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20 March 2024 
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Working Party on State Trading Enterprises  Original: English  
 
STATE TRADING  
NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XVII:4(A) OF THE  
GATT 1994 AND PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON  
THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE XVII  
MACAO, CHINA 
The following communication, dated 15 March  2024 and received on 19 March  2024, is being 
circulated at the request of the delegation of Macao, China . 
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The Government of the Macao  Special Administrative Region  presents its compliment s to the Council 
for Trade in Goods and is pleased to refer to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT 1994 and paragraph 1 of 
the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the GATT  1994.  
Pursuant to the above -mentioned provisions , the Government of the M acao SAR wishes to notify 
that in 2022 and 2023  Macao, China has not maintain ed any state t rading enterprise in accordance 
with the working definition contained in Paragraph 1 of the aforesaid Understanding . 
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