RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BFA/W/38
4 April 2000
(00-1372)
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE 2000 BUDGET
AND ADVANCE TO THE WORKING CAPITAL FUND:
ACCESSION OF THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN TO THE WTO
Note by the Director-General
1. In view of the accession to the WTO of Jordan  on 11 April 2000 (document WT/Let/333), it is
proposed that a pro rata  contribution to the 2000 budget amounting to CHF 63,548 be assessed on this
Government.  This assessment, calculated as fro m 11 April 2000, is based on an annual contribution of
0.069 per cent, taking into account the international trade figures (imports plus exports in goods,
services and intellectual property rights) of Jordan for the years 1995-1997.
2. In conformity with the WTO Financial Regulati ons governing the use of the Working Capital
Fund, any government acceding to the WTO shall make  an advance to the Fund in accordance with the
scale of contributions applicable to the budget fo r the year of its accession.  The minimum advance to
the Working Capital Fund amounts to 0.5 per cent of th e principal of the Fund for countries or separate
customs territories whose share of the total trade of Members is 0.5 per cent or less.  Such advances
shall be carried to the credit of the Members which have made them.
3. On the basis of the level of the Working Capital of CHF  7,691,473 it is proposed to assess an
amount of CHF 38,457 on the Government of Jordan as an advance to the Fund.
POINTS FOR DECISION: Paragraph 1
Paragraph 3
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