. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/IT/1/Rev.41 
23 October 2008 
 (08-5139) 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products   
 
  
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Revision  
 
 
 
   
 
1. As of 17 October 2008, the ITA had 44 par ticipants (covering 71 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 Ukraine Egypt Jordan Panama United Arab Emirates El Salvador Korea Philippines United States 
European Communities
2 Kyrgyz Republic Saudi Arabia Viet Nam 
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 28 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.41 
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  Australia India Philippines 
Bahrain Indonesia Romania
3 
Bulgaria Israel Singapore Canada Japan Switzerland
3 
Costa Rica Korea Thailand4 
Egypt Macao, China Turkey 
El Salvador Malaysia4 United Arab Emirates 
European Communities Mauritius United States Hong Kong, China New Zealand  Iceland Norway  
 
 Of the above, El Salvador has indicated that  implementation would be gin after the completion 
of domestic legal procedural requirements.
5  Morocco and Panama have 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 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 Arab Emirates; 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.