WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONGPA/W/86
29 June 1999
(99-2690)
Committee on Government Procurement Original:  English
REVIEW OF THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Statistical Reporting Requirements under Article XIX:5
Submission by the United States
Introduction1. Discussions in the Committee on potential revision to the statistical reporting requirements
under Article XIX:5 are well advanced.  There appears to be general agreement among GPAMembers that the current statistical reporting requirements are overly burdensome and in need of
revision.  The work of the Chair and the Secretariat in collecting Members' views and presenting them
in the form of draft revisions of the text of Article XIX:5 has helped advance the Committee's work in
this area.
2. The purpose of this informal submission is to contribute to the Committee's discussion of
revising the statistical reporting requirements of Article XIX:5 by seeking to better clarify how the
revised statistical reporting requirements would be actually implemented.  This submission presents
"sample tables" of how we perceive the modifications to the statistical reporting requirements
proposed to date might look in terms of a statistical report.  Discussion of these samples may be of
assistance in considering whether any further modifications of the draft text may be appropriate.
3. This submission also suggests another potential modification to the Chairman's revised text
(discussed below), for consideration by the Committee.
Potential modification to the Chairman's revised text of Article XIX:5
Reporting the value of above-threshold contracts awarded to foreign suppliers
4. The GPA currently requires Parties to report on the country of origin of products and services
purchased by its entities "[t]o the extent that such information is available".  Due to the difficulty in
accurately obtaining country of origin information, the United States supports proposals by other
Members to eliminate this requirement.  However, in  order to assess the market access benefits of the
GPA, it may be useful to Members to have information on the value of contracts that each Party
awards to domestic suppliers and to the suppliers of other Parties, at least on an aggregate basis.While it would still be possible without such information to determine the level of opportunities
offered by GPA membership, it would be more difficult to assess the level of market access Parties
actually achieve.
5. To address this issue, the Parties might consider adding the following statement to the revised
text of Article XIX:5(a), provided in the Chair's Note of 13 April 1999 (Job 2108):
"To the extent that such information is avail able, the above statistics should be broken down
by the estimated value of contracts awar ded to suppliers of GPA participants."GPA/W/86
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If such information were provided, together with the value of all contracts awarded, the Parties would
have a tool for assessing the extent to which GPA participants' suppliers participate in a reporting
Party's procurement markets.
6. If this suggestion were included in the Chairman's revised text, the new Article XIX:5 would
read (with the modification indicated in italicized text):
"5. Each Party shall collect and provide to the Committee statistics on its procurements
covered by this Agreement.  Their reports shall contain the following information
with respect to contracts awarded, above the applicable threshold values, by all
procurement entities covered under the Agreement:
(a) statistics on the estimated value of contracts awarded:
(i) for entities in Annexes 1, 2 and 3, on a global basis;  and(ii) for entities in Annex 1, broken down by entity;
To the extent that such information is available, the above statistics should be broken
down by the estimated value of contracts awarded to suppliers of GPA participants.
(b) (i) for entities in Annex 1, statistics on the number and total value of
contracts awarded, broken down by entities and by categories of
products and services according to uniform classification systems;
(ii) for entities in Annexes 2 and 3, statistics on the estimated value of
contracts awarded broken down by categories of entities and bycategories of products and services;
(c) statistics on the use of Article XV:
(i) for entities in Annex 1, on the number and total value of contracts
awarded, broken down by entity and categories of products and
services;
(ii) for categories of entities in Annexes 2 and 3, the total value of
contracts awarded."
Model statistical tables
7. Attached are model statistical tables which reflect our understanding of the current proposed
modifications to Article XIX:5, and include the additional suggested modifications outlined above.
We welcome the views of other delegations to help reach a common understanding of the implications
of the proposed modifications to the GPA's statistical reporting requirements.GPA/W/86
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1998 STATISTICAL REPORT
ARTICLE XIX:5(a)
Federal Government Entities
(Annex 1)Value of Above-Threshold
Contracts AwardedValue of Above-Threshold Contracts
Awarded to other GPA Suppliers
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
...
TOTAL FOR ANNEX 1
Categories of Entities
(Annex 2)Value of Above-Threshold
Contracts AwardedValue of Above-Threshold Contracts
Awarded to other GPA Suppliers
[Category 1]
[Category 2]
...
TOTAL FOR ANNEX 2
Categories of Entities
(Annex 3)Value of Above-Threshold
Contracts AwardedValue of Above-Threshold Contracts
Awarded to other GPA Suppliers
[Category 1]
[Category 2]
...
TOTAL FOR ANNEX 3GPA/W/86
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WTO AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
1998 STATISTICAL REPORT
ARTICLE XIX:5(b)
(Annex 1 Number and Estimated Value of Above-Threshold Contracts by Entity and Categories of Products and Services)
Dept of
AgricultureDept of
EducationDept Health
Human ServHousing & Urbn
DvlptDept of the
InteriorDept of
JusticeDept of
Labor…
Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value
[goods/service
category 1]
[goods/servicecategory 2]
[goods/service
category 3]
...
(Annex 2 Above-Threshold by Category of Entity and Categories of Products and Services)
Annex 2 Category of Entity 1 Category of Entity 2 Category of Entity 3 ...
Category of goods/services 1
Category of goods/services 2
...
(Annex 3 Above-Threshold by Category of Entity and Categories of Products and Services)
Annex 3 Category of Entity 1 Category of Entity 2 Category of Entity 3 ...
Category of goods/services 1
Category of goods/services 2
...GPA/W/86
Page 5WTO AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
1998 STATISTICAL REPORT
ARTICLE XIX:5(c)
(Annex 1 Above-Threshold by Entity on Total Number and Value of Contracts Awarded under Article XV)
Dept of
AgricultureDept of
EducationDept Health
Human ServHousing & Urbn
DvlptDept of the
InteriorDept of
JusticeDept of
Labor…
Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value Number Value
goods/services
category 1
goods/servicescategory 2
 ...
(Annex 2 Above-Threshold by Category of Entity on Tota l Number and Value of Contracts Awarded under Article XV)
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Category 5  ...
Total Value Article XV
Total Number of Contracts Article XV
(Annex 3 Above-Threshold by Category of Entity on Tota l Number and Value of Contracts Awarded under Article XV)
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Category 5 ...
Total Value Article XV
Total Number of Contracts Article XV
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