WORLD TRADE G/IT/1/Rev.2
27November 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5230)
Committee ofParticipants ontheExpansion ofTrade
inInformation Technology Products
STATUS OFIMPLEMENTATION
Note bytheSecretariat
Revision
1. Asof24November 1997, theITAhad28participants (covering 43Members andStates or
separatecustomsterritoriesintheprocessofaccedingtotheWTO)representingapproximately93percent
ofworld trade ininformation technology products. Outofthese 28,theformal rectification and
modification documents ofthefollowing 23participants havebeenreceived andcirculated:
Australia Indonesia Poland1
Canada Israel Singapore
Costa Rica Japan Slovak Republic1
Czech Republic1Korea Switzerland2
European Communities Macau Thailand1
Hong Kong, China Malaysia1Turkey
Iceland Norway United States
India Philippines
Oftheabove, Poland andTurkey haveindicated thatimplementation would begin afterthe
completion ofdomestic procedural requirements.3
2. Oftheparticipants thathavenotyetsubmitted theirschedules, Estonia andtheSeparate Customs
Territory ofTaiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, andMatsu arenotcurrently Members oftheWTO andare
therefore notexpected tosubmit documentation forrectification ormodification ofschedules.4For
Romania thefirstratereduction isscheduled totakeplace on31December 1997. ElSalvador and
NewZealand havenotyetsubmitted theirformal documentation.
1First ratereduction scheduled totakeplace on1January 1998.
2First ratereduction scheduled totakeplace on31December 1997.
3India andIsrael which hadalsomade suchanotification, havesubsequently notified thatthese procedural requirements
have been completed.
4Forthose participants thatarenotMembers oftheWTO, theDeclaration states that: "Each participant thatisnota
Member oftheWTO shallimplement these measures onanautonomous basis, pending completion ofitsWTO accession,
andshall incorporate these measures intoitsWTO market access schedule forgoods."
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3. Letters ofacceptance, inaccordance withtheprovision ofparagraph 10oftheAnnex tothe
Declaration onTrade inInformation Technology Products, havebeenreceived from allparticipants
except one.
4. Thefollowing documentation, noted asbeing submitted under item1above, hasbeenformally
certified bytheDirector-General:
Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, European Communities, Hong Kong China, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Norway, Singapore, Turkey5,United States.
Byvirtue ofthecertification, these schedules havebeenderestricted andplaced ontheWTO
website. Inaddition, theschedules oftheCzech Republic, NewZealand, andSlovak Republic have
beenderestricted through authorization andplaced onthewebsite.
5Subject tonotification tobegiven onparliamentary approval.