MARKET ACCESS FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OF
EXPORT INTEREST
TO LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT[1]
Contents
1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. 3
2 LDC'S TRADE PROFILE. 4
2.1
Trends in Goods and Commercial Services Trade. 4
2.2
Merchandise Trade Developments. 6
2.2.1
Major LDC exporters. 8
2.2.2
Trends in product composition and export markets. 8
2.3
Services Trade Development 12
2.3.1
Trends in Commercial Services trade. 12
3 MARKET ACCESS FOR PRODUCTS OF EXPORT
INTEREST TO LDCS. 13
3.1
Duty-Free Market Access Granted by Selected Members. 13
ANNEX. 16
List of Tables
Table 1: Trends in LDC
exports of goods and commercial services, 2019‑2024. 4
Table 2: LDCs' top 10 export
markets, 2019 and 2024. 11
Table
3: Duty-free tariff lines under MFN and LDC schemes in selected Members,
2023 or latest available year 14
List of Charts
Chart 1: Evolution of LDC
exports of goods and commercial services, 2019‑2024. 4
Chart 2: LDCs' total trade
balance, 2019, 2023 and 2024. 5
Chart 3: LDCs' shares in
total world trade of goods and commercial services, 2019‑2024. 5
Chart 4: Merchandise trade
of LDCs, 2019‑2024. 6
Chart 5: Merchandise trade
balance of LDCs, 2019‑2024. 7
Chart 6: Merchandise exports
of LDCs by sub‑grouping, 2019‑2024. 7
Chart 7: Top 10 LDC
exporters and importers, 2019 and 2024. 8
Chart 8: Merchandise export
structure of LDCs, 2019 and 2024. 9
Chart 9: Top 10 products of
LDC merchandise exports, 2019 and 2024. 10
Chart 10: LDCs' exports and
imports of commercial services, 2019-2024. 12
Chart 11: Structure of LDCs'
exports of commercial services, 2024 and 2019. 13
Chart 12: LDCs' services
exports of digitally delivered services, 2019–2024. 13
List of Annex Tables
Annex Table 1: Merchandise
exports and imports of LDCs by selected country grouping, 2024. 16
Annex Table 2: Exports and
imports of commercial services of the LDCs, 2024. 18
Annex
Table 3: Major multilateral non-reciprocal LDC preference schemes undertaken by Members,
2025 or latest available year 20
[1] This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own
responsibility and is without prejudice to the positions of Members or to their
rights and obligations under the WTO.