WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
WT/COMTD/LDC/W/51/Corr.1 
29 February 2012  
 
(12-1169) 
Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries  
  
 
MARKET ACCESS FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OF EXPORT INTEREST TO 
LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 
 
Note by the Secretariat
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Corrigendum 
 
 Table 11 on page 24 should be repl aced with the attached table. 
 
 
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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.  
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Table 11:  Tariff treatment of LDC exports in selected developed markets, 2009 
Market Sector GSP-LDC duty scheme 
Imports from UN-LDCsb 
(million US$ and percentage)  Memo items 
Number of tariff 
lines Number of tariff lines with 
imports from LDC 
beneficiariesa Number of MFN tariff lines 
Imports 
from World 
(million 
US$)  Dutiable Duty 
free (%) Total Dutiable 
under 
MFN Dutiable 
under 
GSP- 
LDC 
scheme TOTAL Dutiable Duty 
free (%) Weighted 
applied 
duty1 TOTAL Duty- 
free 
tariff 
lines 
(%) Tariff 
lines with 
world 
imports 
Australia2 Total 0 100.0 924 580 0 186.6 0.0 100.0 0.0 6,002 46.2 5,517 187,023 
Agriculture 0 100.0 116 37 0 18.3 0.0 100.0 0.0 748 71.3 629 8,370 
Non-agriculturec 0 100.0 806 543 0 168.3 0.0 100. 0 0.0 5,219 42.2 4,863 163,210 
Ores 0 100.0 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 33 100.0 24 424 
Petroleum 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 n.a n.a n.a 2 100.0 1 15,019 
Canada Total 96 98.8 2,021 1,165 0 2,746.2 0.0 100.0 0.0 8,309 53.6 8,064 312,266 
Agriculture 96 93.0 299 134 0 39.5 0. 0 100.0 0.0 1,370 41.5 1,250 24,580 
Non-agriculture c 0 100.0 1,712 1,031 0 1,127.6 0. 0 100.0 0.0 6,905 55.8 6,782 267,325 
Ores 0 100.0 9 0 0 72.4 0. 0 100.0 0.0 33 100.0 31 1,785 
Petroleum 0 100.0 1 0 0 1,506.8  0.0 100.0 0.0 1 100.0 1 18,576 
European 
Union Total 63 99.3 3,632 2,814 28 26,022.1 429.6 98.3 0.1 9,569 24.3 9,276 1,516,545 
Agriculture 41 97.9 581 437 24 2,857.6 241.8 91.5 0.0 1,990 18.1 1,775 102,912 
Non-agriculture c 22 99.7 3,032 2,377 4 13,713.3 187.8 98.6 0.2 7,536 25.5 7,459 1,167,586 
Ores 0 100.0 17 0 0 857.8 0. 0 100.0 0.0 41 100.0 40 16,921 
Petroleum 0 100.0 2 0 0 8,593.5  0.0 100.0 0.0 2 100.0 2 229,126 
Japan Total 164 98.2 840 562 17 3,526.7 6.3 99.8 0.0 9,026 40.9 7,855 528,295 
Agriculture 69 96.3 136 76 0 247.5 0. 0 100.0 0.0 1,857 25.6 1,417 47,944 
Non-agriculture c 95 98.7 700 486 17 1,846.9 6.3 99.7 0.0 7,130 44.6 6,409 380,716 
Ores 0 100.0 3 0 0 47.0 0. 0 100.0 0.0 37 100.0 27 19,893 
Petroleum 0 100.0 1 0 0 1,385.3  0.0 100.0 0.0 2 100.0 2 79,742 
New 
Zealand Total 0 100.0 660 431 0 27.3 0.0 100.0 0.0 7,286 57.7 6,338 24,871 
Agriculture 0 100.0 59 21 0 6.6 0. 0 100.0 0.0 1,000 63.6 793 2,631 
Non-agriculture c 0 100.0 601 410 0 20.7 0.0 100. 0 0.0 6,252 56.6 5,532 20,403 
Ores 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 n.a n.a n.a 33 100.0 12 1 
Petroleum 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 n.a n.a n.a 1 100.0 1 1,836  
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 Page 3Market Sector GSP-LDC duty scheme 
Imports from UN-LDCsb 
(million US$ and percentage)  Memo items 
Number of tariff 
lines Number of tariff lines with 
imports from LDC 
beneficiariesa Number of MFN tariff lines 
Imports 
from World 
(million 
US$)  Dutiable Duty 
free (%) Total Dutiable 
under 
MFN Dutiable 
under 
GSP- 
LDC 
scheme TOTAL Dutiable Duty 
free (%) Weighted 
applied 
duty1 TOTAL Duty- 
free 
tariff 
lines 
(%) Tariff 
lines with 
world 
imports 
Norway Total 1 100.0 689 263 1 494.2 6.3 98.7 2.6 7,042 83.5 6,364 68,444 
Agriculture 1 99.9 77 33 1 14.7 6.0 59.0 86.7 1,351 36.6 1,057 5,013 
Non-agriculture c 0 100.0 609 230 0 209.2 0.2 99. 9 0.0 5,656 94.6 5,294 62,506 
Ores 0 100.0 2 0 0 12.4 0.0 100.0 0.0 33 100.0 12 346 
Petroleum 0 100.0 1 0 0 257.8 0.0 100.0 0.0 2 100.0 1 578 
Switzerland Total 6 99.9 818 687 0 252.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 8,373 17.0 7,717 155,500 
Agriculture 6 99.7 163 121 0 75.3 0. 0 100.0 0.0 2,284 14.9 1,856 10,244 
Non-agriculture c 0 100.0 655 566 0 176.7 0.0 100. 0 0.0 6,054 17.3 5,841 143,114 
Ores 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 n.a n.a n.a 33 100.0 19 3 
Petroleum 0 100.0 0 0 0 0.0 n.a n.a n.a 2 100.0 1 2,139 
United 
States Total 1,834 82.4 1,635 1,077 567 20,661.5 6,509.7 68.5 5.2 10,44
9 35.8 9,995 1,484,075 
Agriculture 278 84.5 229 138 6 351.3 0.5 99.9 0.0 1,792 20.3 1,491 74,880 
Non-agriculture c 1,556 81.9 1,398 937 561 7,826.9 6,509 .2 16.8 13.8 8,612 38.8 8,464 1,264,331 
Ores 0 100.0 6 0 0 96.5 0. 0 100.0 0.0 43 76.7 38 2,468 
Petroleum 0 100.0 2 2 0 12,386.8  0.0 100.0 0.0 2 0.0 2 142,395 
 a Beneficiaries are countries eligible for the national GSP-LDC scheme, excluding other preferential agreements; some UN-LDCs ma y be excluded; on the other hand, some countries not 
necessarily UN-LDCs  may be included. 
 b Forty-nine LDCs as listed by the UN. 
 c "Non-agriculture" covers NAMA products with  the exclusion of ores and petroleum. 
 1 Excludes non-ad valorem dut ies (except for the US). 
 2 Data related to the year 2008. 
Source:   IDB-WTO Secretariat. 
 
 
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