WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/MA/IDB/2/Rev.10
13 March 2001
(01-1216)
Committee on Market Access
STATUS OF SUBMISSIONS TO THE INTEGRATED DATA BASE (IDB)
Note by the Secretariat
Revision
Pursuant to the General Council Decision circulated on 16 July 1997 (WT/L/225), and at the
request of the Members of the Committee, the attached tables1 indicate the status of submissions to
the Integrated Data Base (IDB) received by the Secretariat.
                                                     
1 For an explanation of the columns' headings see "Modalities and Operation of the Integrated Data
Base" (G/MA/IDB/1/Rev.1).G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.10
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Status of PC IDB submissions as of 7 March 2001
WTO Members (76 Members)
Current Tariffs Date of submission
Members Year Imports
Applied BoundProduct
DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
References Imports Tariffs
Argentina 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- No 01-99 03-99
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No No 02-99 02-99
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No No 01-99 09-98
1999 Yes Yes No Yes No No 07-00 07-00
2000 --- Yes No Yes No No 01-00 07-00
Australia 1996 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 12-97 06-98
1997 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 06-98 12-97
1998 Yes Yes No Yes Yes No 10-99 12-97
1999 Yes Yes No Yes Yes No 08-00 01-99
2000 --- Yes No Yes No No 01-00 06-00
Bahrain 1996 Yes No No No --- No 09-99 01-00
1997 Yes No No No No No 09-99 01-00
1998 Yes No No No No No 09-99 01-00
1999 Yes No No No No No 03-00 01-00
Barbados 1996 Yes No No No --- Yes 06-99 01-00
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 06-99 04-00
1998 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 06-99 04-00
1999 Yes Yes No Yes Yes No 04-00 06-99
2000 --- Yes No Yes No No 01-00 06-00
Bolivia 1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- No 01-99 08-00
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- No 01-99 08-00
1998 No Yes Yes Yes --- No 01-00 01-99
1999 No Yes Yes Yes --- No 01-00 08-00
Brazil 1996 No Yes Yes No --- Yes 01-00 07-99
1997 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 04-99 09-00
1998 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 11-99 04-99
1999 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 09-00 09-00
2000 --- Yes No No No Yes 01-00 09-00
Brunei Darussalam 1996 No Yes No Yes --- No 01-00 06-99
1997 Yes No No No No No 10-00 01-00
1998 Yes No No No No No 10-00 01-00
1999 Yes No No No No No 10-00 01-00
Bulgaria 1997 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 10-98
1998 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 10-98
1999 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 04-99
2000 --- Yes No Yes No Yes 01-00 05-00
Canada 1996 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 12-97 03-98
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 09-98 12-97
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 03-99 03-98
1999 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 03-00 03-99
2000 --- Yes No Yes Yes Yes 01-00 03-00G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.10
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Current Tariffs Date of submission
Members Year Imports
Applied BoundProduct
DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
References Imports Tariffs
Chile 1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- Yes 08-98 08-98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- Yes 08-98 08-98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- No 08-99 08-99
1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 07-00 08-99
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 01-00 07-00
Colombia 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- Yes 02-98 02-98
1997 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 06-98 02-98
1998 Yes Yes No Yes Yes No 07-99 06-98
1999 Yes Yes No Yes Yes No 06-00 06-00
2000 --- Yes No Yes Yes No 01-00 06-00
Costa Rica 1996 Yes No No No --- Yes 10-98 01-00
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 10-98 10-98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10-99 10-98
1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 12-00 04-99
2000 --- Yes No Yes No Yes 01-00 05-00
Cuba 1996 Yes Yes No No --- No 06-99 03-99
1997 Yes Yes No No No No 06-99 10-99
1998 No Yes No No --- No 01-00 10-99
Cyprus 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- Yes 03-98 03-98
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 03-98 03-98
1998 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 03-98
Czech Re public 1996 Yes Yes No No --- Yes 12-97 12-98
1997 Yes Yes No No No Yes 12-98 12-98
1998 No Yes No No No Yes 01-00 03-98
2000 --- Yes No No No No 01-00 11-00
Dominica 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- Yes 04-99 02-00
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 04-99 02-00
1998 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 04-99
Dominican Republic 1996 No Yes No Yes --- No 01-00 10-00
1997 No Yes No Yes --- No 01-00 10-00
1998 No Yes No Yes --- No 01-00 10-00
1999 No Yes No Yes --- No 01-00 10-00
2000 --- Yes No Yes --- No 01-00 10-00
Ecuador 1996 Yes Yes No No --- No 07-99 07-99
1997 Yes Yes No No No Yes 11-98 07-99
1998 No Yes No No No No 01-00 07-99
1999 No Yes No No No No 01-00 07-99
Egypt 1997 Yes No Yes Yes No No 11-00 01-00
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No No 11-00 12-98
1999 Yes No No No No No 11-00 01-00
El Salvador 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- Yes 02-00 02-00
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 02-00 02-00
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 02-00 02-00G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.10
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Current Tariffs Date of submission
Members Year Imports
Applied BoundProduct
DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
References Imports Tariffs
Estonia 1996 Yes Yes ---1Yes Yes No 01-98 03-98
1997 Yes Yes ---1Yes No Yes 09-98 09-98
1998 Yes Yes ---1Yes No Yes 09-99 03-98
1999 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 09-00 03-00
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes No Yes 01-00 03-00
2001 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 01-00 02-01
European Union 1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- Yes 12-97 12-97
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10-98 01-98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 05-99 06-98
1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 04-00 01-99
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes No 01-00 01-00
2001 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 01-00 02-01
Grenada 1996 Yes No No No --- No 02-99 01-00
1997 Yes No No No No No 02-99 01-00
Guatemala 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- No 09-98 12-98
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No No 09-98 09-98
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 10-99 09-98
1999 No Yes No Yes --- No 01-00 10-99
Honduras 1996 Yes No No Yes --- No 02-98 01-00
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 02-98 05-98
Hong Kong, China 1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 12-97 12-97
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 09-98 12-97
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 08-99 03-99
1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 06-00 03-99
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 01-00 03-00
Hungary 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- Yes 05-97 06-98
1997 Yes Yes No No No No 06-98 10-97
1998 Yes Yes No No No No 06-99 06-98
1999 Yes Yes No No No No 05-00 06-99
2000 --- Yes No Yes No No 01-00 05-00
2001 --- Yes --- Yes No Yes 01-00 01-01
Iceland 1996 Yes No No No --- No 08-98 01-00
1997 Yes No No No No No 08-98 01-00
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 05-99 09-98
1999 Yes Yes No Yes No No 06-00 07-00
India 1996 Yes Yes Yes No --- No 12-97 09-99
1997 No Yes No No No No 01-00 09-99
1998 Yes No No No No No 11-00 01-00
Indonesia 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- Yes 03-98 03-98
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 07-98 07-98
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No No 06-99 06-99
1999 Yes Yes No Yes No No 09-00 09-00
Israel 1999 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 05-00
Jamaica 1999 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 04-99
                                                     
1 Was not a Member at that time.G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.10
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Current Tariffs Date of submission
Members Year Imports
Applied BoundProduct
DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
References Imports Tariffs
Japan 1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 03-98 03-98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 08-98 03-98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 09-99 08-98
1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 06-00 09-99
2000 --- Yes No Yes No No 01-00 06-00
Kenya 1996 Yes No No No --- Yes 03-00 01-00
1997 Yes No No No No Yes 03-00 01-00
1998 Yes No No No No Yes 03-00 01-00
1999 Yes Yes No Yes No No 09-00 06-00
Korea, Rep. of 1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- Yes 12-97 12-97
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 04-98 04-98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- No 06-99 04-98
1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 07-00 06-99
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 01-00 07-00
Latvia 1997 Yes No ---1No No Yes 03-99 01-00
1998 Yes Yes ---1No No Yes 08-99 03-99
1999 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 08-00 03-99
Macau, China 1996 Yes Yes Yes No --- Yes 06-97 06-97
1997 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 04-98 04-98
1998 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 07-99 09-00
1999 No Yes Yes No No Yes 01-00 09-00
2000 --- Yes Yes No No Yes 01-00 09-00
Madagascar 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- No 02-99 02-99
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No No 02-99 02-99
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No No 12-99 02-99
2000 Yes Yes No Yes No No 01-01 01-01
Malaysia 1996 Yes No No Yes --- Yes 12-98 01-00
1997 Yes No No Yes No Yes 12-98 01-00
1999 No Yes Yes Yes No No 01-00 08-00
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 01-00 08-00
Maldives 1996 Yes No No Yes --- Yes 02-99 01-00
1997 Yes No No Yes No Yes 02-99 01-00
Mali 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- No 12-99 12-99
1997 Yes Yes No Yes --- No 12-99 12-99
1998 Yes Yes No Yes --- No 12-99 12-99
1999 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 12-99
Malta 1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- No 01-98 01-98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 08-98 01-98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 07-99 03-98
1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 06-00 03-99
2000 Yes Yes No Yes No No 03-01 01-01
Mauritania 1997 Yes No No No No No 12-98 01-00
1998 Yes No No No No No 08-00 01-00
1999 Yes No No No No No 08-00 01-00
                                                     
1 Was not a Member at that time.G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.10
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Current Tariffs Date of submission
Members Year Imports
Applied BoundProduct
DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
References Imports Tariffs
Mauritius 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- No 05-98 05-98
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No No 05-98 05-98
1998 Yes No No No No No 02-01 01-00
1999 Yes No No No No No 02-01 01-00
2000 --- Yes No Yes No No 01-00 02-01
Mexico 1996 Yes No No No --- Yes 04-99 01-00
1997 Yes No No No No Yes 04-99 01-00
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 08-00 04-99
1999 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 08-00 08-00
2000 --- Yes No Yes No No 01-00 08-00
Mongolia 1997 Yes No No No No No 02-99 01-00
Morocco 1996 Yes No No No --- Yes 12-97 01-00
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No No 12-98 12-98
1998 Yes No No No No No 09-00 01-00
1999 Yes No No No No No 09-00 01-00
Myanmar 1996 No Yes No Yes --- No 01-00 06-99
Namibia 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- No 06-99 11-99
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No No 06-99 06-99
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No No 06-99 06-99
New Zealand 1996 Yes No No No --- No 11-97 01-00
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No No 10-98 07-98
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No No 07-99 07-98
1999 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 08-99
Nicaragua 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- No 12-98 12-98
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No No 12-98 12-98
1998 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 12-98
1999 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 07-00
Norway 1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- No 01-98 01-98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 12-98 01-98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 04-00 05-98
1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 08-00 03-99
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes No 01-00 03-00
2001 --- Yes Yes Yes Yes No 01-00 02-01
Pakistan 1997 Yes No No No No No 05-98 01-00
1998 Yes No No No No No 06-99 01-00
1999 Yes No No No No No 04-00 01-00
Panama 1996 Yes No ---1No --- Yes 07-98 01-00
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 07-98 07-98
1998 No No Yes No No Yes 01-00 01-00
Paraguay 1996 No Yes No No --- No 01-00 03-99
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No No 07-99 10-00
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No No 07-99 07-99
1999 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 10-00
2000 --- Yes No Yes No No 01-00 10-00
                                                     
1 Was not a Member at that time.G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.10
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Current Tariffs Date of submission
Members Year Imports
Applied BoundProduct
DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
References Imports Tariffs
Peru 1996 Yes No No Yes --- No 03-98 01-00
1997 Yes No No Yes No No 03-98 01-00
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No No 10-98 03-98
Philippines 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- No 06-98 04-96
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 06-98 06-98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 06-99 09-98
1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 06-00 06-99
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 01-00 02-00
2001 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 01-00 03-01
Poland 1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 07-00 07-00
2000 --- Yes Yes Yes No No 01-00 07-00
Romania 1997 Yes No No No No Yes 05-99 01-00
1999 No Yes No No No Yes 01-00 05-99
Singapore 1996 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- Yes 09-98 09-98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 09-98 09-98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes --- Yes 09-99 09-98
1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 04-00 10-00
2000 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 02-01 10-00
2001 --- --- Yes Yes --- --- 10-00
2002 --- --- Yes Yes --- --- 10-00
2003 --- --- Yes Yes --- --- 10-00
2004 --- --- Yes Yes --- --- 10-00
Slovak Rep. 1998 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 05-98
1999 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 03-99
2000 --- Yes No Yes No No 01-00 02-00
Slovenia 1997 Yes No No No No Yes 11-99 01-00
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 11-99 11-99
1999 No Yes Yes Yes No No 01-00 11-99
Solomon Islands 1998 No Yes No No No No 01-00 06-00
South Africa 1996 Yes No No No --- No 06-98 01-00
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No No 06-98 07-00
Sri Lanka 1996 Yes No No No --- Yes 03-00 01-00
1997 Yes No No No No Yes 03-00 01-00
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 03-00 03-00
Switzerland 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- No 06-97 02-98
1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 06-98 03-98
1998 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 08-99 03-98
1999 Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 06-00 01-00
2000 --- Yes Yes No No Yes 01-00 05-00
2001 --- --- Yes No No No 01-00 01-00
Thailand 1996 Yes No No No --- No 06-98 01-00
1997 Yes No No No No No 06-98 01-00
1998 Yes No No No No Yes 06-99 01-00
1999 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 01-01 06-99G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.10
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Current Tariffs Date of submission
Members Year Imports
Applied BoundProduct
DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
References Imports Tariffs
Togo 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- Yes 05-99 12-99
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 05-99 12-99
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 12-99 12-99
1999 No Yes No Yes No No 01-00 12-99
Trinidad and Tobago 1997 Yes No No No No No 06-99 01-00
Tunisia 1996 Yes No No No --- No 05-99 01-00
1997 Yes No No No No No 05-99 01-00
1998 Yes No No No No No 05-99 01-00
1999 No Yes No No No No 01-00 05-99
Turkey 1996 Yes Yes No Yes --- Yes 01-98 01-98
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 08-98 01-98
1998 Yes Yes No No No Yes 09-99 09-99
1999 Yes Yes No No No No 07-00 07-00
Uganda 2001 --- Yes No Yes No No 01-00 03-01
United States 1996 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes 12-97 12-97
1997 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 09-98 12-97
1998 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 03-00 03-98
1999 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 10-00 03-99
2000 --- Yes No Yes No No 01-00 04-00
Uruguay 1996 Yes No No No --- No 03-99 01-00
1997 Yes No No No No No 03-99 01-00
1998 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 06-00 03-99
1999 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes 06-00 06-00
2000 --- Yes No Yes No Yes 01-00 06-00
Venezuela 1996 Yes No No No --- No 10-98 01-00
1997 Yes No No No No No 10-98 01-00
Zambia 1996 Yes No No No --- No 07-98 01-00
1997 Yes Yes No Yes No No 03-99 07-98
Yes =  information received.
No =  information not received.--- =  not applicable.
In the column National Correlations, "No"  may also indicate that the Secretariat has not yet been able to ascertain
the need for such a correlation table.  Submissions received since the last version of the document "Status of Submissions tothe Integrated Data Base (IDB)" (G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.9) appear in bold.G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.10
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Status of PC IDB submissions as of 7 March 2001
Countries Requesting Accession
Current Tariffs Date of submission Countries requesting
accessionYear Imports
Applied BoundProduct
DescriptionsNational
CorrelationsOther
References Imports Tariffs
China 1996 Yes Yes --- Yes --- No 10-97 03-98
1997 Yes Yes --- Yes No No 05-98 03-98
1998 Yes No --- No No No 05-99 01-00
1999 Yes No --- No No No 05-00 01-00
1996 Yes Yes --- Yes --- Yes 08-98 08-98
1997 Yes Yes --- Yes No Yes 06-98 06-98
1998 Yes Yes --- Yes No No 01-00 08-98
1999 Yes Yes --- Yes No No 07-00 04-99Separate Customs
Territory of Taiwan,Penghu, Kinmen and
Matsu
2000 --- Yes --- Yes No No 01-00 05-00
Yes =  information received.
No =  information not received.--- =  not applicable.
In the column National Correlations, "No"  may also indicate that the Secretariat has not yet been able to ascertain
the need for such a correlation table.  Submissions received since the last version of the document "Status of Submissions to
the Integrated Data Base (IDB)" (G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.9) appear in bold.
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