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4 November  2022 
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Committee on Trade and Development  
Dedicated Session on Preferential Trade Arrangements    
 
 
STATUS OF THE WORK OF THE DEDICATED SESSION  
STATUS OF THE PREPARATION OF FACTUAL PRESENTATIONS  
Report by the Chairperson   
  WT/COMTD/PTA/W/8  
 
- 2 - Notifying 
Member  PTA Name/Description  Date of 
notification  Data for factual 
presentation 
initially due by Status  
China  Duty-free treatment for LDCs  14.10.2011  2.3.2012  Import and tariff data received . Secretariat has begun drafting the factual 
presentation on the basis of the most recent regulation concerning China's PTA – 
which  has been made available in English – and is awaiting the translated versions 
of other regulations which still remain in force.  
India Duty-Free Tariff Preference 
Scheme for LDCs  5.9.2011  23.1.2012  Secretariat is in the process of drafting the factual presentation.  
Kazakhstan  Generalized System of Preferences  13.10.2020  23.12.2020  Awaiting complete import and tariff data.  
 
Montenegro  Duty-free treatment for LDCs  7.2.2020  1.5.2020  Import and tariff data received . Secretariat is awaiting the most up -to-date 
regulations in a WTO language.  
 
Russian 
Federation  Generalized System of Preferences 
(1.1.2010 to 10.10.2016)  
 28.3.2013  7.6.2013  Awaiting complete import and tariff data.  
Russian 
Federation  Generalized System of Preferences 
(as of 10.10.2016)  
 20.6.2019  26.9.2019  Awaiting complete import and tariff data.  
Chinese 
Taipei  Duty-free treatment for LDCs  27.10.2011  16.3.2012  Import and tariff data received. Awaiting notification of up -to-date regulations in a 
WTO language.  
 
United 
Kingdom  Generalized System of Preferences  28.1.2021  9.4.2021  Draft factual presentation sent to the UK on 21 October 2022 . Comments requested 
by 18 November 2022.  
 
 
 
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