 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/COMTD/N/19 
29 July 2004 
 
 (04-3260) 
Committee on Trade and Development Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF CHINA'S ACCESSION TO THE BANGKOK AGREEMENT 
 
Notification from China
 
  
 
 The following communication, dated 30 April 2004,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of China.  
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  The Permanent Mission of China to the World Trade Organization has the honour to inform 
the Members of the WTO that, pursuant to the Decision of 28 November 1979 under the GATT on Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Recipr ocity and Fuller Participation of Developing 
Countries, known as the "Enabling Clause", China acceded to the Bangkok Agreement in 2001 
(instrument of accession dated 12 April 2001) a nd has been implementing concessions under the 
Bangkok Agreement since 1 January 2002.
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  The Bangkok Agreement entered into force in  1976 as a preferential trading arrangement 
between developing countries in the Asia-Pacif ic region and had been notified to GATT/WTO 
pursuant to the above-mentioned "Enabling Clause".  The five original participating states of the 
Agreement are Bangladesh, India, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Republic of Korea and Sri Lanka.  The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 
(UNESCAP) serves as the Secretariat to the Agreement.  
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1 The tariff schedule may be consulted at the Development Division of the WTO Secretariat. 