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24 January 2020  
(20-0619) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
 
THE THRESHOLDS IN AP PENDIX I OF THE AGRE EMENT AS EXPRESSED  
IN NATIONAL CURRENCI ES FOR 2020 -2021  
CANADA  
Pursuant to the agreed procedures (GPA/1, Annex 3), delegations have been invited to notify their 
respective threshold values in national currencies.  
 
The information notified by Canada for the period 2020­2021 is reproduced below.1 
 
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1  THRESHOLDS IN APPEND IX I OF THE GPA, AS EXPRESSED IN NATIONA L CURRENCIES  
1.1  Central Government Entities (Annex  1) 
 Threshold Value in Special 
Drawing Right (SDR)  Threshold Value in  
Canadian Dollar (CAD)  
Goods  130,000  238,000  
Services  130,000  238,000  
Construction services  5,000,000  9,100,000  
 
1.2  Sub-central Government Entities (Annex 2)  
 Threshold Value in SDR  Threshold Value in CAD  
Goods  355,000  650,000  
Services  355,000  650,000  
Construction services  5,000,000  9,100,000  
 
1.3  Other Entities (Annex  3) 
 Threshold Value in SDR  Threshold Value in CAD  
Goods  355,000  650,000  
Services  355,000  650,000  
Construction services  5,000,000  9,100,000  
 
2  PERIOD OF VALIDITY F OR THE THRESHOLD  
The thresholds would be effective from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021.  
3  METHOD OF CALCULATIO N 
The calculation of the GPA threshold values in national currencies is based on the daily average 
exchange rates of the Canadian Dollar (CAD) in terms of the Special Drawing Right  (SDR) over 
the two-year period from October 1 2015 to September 30 2017 (SDR 1 = CAD 1.831175386).  
 
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1 The Secretariat notes that the Protocol amending the Agreement on Government Procurement has 
entered into force for Canada on 6  April 2014 and that the Canada’s threshold values as expressed in SDR are 
the same under the revised and the 1994 Agreement.  