99.2 100 
New Zealand Agriculture 1,026 755 412 51 12 36 2 1,543 7 0 96.5 100 
 Non-agriculture* 6,387 5,500 2,981 470 351 23 1 15,886 24 0 99.6 100 
 Petroleum 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1,010 0 0 100 n.a. 
 Total 7,165 6,517 1,178 509 209 261 2 39,765 81 0 96.4 99.5 
Norwayc Agriculture 1,337 1,055 850 55 19 258 2 2,724 12 0 80.7 96.4 
 Non-agriculture* 5,826 5,461 328 454 190 3 0 36,903 70 0 99.9 100 
 Petroleum 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 100 n.a. 
 Total 5,843 5,561 4 916 3 - - 114,594 737 0 99.9 100 
Singapored Agriculture 844 752 4 142 3 - - 3,986 145 0 99.5 100 
 Non-agriculture* 4,998 4,808 0 773 0 - - 103,033 285 0 100 100 
 Petroleum 1 1 0 1 0 - - 7,574 307 0 100 100 
 Total 8,477 7,809 7,033 818 696 1,167 20 96,177 118 5 86.2 95.5 
Switzerland Agriculture 2,227 1,774 1,920 185 141 1,156 20 6,418 41 5 48.1 88.9 
 Non-agriculture* 6,248 6,034 5,113 633 555 11 0 88,728 77 1 99.8 99.0 
 Petroleum 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1,031 0 0 100 n.a. 
 Total 8,688 7,862 7,085 491 394 - - 108,715 872 30 18.5 96.5 
Taipei, Chinesee Agriculture 1,387 1,119 1,046 66 43 - - 5,516 67 8 24.6 87.4 
 Non-agriculture* 7,299 6,742 6,038 424 351 - - 96,444 97 22 17.3 77.4 
 Petroleum 2 1 1 1 0 - - 6,755 708 0 50.0 100 
  
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Page 4 Table 6: Tariff treatment of LDC expo rts in selected markets, 2003 (cont.) 
 
NUMBER OF TARIFF LINES IMPORTS (000'000s US $ )  
 
MFN 
 LDC  
 LDC   
  Duty-Free Status 
(per cent) 
Market Sector Total With 
imports Dutiable  
 
With 
Imports Dutiable 
MFN 
with 
Imports Dutiable  
preferential Dutiable 
preferential 
with 
Imports Total 
Total Dutiable Tariff lines Imports 
 Total 6,834 6,100 6,748 704 693 - - 49,356 1,057 1,054 1.3 0.3 
Thailandf Agriculture 998 740 976 110 109 - - 2,386 127 127 2.2 0.0 
 Non-agriculture* 5,835 5,359 5,771 593 583 - - 43,085 317 314 1.1 1.0 
 Petroleum 1 1 1 1 1 - - 3,884 614 614 0.0 0.0 
 Total 10,496 10,123 7,279 1,421 1,016 1,911 581 1,196,833 10,489 3,991 81.8 62.0 
United States Agriculture 1,808 1,565 1,424 183 103 274 3 49,988 361 2 84.8 99.4 
 Non-agriculture* 8,686 8,556 5,853 1,236 911 1,637 578 1,077,792 5,472 3,989 81.2 27.1 
 Petroleum 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 69,053 4,656 0 100 100 
 
a. 2001 data. 
b. Imports of crude petroleum are not broken down by partner. 
c. Norway has implemented duty-free and quota-free treatment for LDC exports as of 1 July 2002 (para 51,WT/COMTD/M/34). 
d. 2001 data. e. 2002 data. f. 1999 data. 
n.a.:  not applicable. 
'-': data on preferential treatment of LDC exports is unavailable.  Note: *Non-agriculture excludes petroleum. Source:  WTO. 
 
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