 
WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
WT/BFA/W/117  
26 May 2004 
 (04-2255) 
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration  
  
 
 
ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL CONT RIBUTION TO THE 2004 BUDGET 
AND ADVANCE TO THE WORKING CAPITAL FUND: 
ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL TO THE WTO 
 
Note by the Director-General 
 
 1. In view of the accession to the WTO of th e Kingdom of Nepal on 23 April 2004 (document 
WT/Let/464), it is proposed that a pro rata  contribution to the 2004 budget amounting to CHF 22,258 
be assessed on this Government.  This assessment,  calculated as from 23 April 2004, is based on an 
annual contribution of 0.020 per cent , taking into account the internati onal trade figures (imports plus 
exports in goods, services and intellectual property rights) of the Kingdom of Nepal for the years 1997-
2001.  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 th e Fund in acco rdance with the 
scale of contributions applicable to the budget for 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 th e total trade of Members is 0.5 pe r 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 Capita l of CHF 9,013,239 it is proposed to assess an 
amount of CHF 45,066 on the Government of the Kingdom of Nepal as an advance to the Fund.    
 
POINTS FOR DECISION: Paragraph 1 
    Paragraph 3 
 
 
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