UPDATE on SPECIFIC TRADE CONCERNS (STCs)

resolved/partially resolved STCs

In July 2024, the Secretariat contacted 40 Members to seek information regarding the status (resolved, partially resolved or not resolved) of their specific trade concerns (STCs) that had not been raised after November 2022. Based on responses received from 25 Members, 42 STCs are considered as resolved, and 25 STCs as partially resolved. Where an STC has been raised by more than one Member, but not all those who raised the STC have reported it as resolved, the STC is considered to be partially resolved. STCs where trade may have been allowed for selected products or for some of the importing Members maintaining the measure in question, but not by all, are also considered partially resolved. Information relative to the reported status of STCs is available in the Trade Concerns Database. As of the date of circulation of this document, about 65% of the STCs raised in the SPS are considered to be resolved or partially resolved.

Table 1 identifies the STCs reported to have been resolved or partially resolved in the 2024 exercise.