WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
WT/COMTD/LDC/W/51/Add.1 
12 April 2012  
 
(12-1912) 
Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries  
  
 
MARKET ACCESS FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OF EXPORT INTEREST TO 
LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 
 
Note by the Secretariat
1 
 
Addendum2 
 
 
1. Table 9 of the Note is supplemented by Table 9 (a, b, c) which shows data at individual LDC 
level concerning tariff treatment on mercha ndise imported by developed countries. 
2. The following references should be added as a f ootnote, with respect to the last sentence of 
paragraph 51 concerning DFQF market access for LDC products: 
 
Footnote 25:  (i) "The Costs and Benefits of Du ty-free, Quota-free Market Access for Poor Countries 
- Who and What Matters", IFPRI Discussion Paper 00990, June 2010 
(http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp00990.pdf );  (ii) "G-20 AND GLOBAL 
DEVELOPMENT", Report prepared by the staff of the World Bank in the context of the G-20 
Summit held in Toronto, Canada, 26-27 June 2010 (http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEC/Resources/G20Framework&MAP-WBReport-
TorontoSummit-2.pdf ) 
                                                      
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 The addendum has been issued in vi ew of comments received at the 61st Session of the 
Sub-Committee on LDCs. WT/COMTD/LDC/W/51/Add.1 
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  Table 9(a):  Trends in tariff treatment on merchandise imported by developed countries at individual LDC level, 
2009, (percentage) 
 
  Agriculture 
Total duty free MFN duty free True preferencea 
Afghanistan 100 81 19 
Angola 100 100 0 
Bangladesh 100 24 76 
Benin 100 72 28 
Bhutan 100 37 63 
Burkina Faso 100 83 17 
Burundi 100 99 1 
Cambodia 100 9 91 
Central African Republic 100 88 12 
Chad 100 100 0 
Comoros 100 63 37 
Congo, Dem. Rep. of 100 71 29 
Djibouti 100 99 1 
Equatorial Guinea 100 100 0 
Eritrea 100 85 15 
Ethiopia 100 70 30 
Gambia 100 35 65 
Guinea 100 98 2 
Guinea-Bissau 100 48 52 
Haiti 100 65 35 
Kiribati 100 95 5 
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 100 93 7 
Lesotho 100 0 100 
Liberia 100 99 1 
Madagascar 100 71 29 
Malawi 100 22 78 
Mali 100 92 8 
Mauritania 100 47 53 
Mozambique 100 36 64 
Myanmar 100 78 22 
Nepal 100 69 31 
Niger 100 21 79 
Rwanda 100 100 0 
Samoa 100 11 89 
Sao Tome and Principe 100 97 3 
Senegal 100 35 65 
Sierra Leone 100 99 1 
Solomon Islands 100 7 93 
Somalia 100 92 8 
Sudan 100 96 4 
Tanzania 100 63 37 
Timor-Leste 100 86 14 
Togo 100 96 4 
Tuvalu 100 100 0 
Uganda 100 77 23 
Vanuatu 100 46 54 
Yemen 100 98 2 
Zambia 100 22 78 
TOTAL LDCsb 100 66 34 
TOTAL LDCsc 100 68 32 
 aThe true preference is total duty-free access minus produc ts receiving duty-free treatment under the MFN regime.  
The indicators are based on the best available treatment, including regional and preferential agreements. 
 bTrade weighted average. 
 cSimple average. 
Source :  CAMAD compiled by ITC, UNCTAD and WTO.  WT/COMTD/LDC/W/51/Add.1 
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  Table 9(b):  Trends in tariff treatment on merchandise imported by developed countries at individual LDC level, 
2009, (percentage) 
 
  Textile Clothing 
Total duty 
free MFN duty 
free True 
preferencea Total duty 
free MFN duty 
free True 
preferencea 
Afghanistan 96 78 17 87 0 87 
Angola 100 0 100 96 0 96 
Bangladesh 72 10 62 71 0 71 
Benin 100 0 100 100 0 100 
Bhutan 99 0 99 100 0 100 
Burkina Faso 84 0 84 100 0 100 
Burundi 8 0 8 100 0 100 
Cambodia 31 2 29 37 0 37 
Central African Republic 100 0 100 100 0 100 
Chad 100 7 93 100 0 100 
Comoros 100 5 95 100 0 100 
Congo, Dem. Rep. of 96 0 96 100 0 100 
Djibouti 100 0 100 100 0 100 
Equatorial Guinea 100 0 100 0 0 0 
Eritrea 100 0 100 99 0 99 
Ethiopia 100 0 100 100 0 100 
Gambia 66 1 65 100 1 99 
Guinea 53 14 40 76 0 76 
Guinea-Bissau 100 12 88 100 0 100 
Haiti 90 24 66 100 0 100 
Kiribati 0 0 0 100 0 100 
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 75 1 74 89 0 89 
Lesotho 97 48 49 100 0 100 
Liberia 100 0 100 98 0 98 
Madagascar 89 2 88 100 0 100 
Malawi 31 1 30 100 0 100 
Mali 66 10 57 100 0 100 
Mauritania 100 39 61 97 0 97 
Mozambique 100 0 100 100 0 100 
Myanmar 69 0 69 47 0 47 
Nepal 94 32 62 81 0 81 
Niger 96 9 88 100 0 100 
Rwanda 42 1 41 100 0 100 
Samoa 38 17 22 0 0 0 
Sao Tome and Principe 100 0 100 100 0 100 
Senegal 95 11 84 100 0 100 
Sierra Leone 99 8 91 100 2 98 
Solomon Islands 100 0 100 100 0 100 
Somalia 100 0 100 75 0 75 
Sudan 100 0 100 100 0 100 
Tanzania 90 33 57 100 0 100 
Timor-Leste 100 0 100 100 36 64 
Togo 90 0 90 96 0 96 
Tuvalu 100 100 0 100 0 100 
Uganda 54 0 54 100 0 100 
Vanuatu 100 0 100 100 0 100 
Yemen 64 6 57 84 0 84 
Zambia 97 1 96 100 0 100 
TOTAL LDCsb 74 12 62 67 0 67 
TOTAL LDCsc 85 10 75 92 1 91 
 aThe true preference is total duty-free access minus produc ts receiving duty-free treatment under the MFN regime.  
The indicators are based on the best available treatment, including regional and preferential agreements. 
 bTrade weighted average. 
 cSimple average. 
Source : CAMAD compiled by IT C, UNCTAD and WTO. WT/COMTD/LDC/W/51/Add.1 
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  Table 9(c):  Trends in tariff treatment on merchandise imported by developed countries at individual LDC level, 
2009, (percentage) 
 
  TOTAL (Excluding Arms and Oil) 
Total duty free MFN duty free True preferencea 
Afghanistan 99 78 21 
Angola 100 94 6 
Bangladesh 73 2 71 
Benin 100 81 19 
Bhutan 100 70 30 
Burkina Faso 100 91 9 
Burundi 100 98 2 
Cambodia 45 1 44 
Central African Republic 100 99 1 
Chad 100 98 2 
Comoros 100 68 32 
Congo, Dem. Rep. of 100 96 4 
Djibouti 100 39 61 
Equatorial Guinea 100 83 17 
Eritrea 100 31 69 
Ethiopia 100 64 36 
Gambia 100 43 57 
Guinea 100 97 3 
Guinea-Bissau 100 69 31 
Haiti 100 6 94 
Kiribati 100 18 82 
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 84 15 69 
Lesotho 100 35 65 
Liberia 100 100 0 
Madagascar 100 18 81 
Malawi 100 22 78 
Mali 100 68 32 
Mauritania 100 56 44 
Mozambique 100 13 87 
Myanmar 64 11 53 
Nepal 91 26 65 
Niger 100 98 2 
Rwanda 100 97 2 
Samoa 99 7 92 
Sao Tome and Principe 100 93 7 
Senegal 100 25 75 
Sierra Leone 100 95 5 
Solomon Islands 100 25 75 
Somalia 100 80 20 
Sudan 100 94 6 
Tanzania 100 56 44 
Timor-Leste 100 98 2 
Togo 100 94 6 
Tuvalu 100 25 75 
Uganda 100 63 37 
Vanuatu 100 51 49 
Yemen 100 53 47 
Zambia 99 70 29 
TOTAL LDCsb 81 28 53 
TOTAL LDCsc 97 59 38 
 aThe true preference is total duty-free access minus produc ts receiving duty-free treatment under the MFN regime.  
The indicators are based on the best available treatment, including regional and preferential agreements. 
 bTrade weighted average. 
 cSimple average. 
Source : CAMAD compiled by IT C, UNCTAD and WTO. 
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