 
 RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/MA/M/36 
7 April 2004 
 (04-1584 ) 
Committee on Market Access  
  
 
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 2 APRIL 2004  
 
Chairperson: Jo Lomas (United Kingdom)
 
  
 
 
Agenda of the meeting                      Page  
 
1. Periodic report of the Committee to th e Council for Trade in Goods including 
factual information on waivers expiring on 30 April 2004 (G/MA/SPEC/26).....................2  
2. Submission of HS96 documentation (G/MA/TAR/2/Rev.32)................................................2  
3. Submission of HS2002 documentation (G/MA/TAR/4/Rev.5)..............................................2  
4. Modalities and operation of the Integrated Data Base (IDB) ...............................................3  
(i) Status of submission of the required documentation  (G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.18) .............................3  
(ii) Report by the Secretariat ...................................................................................................... ......3  
5. Consolidated Tariff Sche dules (CTS) Database.....................................................................4  
(i) Tariff line link of information contained in the CTS database with information 
contained in the IDB (JOB(03)/217/Rev.1).................................................................................4  
(ii) Report by the Secretariat ...................................................................................................... ......4  
6. Dissemination of the IDB and the CT S Database - Communication from the 
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 
(UNESCAP)(G/MA/W/53) .......................................................................................................5  
7. Notifications of quantitative rest rictions (G/MA/NTM/QR/3) .............................................5  
8. Notifications under the Decision on Rev erse Notification of Non-Tariff Measures 
(G/MA/NTM/W/3/Rev.1)..........................................................................................................6  
9. EC – Expanding Exports Helpdesk.........................................................................................6  
10. Submission of national tariffs ................................................................................................. .6 
11. Date of the ne xt meeting ....................................................................................................... ....7 
12. Election of Chairperson........................................................................................................ ....7 
 
  The above agenda as reproduced in do cument WTO/AIR/2279 dated 24 March 2004 was 
adopted with the inclusion of two items under "oth er business": submission of national tariffs and the 
date of the next meeting.  An annotated agenda was circulated in an informal document (JOB (04)/21) 
dated 26 March 2004.    G/MA/M/36 
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 1. Periodic report of the Committee to the Council for Trade in Goods including factual 
information on waivers expiring on 30 April 2004 (G/MA/SPEC/26) 
1.1 The Chairperson
 drew the attention of the Committee to document G/MA/SPEC/26 which 
contained the draft periodic report of the Committee on Market Access.  This report, which would be 
finalized in the light of the discussion to take pl ace in the meeting, would be submitted to the Council 
for Trade in Goods for examination.  The report co ntained in its Annex I a table summarizing factual 
information on the waivers under process submitted by  the Members concerned.  She noted that to 
date four Members had forwarded requests for waiv er extensions in connection with the introduction 
of HS changes to their schedules of concessions.  The Chairperson requested the Committee to take 
note of the requests that had been presented by these Members concerning their respective waivers 
and of the reasons for doing so.   All the waivers expired on 30 April 2004. 
 1.2 The Committee approved
 the draft waiver decisions and agreed  to forward them to  the 
Council for Trade in Goods for appropriate action.  2. Submission of HS96 documentation (G/MA/TAR/2/Rev.32) 
2.1 The Chairperson
 drew the Committee's attention to document G/MA/TAR/2/Rev.32  which 
reflected the present situation concerning the submission of required documentation under the 
procedures to incorporate HS changes to schedules of concessions (L/6905).  From the document, it 
could be noted that the submissions of four Me mbers remained pending due to ongoing consultations. 
 
2.2 She indicated that at its last formal meeting held on 20 October 2003, the Committee had 
agreed to hold an informal meeting to review the status of HS96 submissions.  This meeting was held 
on 5 December 2003 and the Committee had review ed the status of HS96 submissions based on 
revision 14 of the Secretariat's informal list.  She pr oposed that another such meeting be held towards 
May.  If agreed, a revision 15 of the informal lis t detailing the situation of  HS96 submissions would 
be issued by the Secretariat along with the fax convening this meeting.  
 2.3 The Committee so agreed.
 
 2.4 The representative of the United States
 stated that her delegation, like other delegations, had 
found the session in December  2003 very helpful.  Such sessions had helped her delegation focus on 
the need to resolve outstanding issues and complete  the HS96 process in order to then concentrate on 
the HS2002 exercise.    2.5 The Committee took note
 of the statements. 
 3. Submission of HS2002 documentation (G/MA/TAR/4/Rev.5) 
3.1 The Chairperson
 refered to document G/MA/TAR/4/Rev.5 which reflected the situation with 
respect to the circulation of HS2002 documentation.   Due to circumstances beyond the Secretariat's 
control, it had been unable to issue verification sh eets as expected. While she knew this news would 
disappoint certain Members, she could only promise that the Secretariat was doing its best and hoped 
to be in a position to issue the ve rification sheets as soon as possible.  
 
3.2 On the same subject of HS2002, she informed  the Committee that a number of Members were 
given an extension of the waiver or a new waiver through the form of a "collective decision" in order 
to introduce HS2002 changes domestically and to sub sequently undertake the exercise of introducing 
these changes to their respective schedule of concessions. The draft decision was adopted by the 
General Council on 11 February 2004 (WT/L/562). Th e waiver began on 1 January 2004 and would  G/MA/M/36 
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 expire on 31 December 2004.   She noted that Chine se Taipei had  requested to be covered by this 
waiver and the relevant notification had been circulated as G/MA/152.  3.3 The representative of Japan
 stated that concerning the electronic verification exercise, Japan 
was concerned about the current situation where th e work had not been completed in accordance with 
the schedule described in document WT/L/407. At th is moment Japan was unable to make a plan for 
its domestic legislative procedure and wished to ask the Secretariat about the progress of the 
verification work and future working plans.  3.4 A member of the Secretariat
 (Carmen Luz Guarda) stated that  the Secretariat had encountered 
some difficulties as a result of which it had been una ble to pursue the electronic verification exercise. 
However, the Secretariat was aware of Japan's request and hoped to resume work on Japan's and other 
Members' schedules in the very near future.   3.5 The Committee took note
 of the comments.  
 
4. Modalities and operation of the Integrated Data Base (IDB) 
(i) Status of submission of the required documentation  (G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.18) 
(ii) Report by the Secretariat 
4.1 The Chairperson  stated that document G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.18 had been circulated to all 
Members.  This document presented the situation of  IDB submissions as of 16 March 2004.   For the 
sake of efficiency, in order to enable delegations to attend other meetings th at were being held in 
parallel to this one, she had requested the Secr etariat to not introduce its report orally, as was 
customary.  The report would be faxed to all dele gations, and included in the minutes of the meeting 
(Annex 1).  At the same time, she did wish to draw attention to the fact that the IDB internet Facility 
was now available in French and Spanish.  
4.2 The representative of the Philippines
 stated that the Secretariat had done a lot of hard work in 
order to obtain as many IDB submissions as possibl e. She noted that in document Rev.18 there were 
21 Members who had not made any submission at all to the IDB.  She wished to know what kind of 
technical assistance was being given to these Members to enable them to make that submission.   
4.3 The representative of Canada
 stated that his delegation also looked forward to the Secretariat's 
response to the question by the Ph ilippines.  His delegation was pleased to note that the number of 
Members not having made an IDB submission was getting smaller. Many Members, despite the 
challenge, had found the necessary resources to produce the required data.  Data which was 
particularly valuable in the light of the negotia tions currently underway.  He urged Members which 
had not yet submitted the information to do so as quickly as possible.  His delegation had also noted 
from the Secretariat report that some countries, not just LDCs or developing countries, were behind 
schedule in supplying the data.  For example in so me cases the information submitted dated back to 
1999 or 2000. This situation was of concern to hi s delegation.  Therefore, he urged the concerned 
delegations to make an additional effort a nd provide the most up to date information. 
 
4.4 The Chairperson  stated that she agreed with Canada that Members who were not up to date 
with their submissions should be encouraged to make the required submission as soon as possible. As 
to the question by the Philippines on the kind of tec hnical assistance that had been provided to the 21 
Members not having made a submission at all, she requested the Secretariat to look into it and report 
back at the Committee's next meeting.  She also  proposed that the Secretariat contact those 21 
Members in order to assess what kind of assistance could be given to enable them to comply with 
their IDB notification requirements. G/MA/M/36 
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4.5 The representative of China
 stated that his delegation was going to submit the IDB 
information for 2003 soon.   4.6 The representative of the United States
 stated that it was her unders tanding that the Secretariat 
had conducted a number of regional seminars on the IDB.   She was not sure that the Secretariat had 
undertaken technical assistance activities on an individual country basis.  Part of the challenge was to 
get countries that had not provided the data to recognize their obligation and to work with the Secretariat more closely on an individual basis.   
4.7 A representative of the Secretariat
 (Carmen Luz Guarda) stated that one of the objectives of 
Market Access-related technical assistance activities was to obtain IDB data.  For example, she had 
taken part in a regional technical assistance ac tivity in Abu Dhabi for Arab countries which had 
resulted in some of those countries providing IDB data.  Additionally, she wished to inform the 
Committee that since the document G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.18 was issued, 16 submissions on tariffs and 18 
submissions on import data had been received from 13 Members.  
 4.8 The Committee took note
 of the statements and agreed  to the Chair's proposal that the 
Secretariat  contact those Members which had not made any submission at all in order to assess what kind of assistance could be given to enable them to  comply with their IDB notification requirements. 
 5. Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) Database 
(i) Tariff line link of information contained in th e CTS database with information contained in 
the IDB (JOB(03)/217/Rev.1) 
5.1 The Chairperson
 recalled that at the informal meeting held on 5 December 2003, the 
Committee had considered a technical note prepared  by the Secretariat entitled "Tariff Line of 
information contained in the Consolidated Tariff Schedules Database with Information contained in 
the Integrated Data Base – Some Technical and Procedural Issues for discussion."(JOB(03)/217). 
Following discussion of this document, the Committee had agreed that a revised note incorporating 
comments made at the meeting would be circulated by the Secretariat and that delegations would be 
given a certain time period in which to submit comments on the new draft.  If no comments were forthcoming by a certain date, it was agreed that the revised document would be considered formally 
approved by the Committee.  A revised versi on of the document was issued on 23 January 
(JOB(03)/217/Rev.1) and all Members were informed of this through a fax of the same date.  The fax 
also indicated that if no comments were forthcomi ng by 19 March 2004,  the Chair would take it to 
mean that the Committee had approved the document.    With the exception of two questions of a 
clarificatory nature, no other comments were received by the Secretariat.  So she could now report 
that this document had been cons idered approved and that the  Secretariat had begun to work on the 
linkages between the two databases using the methodology set out in this document.   5.2 The Committee took note
 of the Chair's statement. 
 
(ii) Report by the Secretariat 
5.3 The Chairperson  stated that for the sake of efficiency,  in order to enable delegations to attend 
other meetings that were being he ld in parallel to this one, she had requested the Secretariat to not 
introduce its report orally, as was customary.  Th e report would be faxed to all delegations, and 
included in the minutes of the meeting (Annex 2).   
5.4 The Committee took note
 of the Chair's statement. 
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 6. Dissemination of the IDB and the CTS Da tabase - Communication from the United 
Nations Economic and Social Commi ssion for Asia and the Pacific 
(UNESCAP)(G/MA/W/53) 
6.1 The Chairperson  recalled that on 12 June 2002, th e Committee had adopted document 
G/MA/115 containing the dissemination policy of the IDB and CTS database.   Certain organizations 
(UNCTAD, IMF, World Bank, ITC) were given au tomatic access to these two databases.  However, 
the Committee had agreed that other intergovernme ntal organizations wishing to have access would 
need to obtain approval from the Committee on a case-by-case basis.  This policy was contained in 
paragraph 5 of document G/MA/115.  Since th e dissemination policy had been adopted the 
Committee had granted access to the OECD, FAO and ITCB. 
 
6.2 She reminded the Committee that as a follow- up to the Committee's discussion at the last 
meeting on this subject, she had written to the ITCB in November 2003, both to inform them that the 
Committee had approved their access to the IDB and the CTS database and to ask what information 
they might have to share on a reciprocal basis.  She was pleased to inform the Committee that she had 
received a letter from Ambassador Chandrasekhar, th e Chair of the ITCB in which he expressed his 
thanks for the Committee’s decision and responded to the request as follows: 
  "I wish to inform you that the WTO has formal observer status at the ITCB and by virtue of 
that is provided access to the analyses produced  by the Bureau through the WTO's Textiles 
Division.  I should perhaps add that the ITCB does not generate any primary data and its 
analyses are based on information obtained from UN Comtrade and similar other data 
sources." 
 6.3 Now, the Committee had before it a request  for access to these two databases from the 
UNESCAP (G/MA/W/53).  The UNESCAP had undert aken to use and publish the information 
contained in these databases in accordance with the terms and conditions laid out in document 
G/MA/115. If the Committee agreed to grant UNESCAP access,  she would write to them in similar 
terms as she had done to ITCB, asking what info rmation the UNESCAP might have to share on a 
reciprocal basis.   6.4 The representative of the United States
 stated that she had been going to suggest that the 
Chair write to all institutions which had been granted access to these two databases seeking advice 
about what data they could share with WTO Member s.  However, it had crossed her mind that there 
were already data sharing arrangements with some of them.  In any case, it was important to try and ensure that the WTO leveraged the IDB and CTS data to get appropriate data from other institutions.  
 
6.5 The Chairperson
 responded that there did seem to be data exchanges between the WTO and 
the institutions having being granted access to the IDB and CTS database. The Secretariat had more 
precise information on what type of data Me mbers could obtain from these institutions.  
 6.6 The representative of the United 
States indicated that including such information in a future 
report would be useful.  
 
6.7 The Committee approved  the request from UNESCAP for access to the IDB and CTS 
database and took note  of the statements.   
 
7. Notifications of quantitative restrictions (G/MA/NTM/QR/3) 
7.1 The Chairperson  recalled that Members were required to make notifications of the 
quantitative restrictions they maintain every tw o years pursuant to the "Decision on Notification 
Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions" (G/L/59) .  The Committee had before it a document which G/MA/M/36 
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 gave the status of notifications of quantitative rest rictions pursuant to the decision.  Additionally, 
according to the decision, the Committee "shall, at tw o-yearly intervals after receipt of the complete 
notifications, review the notifications received, on the basis of Secretariat summaries similar to the 
summaries prepared for the GATT Technical Group on Quantitative Restrictions and Other Non-
Tariff Measures".  In this connection, she proposed that the Committee conduct its review at its next 
meeting based on a summary to be prepared by the Secretariat. 
  7.2 The Committee so agreed.
 
 
8. Notifications under the Decision on Rever se Notification of Non-Tariff Measures 
(G/MA/NTM/W/3/Rev.1) 
8.1 The Chairperson  drew the Committee's attention to the "Decision on Reverse Notification of 
Non-Tariff Measures" dated 1 December 1995 (G/L/ 60) which envisaged that Members  "shall have 
the possibility of making notifications of non-tariff measures maintained by other Members in so far 
as such measures are neither subject to any existin g WTO notification obligations nor to any other 
reverse notification possibilities under the WTO Agreemen t".   It also provided that  "the Committee 
shall, at two-yearly intervals on the occasion of the review of the notifications of quantitative 
restrictions, review the reverse notifications of non-tariff measures received on the basis of Secretariat analyses".     8.2 She further noted that the document prepared  by the Secretariat G/MA/NTM/W/3/Rev.1 was 
issued in 2001 and contained a re ference to one notification.  In her view, the Committee would not 
be able to do much in terms of a review based on th is one notification.  As a result, she proposed that 
the Committee postpone such a review until such a ti me that there were more notifications on which 
an analysis could be usefully unde rtaken by the Secretariat.    
 
8.3 The Committee so agreed
. 
 
9. EC – Expanding Exports Helpdesk 
9.1 The representative of the European Communities  stated that his delegation had made a similar 
announcement in the Committee on Trade and Devel opment on 18 February.  It concerned an 
initiative taken by the Commission called the Expandi ng Exports Helpdesk.  One of the reason why a 
number of developing countries were unable to ta ke advantage of the export opportunities to the 
Communities was that they lacked the required information inter alia  the import tariff, the import 
procedures etc. As a result, an effort was made to put this particular databa se together. The database 
was an internet site with the following address: ht pp//export-help.cec.eu.int and where such type of 
information could be accessed.  The site was ope rational but not complete because information 
relating to measures such as  SPS or  TBT remained to be included.  Moreover, while the site was in 
English, it needed to be made available in other la nguages.   This information contained in the site 
was already being shared with the ITC, which had similar but not identical information.   
 9.2 The Committee took note
 of the statement. 
 10. Submission of national tariffs 
10.1 The Chairperson
 drew the Committee's attention to  document G/MA/TAR/3/Rev.9 which 
contained a revised and updated list of tariffs available to the Secretaria t.   She   encouraged Members 
to submit the most recent version of their cust oms tariffs if they had not already done so.  
 
10.2 The Committee took note  of the statement. 
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 11. Date of the next meeting 
 The Committee took note  that the next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for 
21 June 2004, subject to confirmation.   
12. Election of Chairperson 
12.1 The Chairperson
 stated that the Rules of Procedure for meetings of the Committee on Market 
Access provided that the Committee elect a Chairpers on at the end of the first meeting of the new 
year.  However, the Chairman of the Council for Tr ade in Goods  had not ye t completed consultations 
on a slate of names for appointment as chairpersons of  standing bodies.  As a result, she proposed that 
the Committee return to this agenda  item at its next meeting.   
 
12.2 The Committee so agreed . 
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Annex 1
 
 
Integrated Data Base 
 
Report by the Secretariat 
  
IDB Submissions
 
 
 At the October Meeting of the Committee on Market Access, the Chairperson took the 
initiative to urge Members with serious gaps in their IDB submissions, to submit any outstanding 
notifications, in particular for the years 2001 onwar ds.  In that context, letters were sent to 73 
Members.  In return, the Secretariat received s ubmissions from four Members. Three other Members 
requested advice on submission requirements. 
  
 Since the circulation of the Status of S ubmissions document, G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.18, the 
Secretariat received the following submissions:   
• Brazil tariffs 2004, 
• Canada imports 2003 and tariffs 2004, 
• Georgia tariffs 2004,  
• Hong Kong, China imports 2003 and tariffs 2004, 
• Iceland imports 2003, 
• Jordan imports 2003, 
• Korea tariffs 2004,   
• Malaysia imports 1999-2002  
• Romania imports and tariffs 1998-2002,  
• Senegal imports 2002, 
• Singapore tariffs 2004 
• Tanzania imports 2000 - 2003 
• Tunisia tariffs 2000-2004 
 IDB Dissemination
 
  The Secretariat continues to load information onto the IDB Internet File Transfer Facility on a 
monthly basis.  As of 31 March 2004, files for 101 Members
1 and five acceding countries or 
territories are available on the IDB website.   
 
 Two copies of Release 11 of the IDB CD-ROM were distributed to each delegation in December 2003.  The CD-ROM contains information for 91 Members
1 and four acceding countries.  
Delegations wishing to obtain extra copies of  the CD-ROM can contact the Secretariat. 
 
Use and publication of IDB and CTS data  
 
 Since the December 2003 meeting of the Committee: 
  
• The Secretariat has prepared a revised versi on of the WTO Members' Tariff Profiles for the 
Annex tables of the 2004 World Trade Report. 
                                                      
1 This counts the European Communities as one for its 15  Members and Switzerland and Liechtenstein as one.   G/MA/M/36 
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 • The IDB has been the main data source fo r WTO's contribution to indicators 38 and 39 on 
Market Access for the UN Millennium Declara tion Goals (MDGs).  The Secretariat co-
operated in this work closely with the ITC and UNCTAD. 
•  
Technical Assistance  
 
 Since the December 2003 meeting of the Committe e, Secretariat staff have undertaken two 
regional workshops on Non-agricultu ral Market Access (NAMA):  
 
• Abu Dhabi (end of February) 
• Cambodia (end of March) 
   Topics covered in the workshops include d background and current status of the NAMA 
negotiations, trade in environmental goods, the ID B notification requirements and use of IDB and 
CTS data.  Both regional missions allowed the Secr etariat to collect additional submissions for the 
IDB and to establish and strengthen c ontacts with national counterparts.  
   One national IDB mission to Tunisia, undertaken in early March, allowed the Secretariat to bring Tunisia's tariff up to date.  
 
  IDB Software Development
 
  IDB Internet Analysis Facility
 
 
  The fifth release of the IDB Internet An alysis Facility (IAF) (http://iaf.wto.org/), was 
deployed on 26 March 2004.  This latest relea se contains a new Duties Comparison Report, which 
shows a breakdown of number of lines, simple aver ages and other statistical indicators for two types 
of duties that are selected by the user.  In addition, the IAF is now available in French and Spanish 
language versions .  This required extensive modifications to the application.  All text for the 
interface and reports is now stored in tables and the application fetches the text according to the 
language selected by the user on the IAF homepage. Th is should greatly facilitate the use of the IAF 
for French and Spanish speakers.  The help facility  is also available in the three languages and the 
glossary will be sent for translation shortly.        
  Other enhancements have been programmed and tested and will be implemented in the 
coming months once they have been made "multi-li ngual".  These include (1) query selection criteria 
for the CTS database; (2) a report on the CTS tariff concessions, (3) a new product selection applet; and (4) a facility to display reporter notes.   The various components of the "portable" versi on of the IAF are all working.  They have to 
be pieced together and a rather sophisticated set up package needs to be developed to make the 
software installation as seamless as possible for users.   The application that loads the IDB data from a 
CD-ROM to the portable database is still English-on ly and needs to be made multi-lingual.   The 
Secretariat is aiming to distribute a beta version of the portable IAF after the summer break.  
 Other new features to be developed in the medium-term include CTS reports on tariff quotas 
and export subsidies, the introduction of additi onal nomenclatures such as product categories and 
possibly user-defined partner groups.   Minor application changes will also be requi red to introduce the linked IDB.CTS files, 
because the database will have two files for the same reporting country and year. G/MA/M/36 
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  In the longer term, the IAF and its associated SQ L database need to be migrated to "dot.net" 
technology and MS SQL 2000, since the current tec hnology will no longer be supported by the vendor 
in the future.  Research conducted thus far indicates  that migration to dot.net technology will require 
major application changes.  The systems develope rs will also need to be trained in the new 
technology. 
 
 Other
 
  The passwords for the IDB Internet sites will be changed in June .  Letters informing 
delegations of their new passwords will be  sent to heads of delegations in May. 
 
 Release 12 of the IDB CD-ROM and Release 4 of the CTS CD-ROM are also scheduled for distribution in June.   The Secretariat migrated to Office XP / Windows 2000 last year.  IDB and CTS files continue 
to be distributed in Access 97 format.  The Secret ariat plans to distribute the Access files only in 
Office XP format, once all the WTO Reference Centres have been migrated to the new platform.  This 
is scheduled for some time in 2005.  Should this  pose problems for some Members, they should 
contact the Secretariat.  G/MA/M/36 
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 Annex 2  
 
Consolidated Tariff Schedules Database  
 
Report by the Secretariat  
 
  Since the last meeting of the Committee, IDB/ CTS staff have continued their work in the 
following areas:  
• Updating Members' files with rectifications an d modifications of schedules that were issued 
after the creation of the initial CTS files. 
 
• Incorporating Members' comments in their CTS f iles. All comments notified to the Secretariat 
have been incorporated into the database files. 
  The IDB.CTS correlation tables ("link” tables)  have been revised and unified for 61 
Members.  In all, 68 files with correlation tables we re loaded to the Internet File Transfer Facility 
(FTF) at the end of March.   The Secretariat has started to prepare IDB files containing the final bound duties following the procedure presented in JOB(03)/217/Rev.1 using a software application 
developed specifically for this purpose.   In this  regard, it will not be possible to include both the 
linked files and the non-linked files for the sa me country period in the IDB CD-ROM.  The 
Secretariat intends to use the approved linked files for the CD-ROM  for those Members for which 
linked files are available. 
 
The Secretariat is in the course of preparing Excel files containing WTO Member's IDB files 
(including the linked files) to be used for traini ng purposes. These files will be distributed on CD-
ROM to Members participating in certain work shops and/or seminars in the 2004 Technical 
Assistance and Training Plan.  In the "Trade Negotiations Techniques Workshops", where the 
"Toolkit for Negotiators and Training" will be present ed, these files will be used to train participants 
in the preparation and analysis of lists of tariff offers and requests. 
   Release 3 of the CTS CD-ROM was issued in December, at the same time as Release 11 of 
the IDB CD-ROM.  
 
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