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2 October 2023 
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Committee on Rules of Origin    
 
 
STATUS OF NOTIFICATIONS OF PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN FOR  
LDCS AND PREFERENTIAL IMPORT DATA  
Note by the Secretariat1 
Revision  
1  INTRODUCTION  
1.1 Paragraph 4.3 of the 2015 (Nairobi) Ministerial Decision on preferential rules of origin for least 
developed countries (LDCs) reiterates Members' commitment to notify their preferential rules of 
origin for LDCs as well as data concerning their preferential  imports from LDCs. This note summarizes 
the latest status of  notification s submitted to the Secretariat.  
2  REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN AND PREFERENTIAL 
IMPORTS  
2.1 The following WTO instruments require Members to notify their preferen tial rules of origin for 
LDCs under non -reciprocal trade preferences as well as  their preferential imports from LDCs:  
- Paragraph 4 of Annex II of the Agreement on Rules of Origin  requires Members to notify 
"promptly" "to the Secretariat" any preferential rules of origin. Notifications are circulated 
under the G/RO/N/ document series and are examined by the Committee on Rules of Origin 
(CRO);  
- The Transparency Mechanism for Preferential Trade Arrangements ( WT/L/806  of 
14 December  2010)  requires Members to provide  detailed and product -specific rules of origin 
"to the Secretariat".  Annex 1 of the Decision enumerates the specific information which should 
be submitted . The Decision also requires Members to notify, at the tariff line level, import data 
under their PTA s. Notifications of PTAs under the Transparency Mechanism are circulated as 
documents of the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD). Notifications are considered 
by the CTD in Dedicated Session (CTD -DS), on the basis of a "factual presentation" prepared 
by the Secretariat. Only PTAs notified after the adoption of the Decision in 2010 have been 
examined under these procedures. In addition, a "guide" for each PTA is prepared in 
consultation with the Member implementing the PTA, and is placed in the Database  on PTAs 
(http://ptadb.wto.org ) after its approval by the implementing Member. Annex 2 of document 
G/MA/367  contains the format that Members have agreed to be use d in the preparation of 
their notifications of tariffs and import data;  
- The 2013 (Bali) Ministerial Decision on Preferential Rules of Origin for LDCs ( WT/L/917 ) and 
the 2015 (Nairobi) Decision ( WT/L/917/Add.1 ) reiterate these obligations. In addition, the 
CRO agreed on a t emplate to be used by all WTO preference -granting Members (G/RO/84 ) 
when notifying their preferential rules of origin. These notifications are circulated under the 
G/RO/LDC/N/ document seri es. 
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and  is without prejudice 
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  3  STATUS OF NOTIFICATIONS AND IMPORT DATA RECEIVED TO DATE  
3.1 The following table enumerates, for each preference -granting Member, the latest information 
available  concerning preferential trade arrangements in favour of LDCs , namely:  
- The references of the latest notifications submitted  to the CTD describing the coverage of 
preferential schemes, their date of entry into force, edibility criteria and list of beneficiary 
countries;  
- The references of the latest notifications submitted to  the CRO describing the preferential rules 
of origin and origin requirements applicable to LDCs as required under the notification 
template adopted by the Committee ( G/RO/84 ) and;  
- The availability of tariff and import statistics for each scheme:  
- A full listing of preferential duties under the PTA per beneficiary partner and other data, 
where applicable (e.g., tariff -rate quotas, seasonal  restrictions, special safeguards and, 
if available, ad valorem  equivalents for non -ad valorem  duties) ; and 
- Import data at the tariff line level from each beneficiary Member, in value for total 
imports, imports under MFN rates and imports under PTA benef its.  
3.2 It should be noted that some of the data received most recently may still be subject to review, 
correction and validation by the WTO Secretariat.  
 
 
  
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granting 
Member(i)  Notifications (CTD)  Notifications 
(CRO)   2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022  
2023 
 
1. Armenia  - - Tariffs  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes - - - - - - - 
Imports  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. - - - - - - - - 
2. Australia  WT/COMTD/N/18  
21 January 2004  G/RO/LDC/N/AUS/1/
Rev.1  
16 September 2019  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Imports  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - 
3. Canada  WT/COMTD/N/15/Add.3  
17 November 2014  G/RO/LDC/N/CAN/2  
10 October 2017  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Imports  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - 
4. Chile  WT/COMTD/N/44/Add.1/  
Rev.2   
4 December 2020  G/RO/LDC/N/CHL/1/
Rev.1  
27 October 2020  Tariffs  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - 
Imports  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - 
5. China  WT/COMTD/N/39/Add.2  
21 November 2016  G/RO/LDC/N/CHN/1  
10 July 2017  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Imports  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - 
6. European 
Union (ii)  WT/COMTD/N/4/Add.7  
1 July 2015  G/RO/LDC/N/EU/1  
30 June 2017  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Imports  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - 
7. Iceland  WT/COMTD/N/17   
10 October 2003            
and Corr.1  
20 January 2004   
- Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Imports  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* - 
8. India  WT/COMTD/N/38/Add.1  
18 November 2015  G/RO/LDC/N/IND/1  
27 June 2017  Tariffs  Yes - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - 
Imports  - - - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* - 
9. Japan  WT/COMTD/N/2/Add.17          
11 June 2021  G/RO/LDC/N/JPN/1  
11 July 2017  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  Yes Yes 
Imports  - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - 
10. Kazakhstan  WT/COMTD/PTA3/N/1/  
Add.1  
14 June 2021  G/RO/LDC/N/KAZ/2  
15 November 2018  Tariffs  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes - 
Imports  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. - - - - - - - - 
11. Korea, 
Republic of  WT/COMTD/N/12/Rev.1/  
Add.1  
20 March 2012  G/RO/LDC/N/KOR/1  
27 September 2017  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Imports  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* - 
12. Kyrgyz Rep.  - G/RO/LDC/N/KGZ/1  
28 November 2018  Tariffs  Yes - Yes Yes - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - - 
Imports  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
13. Montenegro  WT/COMTD/PTA2/N/1  
17 February 2020  G/RO/LDC/N/MNE/1  
16 September 2019  Tariffs  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Imports  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* - - 
14. Morocco  - 
  - Tariffs  - - Yes - - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - - 
Imports  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
15. New 
Zealand  WT/COMTD/27   
20 November 2000  
and  
WT/COMTD/N/5/Add.2  
10 November 1997  G/RO/LDC/N/NZL/1  
5 September 2017  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Imports  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
16. Norway   WT/COMTD/N/6/Add.8     
16 February 2022  G/RO/LDC/N/NOR/1  
30 June 2017  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Imports  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - - - 
17. Russian 
Federation   WT/COMTD/PTA1/N/1  
16 July 2019  G/RO/LDC/N/RUS/2  
22 January 2019  Tariffs  n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes - Yes - - Yes Yes Yes - - 
Imports  n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* - - - - - 
18. Switzerland  WT/COMTD/N/7/Add.5  
26 September 2012  G/RO/LDC/N/CHE/1  
27 June 2017  
and Corr.1  –  
6 July  2017 Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Imports  - - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* -  
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Member(i)  Notifications (CTD)  Notifications 
(CRO)   2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022  
2023 
 
19. Chinese 
Taipei  WT/COMTD/N/40   
28 October 2011  
and Corr.1  
28 February 2012  G/RO/LDC/N/TPKM/
1/Rev.1  
22 July 2020  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Imports  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - 
20. Tajikistan  - G/RO/LDC/N/TJK/1  
20 May 2019  Tariffs  n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Yes - - - - 
Imports  n.a. n.a. n.a. - - - - - - - - - - - 
21. Thailand  WT/COMTD/PTA5/N/1   
15 July 2021  G/RO/LDC/N/THA/1  
7 August 2017  Tariffs  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Yes - 
Imports  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes - - - 
22. Türkiye  - G/RO/LDC/N/TUR/1  
18 September 2019  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Imports  Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes* - 
23. United 
Kingdom   WT/COMTD/PTA4/N/1  
2 February 2021  G/RO/LDC/N/GBR/1  
23 February 2021  Tariffs  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes Yes* 
Imports  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes - - 
24. USA - GSP WT/COMTD/N/1/Add.12     
4 February 2022  G/RO/LDC/N/USA/1  
11 July 2017  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Imports  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - 
USA – 
CBERA/  
Haiti  WT/L/1115                       
16 September 2021  G/RO/LDC/N/USA/2  
11 July 2017  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Imports  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - 
USA - AGOA  WT/L/1117   
22 October 2021   G/RO/LDC/N/USA/3  
11 July 2017  Tariffs  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Imports  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - 
USA – Nepal  WT/COMTD/N/52  
23 January 2017  G/RO/LDC/N/USA/4  
30 November 2017  Tariffs  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Imports  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - - 
 
Note:  (i)  Some  Members joined the WTO and/or  PTA schemes entered into force after the adoption of the PTA transparency mechanism,  i.e., Armenia; Chile; Kazakhstan; 
Montenegro; Tajikistan;  Thailand; and the United States' Trade Preferences for Nepal . 
 (ii) Information provided by the European Union on the period since 1 January 2021 covers its current 27 Member States. For the period until 31 December 2020, tariff 
information provided by the European Union also covers the United Kingdom.  
 Yes   submission received and disseminated ; 
Yes* submission received but not yet disseminated ; 
-           no submission received ; 
n.a.      PTA not yet in force.  
Status of submission s: 25 September  2023. 
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