STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION

Note by the Secretariat^[1]

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1.   As of 23 March 2022, the ITA has 55 Participants (covering 83 Members and States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO) representing approximately 96% of world trade in information technology products.

2.   If the Participant was a WTO Member at the time of its participation in the ITA, it was required to follow the procedures for the formal rectification and modification of schedules (Decision of 26 March 1980 on Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff Concessions, BISD 27S/25) pursuant to paragraph 2 of the Annex to the Ministerial Declaration. Thus, documents from the following 39 participants have been received and circulated pursuant to these procedures:

3.   At present, Morocco has still not submitted its formal documentation.

4.   The United Kingdom originally undertook the commitments of the ITA through its membership in the European Union. Following its withdrawal from the European Union, the United Kingdom has circulated its independent schedule of concessions and commitments to the GATT (G/MA/TAR/RS/570) and its addenda under the Procedures for Rectification and Modification of Schedules and indicated that this schedule replicates the ITA commitments. A request has been made for the United Kingdom to provide a complete ITA schedule.

5.   Afghanistan; Albania; China; Georgia; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyz Republic; Moldova, Republic of; Oman; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; Seychelles; Tajikistan; Ukraine; and Viet Nam incorporated their commitments in their schedules annexed to their Protocols of Accession, and therefore it was not necessary to follow the procedures for rectification and modification of tariff schedules.

6.   Letters of acceptance, in accordance with the provision of paragraph 10 of the Annex to the Declaration, have been received from all Participants except five.

7.   Documentation for the following Participants, noted as being submitted under paragraph 2 above, has been formally certified by the Director‑General:

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