MARKET ACCESS FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OF
EXPORT INTEREST
TO LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT[1]
Contents
1 EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY. 4
2 Introduction.. 6
3 LDCs' TRADE PROFILE. 7
3.1
Trends in Goods and Commercial Services. 7
3.2
Merchandise Trade Developments. 11
3.2.1
Overall trend. 11
3.2.2
Commodity price movements. 13
3.2.3
Major LDC traders. 13
3.2.4
Trends in product composition. 16
3.2.5
Major markets of LDCs. 18
3.3
Services Trade Developments. 19
3.3.1
Overall trend. 19
3.3.2
Trade in commercial services by region. 20
3.3.3
Services trade by main categories. 22
4 MARKET ACCESS FOR PRODUCTS OF EXPORT
INTEREST TO LDCS. 27
4.1
Duty-free market access granted by selected Members. 27
4.2
Utilization of preferential market access granted to LDCs. 29
4.3
Recent initiatives to improve market access for LDCs. 31
annex. 33
List of Tables
Table 1:
Trends in LDC exports of goods and commercial services, 2010-2017. 7
Table 2: LDCs and world trade in goods and commercial
services, 2010-2017. 10
Table 3: LDCs' top ten export markets, 2010 and 2017. 18
Table 4: Duty-free market access under LDC schemes in
selected Members, 2016. 28
Table 5: Imports of LDC products
receiving MFN duty‑free or preferential tariff treatment, in % of total LDC product imports, 2016 (or latest available year) 31
Table 6: Notifications under the LDC Services Waiver 32
List
of Charts
Chart 1:
Evolution of LDC exports of goods and commercial services, 2010-2017. 7
Chart 2: LDCs' total trade balance, 2010 and 2017. 8
Chart 3: Development in merchandise trade volume of LDCs and
developing economies, 2010-2017 8
Chart 4: LDCs' shares in world exports, 2010-2017. 9
Chart 5: Merchandise trade of LDCs, 2010-2017. 11
Chart 6: Merchandise trade balance of LDCs, 2010-2017. 12
Chart 7: Merchandise exports of LDCs by product
specialization, 2010-2017. 12
Chart 8: Export prices of primary commodities, 2010-2017. 13
Chart 9: Top ten LDC exporters and importers, 2010 and 2017. 14
Chart 10: Merchandise trade balances of major LDC traders,
2010 to 2017. 15
Chart 11: Evolution of merchandise export structure of LDCs,
2010 and 2017. 16
Chart 12: Top ten products of LDC merchandise exports, 2010
and 2017. 17
Chart 13: LDCs' trade in commercial services, 2010-2017. 19
Chart 14: LDCs' share in world exports and imports of
commercial services, 2010-2017. 20
Chart 15: LDCs' exports of commercial services by LDC region,
2010-2017. 21
Chart 16: Leading LDC traders of commercial services, 2017. 22
Chart 17: LDC exports of commercial services by category,
2010-2017. 22
Chart 18: LDCs' travel exports and international tourist
arrivals, 2010-2017. 23
Chart 19: LDCs: Travel exports, and exports of agricultural
products, manufactured goods, and fuels and mining products, 2010-2017. 23
Chart 20: LDC exports of other commercial services. 24
Chart 21: Level and share of DVA content in Cambodian exports
of textiles, 1995-2014. 25
Chart 22: Level and share of DVA content in Cambodian exports
of hotel/restaurant services, 1995-2014 25
Chart 23: Broadband subscriptions by developed economies and
LDCs, 2010-2017. 26
Chart 24: Imports from least developed countries by duty
categories, 2016 (or latest available year) 30
List of Boxes
Box 1: Domestic value
added content in Cambodian exports of textiles and hotel/restaurant services 25
List of Annex
Tables
Annex Table 1: Merchandise exports and imports of LDCs by
selected country grouping, 2017. . 33
Annex Table 2: Export prices of primary commodities,
2005-2017. 35
Annex Table 3: Imports from LDCs by major markets and product
groups, 2010-2017. 37
Annex Table 4: Top 50 exported products of LDCs in 2017. 39
Annex Table 5: Exports and imports of commercial services of
the LDCs, 2017. 42
Annex Table 6: Major multilateral non-reciprocal LDC
preference schemes undertaken by Members, 2018 or latest available yeara 43