RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONGPA/W/130
15 March 2001
(01-1279)
Committee on Government Procurement Original:  English
THE THRESHOLDS IN APPENDIX I OF THE AGREEMENT AS EXPRESSED
IN NATIONAL CURRENCIES FOR 2001-2002
KOREA
In pursuance of the agreed procedures (GPA/1 , Annex 3), delegations have been invited to
notify their respective national thresholds for the period 2001-2002.
The information notified by the Republic of Korea is reproduced below.  Other submissions
will be compiled in addenda to this document.
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KOREA'S THRESHOLD CALCULATIONS IN ITS NATIONAL CURRENCY –
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 2001 TO 31 DECEMBER 2002
Annex 1 Annex 2 Annex 3
Supplies 130,000 SDR
2000,000,000 WON200,000 SDR
310,000,000 WON450,000 SDR
700,000,000 WON
Services 130,000 SDR
2000,000,000 WON200,000 SDR
310,000,000 WON
Construction Services 5,000,000 SDR
7,800,000,000 WON15,000,000 SDR
23,500,000,000 WON15,000,000 SDR
23,500,000,000 WON
Method of calculation
It is the average of the monthly rate of the national currency in terms of the SDR over the
two-year period from November 1998 to October 2000.  The conversion rates published by the IMF inits monthly "International Fiscal Statistics" were used for this calculation.
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