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ORGANIZATIONG/IT/1/Rev.6
10 June 1998
(98-2347)
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in
Information Technology Products
STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION
Note by the Secretariat
Revision
1. As of 10 March 1998, the ITA had 28 partic ipants (covering 43 Members and States or
separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO) representing approximately
93 percent of world trade in information technology products.  Out of these 28, the formal
rectification and modification documents of the following 26 participants have been received andcirculated:
Australia Indonesia Poland
1
Canada Israel Romania2
Costa Rica Japan Singapore
Czech Republic1Korea Slovak Republic1
El Salvador Macau Switzerland2
European Communities Malaysia1Thailand1
Hong Kong, China New Zealand Turkey
Iceland Norway United States
India Philippines
Of the above, El Salvador, Philippines, Pola nd, have indicated that implementation would
begin after the completion of domestic procedural requirements.3
2. All participants that are currently Members of the WTO have submitted their schedules for
rectification and modification pursuant to the Decision of 26 March 1980 on Procedures for
Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25).  Estonia and the
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu are not currently Members of the
WTO and are therefore not expected to submit do cumentation for rectification or modification of
schedules.4
                                                     
1First rate reduction occurred on 1 January 1998.
2First rate reduction occurred on 31 December 1997.
3India, Israel, Switzerland, and Turkey which had also made such a notification, have subsequently
notified that these procedural requirements have been completed.
4For those participants that are not Members of the WT O, the Declaration states that:  "Each participant
that is not a Member of the WTO shall implement these measures on an autonomous basis, pending completion
of its WTO accession, and shall incorporate these meas ures into its WTO market access schedule for goods."G/IT/1/Rev.6
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3. Letters of acceptance, in accordance with the provision of paragraph 10 of the Annex to the
Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Produc ts, have been received from all participants.
4. The following documentation, noted as being submitted under item 1 above, has been
formally certified by the Director-General:
Australia; Canada; Costa Rica; Czech Republic; European Communities; Hong Kong, China;
Iceland; India; Indonesia; Israel; Japan; Korea; Macau; Malaysia; Norway; Romania;
Singapore; Slovak Republic; Switzerland; Thailand; Turkey; United States.
By virtue of the certification, these schedules have been derestricted and placed on the WTO
website.  In addition, the schedule of New Zealand has been derestricted through authorization and
placed on the website.
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