WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/MA/S/9/Rev.1 
14 April 2005 
 
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Negotiating Group on Market Access  
  
 
 
CURRENT DATA AVAILABILITY IN THE INTEGRATED DATA BASE 
 
Note by the Secretariat
1 
 
Revision  
  
Following a request of the Negotiating Group on Market Access, this note provides an 
up-to-date overview of data available for tariff negotiations in WTO and UN databases. 
 The attached tables indicate the data availabl e in the Integrated Data Base (IDB) for 2001 
applied duties and for 1999-2001 imports.
2  They also show for the same years whether data gaps for 
tariffs can be filled from the United Nations Ta riff and Market Access Database (UN TARMAC) of 
ITC and UNCTAD, and, likewise, whether data ga ps for imports can possibly be sourced from the 
United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade).  
 Data available in the UN databases may not always satisfy IDB submission requirements. 
Nevertheless, the fact that data on MFN applied ta riffs and tariff line imports are available in these 
UN databases is a good indication of the Member's ability to furnish such data. For example, UN 
Comtrade data is disseminated only at the level of  HS 6-digit subheadings but often countries submit 
data to the UN at the level of national tariff lin es, similar to IDB notification requirements.  
 
 Table 1 shows for all Members the data availa ble in the IDB, in the UN TARMAC and in the 
UN Comtrade databases, as of 3 March 2005. Ta ble 2 shows how these two UN databases could be 
used to complement the IDB database.  For UN Co mtrade, only import submissions having the same 
nomenclature version and the same or higher level of detail as the corresponding IDB tariff data are 
presented in the attached tables. 
 
 Table 2 shows that tariffs available in the UN  TARMAC database may fill 31 of the IDB data 
gaps where there had been no data so far for the year 2001. There are, however, 17 Members remaining for which no tariff is currently available in either source. Out of these, 12 are LDCs.   
 
 For imports, UN Comtrade may be used to  fill gaps in IDB import submissions. For 
15 Members where there had been no import da ta for 1999-2001, UN Comtrade could possibly 
provide full or partial coverage. Furthermore, for 10 Members, UN COMTRADE may complement 
11 data periods missing in IDB data. Import data  for 26 Members are partially covered in both 
sources. However, for these same Members 36 data  periods are still missing. Finally, there are 
26 Members remaining for which no import data is curre ntly available in either source. Out of these, 
13 are LDCs. 
                                                     
 
1 This document has been prepared  under the Secretariat's own res ponsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 For the IDB, document G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.21 give an overview of all data available as of 
10 March 2005. TN/MA/S/9/Rev.1 
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 Table 1: Data availability in the IDB, in the UN TARMAC and in the UN Comtrade databases,  
as of 3 March 2005 
 
Imports Applied tariffs 
UN Comtrade IDB IDB UN 
TARMAC  
1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001 WTO Member 2001 2001 
Yes Yes Yes   Yes*   Albania Yes Yes 
            Angola     
            Antigua and Barbuda Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s Argentina Yes Yes 
            Armenia   Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s Australia Yes Yes 
      Yes*     Bahrain Yes Yes 
  Yes Yes       Bangladesh     
      Yes* Yes* Yes Barbados Yes Yes 
            Belize   Yes 
            Benin   Yes 
    Yes Yes Yes   Bolivia Yes Yes 
            Botswana   Yes 
  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Brazil Yes Yes 
      Yes* Yes* Yes* Brunei Darussalam Yes Yes 
      Yes Yes Ye s Bulgaria Yes Yes 
            Burkina Faso   Yes 
  Yes Yes       Burundi     
            Cambodia   Yes 
            Cameroon Yes Yes 
  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Canada Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes       Cent ral African Republic   Yes 
            Chad   Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Chile Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes China Yes Yes 
    Yes Yes Yes Ye s Colombia Yes Yes 
            Congo   Yes 
      Yes Yes Yes Costa Rica Yes Yes 
        Yes   Côte d'Ivoire   Yes 
Yes Yes     Yes Yes Croatia Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cuba Yes   
            Democratic Republic of the Congo     
            Djibouti     
    Yes     Yes Dominica Yes Yes 
    Yes Yes* Yes*   Dominican Republic Yes Yes 
      Yes Yes Yes Ecuador Yes   
        Yes Yes Egypt Yes*   
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes El Salv ador Yes Yes 
      Yes Yes Yes European Communities Yes Yes 
          Yes Fiji     
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes   Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes* Ye s* Yes Gabon   Yes 
Yes Yes Yes       Gambia     
        Yes Yes* Georgia Yes   
        Yes* Yes Ghana Yes    TN/MA/S/9/Rev.1 
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 Imports Applied tariffs 
UN Comtrade IDB IDB UN 
TARMAC  
1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001 WTO Member 2001 2001 
            Grenada Yes* Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s Guatemala Yes Yes 
          Yes Guinea     
            Guinea Bissau   Yes 
Yes     Yes* Yes* Yes* Guyana Yes Yes 
            Haiti     
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Honduras Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Hong Kong, China Yes   
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Iceland   Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes India Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes*  Yes Indonesia Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes*  Yes* Yes* Israel Yes*   
      Yes Yes Yes Jamaica Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Japan Yes   
    Yes Yes* Yes Yes Jordan Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes*    Kenya Yes Yes 
      Yes Yes Yes Korea, Republic of Yes   
  Yes Yes       Kuwait     
            Kyrgyz Republic Yes   
            Lesotho   Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Macao, China Yes   
Yes       Yes*   Madagascar   Yes 
Yes   Yes       Malawi   Yes 
    Yes Yes Yes Yes Malaysia Yes Yes 
  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Maldives   Yes 
Yes Yes Yes       Mali   Yes 
      Yes*   Yes Mauritania Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Mauritius Yes   
    Yes Yes Yes Yes Mexico Yes Yes 
    Yes       Moldova   Yes 
Yes   Yes Yes Yes Yes Mongolia Yes   
      Yes*     Morocco   Yes 
  Yes Yes       Mozambique   Yes 
            Myanmar   Yes 
            Namibia   Yes 
Yes           Nepal     
  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes*  New Zealand Yes*   
      Yes Yes Ye s Nicaragua Yes Yes 
    Yes       Niger   Yes 
Yes Yes Yes       Nigeria Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Norway Yes Yes 
  Yes Yes Yes* Yes*  Yes Oman Yes   
      Yes* Yes* Yes* Pakistan Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Panama  Yes Yes 
            Papua New Guinea Yes   
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Paraguay Yes Yes 
  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Peru Yes   
  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Philippines Yes Yes 
  Yes Yes       Qatar     TN/MA/S/9/Rev.1 
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 Imports Applied tariffs 
UN Comtrade IDB IDB UN 
TARMAC  
1999 2000 2001 1999 2000 2001 WTO Member 2001 2001 
    Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Romania   Yes 
Yes   Yes Yes   Yes Rwanda   Yes 
      Yes* Yes* Yes* Saint Kitts and Nevis   Yes 
        Yes Yes Saint Lucia Yes Yes 
            Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Yes 
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes Senegal   Yes 
            Sierra Leone     
      Yes Yes Yes Singapore Yes Yes 
            Solomon Islands     
    Yes Yes Yes   South Africa Yes Yes 
Yes   Yes Yes Yes Ye s Sri Lanka Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes*  Yes* Yes* Suriname     
            Swaziland   Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s Switzerland Yes Yes 
Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes Taipei, Chinese Yes Yes 
Yes   Yes   Yes Yes Tanzania     
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s* Thailand Yes* Yes 
    Yes Yes* Ye s Yes Togo Yes Yes 
      Yes* Yes* Yes Trinidad and Tobago   Yes 
      Yes*     Tunisia Yes*   
      Yes Yes   Turkey Yes   
Yes Yes         Uganda Yes Yes 
            United Arab Emirates     
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes United States Yes Yes 
    Yes Yes Yes Yes Uruguay Yes Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s Venezuela Yes   
  Yes Yes       Zambia Yes   
    Yes Yes Yes* Ye s* Zimbabwe Yes Yes 
 
 
The following symbols are used in the table: 
 
Yes =  information available. 
Yes* =  submission receive d by the Secretariat but not yet disseminated.  TN/MA/S/9/Rev.1 
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Table 2: Combined data sources:  IDB data complemented by UN databases, as of 3 March 2005 
 
Imports Applied 
tariffs 
1999 2000 2001 WTO Member 2001 
U Yes*_U U Albania Yes 
      Angola   
      Antigua and Barbuda Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Argentina Yes 
      Armenia U 
Yes Yes Yes Au stralia Yes 
Yes*     Bahrain Yes 
  U U Bangladesh   
Yes* Yes* Yes Barbados Yes 
      Belize U 
      Benin U 
Yes Yes U Bolivia Yes 
      Botswana U 
Yes Yes Yes Brazil Yes 
Yes* Yes* Yes* Brunei Darussalam Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Bulgaria Yes 
      Burkina Faso U 
  U U Burundi   
      Cambodia U 
      Cameroon Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Canada Yes 
U U U Central African Republic U 
      Chad U 
Yes Yes Yes Chile Yes 
Yes Yes Yes China Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Colombia Yes 
      Congo U 
Yes Yes Yes Costa Rica Yes 
  Yes   Côte d'Ivoire U 
U Yes Yes Croatia Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Cuba Yes 
      Democratic Republic of the Congo   
      Djibouti   
    Yes Dominica Yes 
Yes* Yes* U Domini can Republic Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Ecuador Yes 
  Yes Yes Egypt Yes* 
Yes Yes Yes El Salvador Yes 
Yes Yes Yes European Communities Yes 
    Yes Fiji   
Yes Yes U Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia Yes 
Yes*_U Yes*_U Yes Gabon U 
U U U Gambia   
  Yes Yes* Georgia Yes 
  Yes* Yes Ghana Yes 
      Grenada Yes*_U TN/MA/S/9/Rev.1 
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 Imports Applied 
tariffs 
1999 2000 2001 WTO Member 2001 
Yes Yes Yes Guatemala Yes 
    Yes Guinea   
      Guinea Bissau U 
Yes*_U Yes* Ye s* Guyana Yes 
      Haiti   
Yes Yes Yes Honduras Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Hong Kong, China Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Iceland U 
Yes Yes Yes India Yes 
Yes*_U Yes*_U Yes Indonesia Yes 
Yes*_U Yes*_U Yes*_U Israel Yes* 
Yes Yes Yes Jamaica Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Japan Yes 
Yes* Yes Yes Jordan Yes 
Yes*_U Yes*_U U Kenya Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Korea, Republic of Yes 
  U U Kuwait   
      Kyrgyz Republic Yes 
      Lesotho U 
Yes Yes Yes Macao, China Yes 
U Yes*   Madagascar U 
U   U Malawi U 
Yes Yes Yes Malaysia Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Maldives U 
U U U Mali U 
Yes*   Yes Mauritania Yes 
Yes Yes*_U Yes Mauritius Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Mexico Yes 
    U Moldova U 
Yes Yes Yes Mongolia Yes 
Yes*     Morocco U 
  U U Mozambique U 
      Myanmar U 
      Namibia U 
U     Nepal   
Yes Yes Yes*_U Ne w Zealand Yes* 
Yes Yes Yes Ni caragua Yes 
    U Niger U 
U U U Nigeria Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Norway Yes 
Yes* Yes*_U Yes Oman Yes 
Yes* Yes* Yes* Pakistan Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Panama Yes 
      Papua New Guinea Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Paraguay Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Peru Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Philippines Yes 
  U U Qatar   
Yes Yes* Yes*_U Romania U 
Yes   Yes Rwanda U  TN/MA/S/9/Rev.1 
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 Imports Applied 
tariffs 
1999 2000 2001 WTO Member 2001 
Yes* Yes* Yes* Sain t Kitts and Nevis U 
  Yes Yes Saint Lucia Yes 
      Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U 
U Yes Yes Senegal U 
      Sierra Leone   
Yes Yes Yes Singapore Yes 
      Solomon Islands   
Yes Yes U South Africa Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Sri Lanka Yes 
Yes*_U Yes*_U Yes*_U Suriname   
      Swaziland U 
Yes Yes Yes Switzerland Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Taipei, Chinese Yes 
U Yes Yes Tanzania   
Yes Yes Yes*_U Thailand Yes*_U 
Yes* Yes Yes Togo Yes 
Yes* Yes* Yes Trinidad and Tobago U 
Yes*     Tunisia Yes* 
Yes Yes   Turkey Yes 
U U   Uganda Yes 
      United Arab Emirates   
Yes Yes Yes United States Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Uruguay Yes 
Yes Yes Yes Venezuela Yes 
  U U Zambia Yes 
Yes Yes* Yes*_U Zimbabwe Yes 
 
 
 
The following symbols are used in the table: 
 Yes =  information available. 
Yes* =  submission receive d by the Secretariat but not yet disseminated. 
U = information only available from UN sources  
Yes*_U = information available in the IDB but not yet processed and disseminated; information also available 
in UN databases 
 
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