  
  
G/STR/N/18/MLI  
G/STR/N/19/MLI  
 
29 September 2022  
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Working Party on  State Trading Enterprises  Original: French  
 
  
STATE TRADING  
NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  XVII:4(A)  
OF THE GATT 1994 AND PARAGRAPH  1 OF THE UNDERSTANDING  
ON THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE  XVII 
MALI 
The following communication, dated 11 July 2022 and received on 29 July 2022, is being circulated 
at the request of the delegation of Mali.  
 
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Pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT 1994 and paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the 
Interpretation of Article XVII of the GATT 1994, and in response to the c alls for notifications 
contained  in documents G/STR/N/18 and G/STR/N/19, Mali makes the following notification of its 
state trading enterprises for the periods 2018 -19 and 2020 -21. 
 
Since the 1990s, the Republic of Mali has been engaged in a vast reform pr ogramme involving the 
State's withdrawal from production and marketing activities. Accordingly, existing state companies 
and enterprises were privatized.  
 
However, the Société Nationale des Tabacs et Allumettes du Mali (SONATAM SA) has the exclusive 
right to import cigarettes in the Republic of Mali.  
 
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