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International Trading System: Prospects for Emerging Markets Санкт-Петербург/ St. Petersburg 1 2 марта 2007 1 2 March 2007 программа

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Table 2a: countries in wto accession negotiations (march 2007)
Table 2b: remaining countries
Table 3. Accession Procedures in Chronological Order
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TABLE 2A: COUNTRIES IN WTO ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS (MARCH 2007)

Country
Application
Pop(mil)
GDP (bil)
Trade(bil)
Stability***

Afghanistan*
Nov-04
28.717
19.00
5.52
-2.03

Algeria
Jun-87
32.358
64.15
50.17
-1.42

Andorra
Jul-99
0.066
1.30
1.14
1.35

Azerbaijan
Jun-97
8.306
7.85
9.05
-1.52

Bahamas
May-01
0.319
4.82
2.29
0.94

Belarus
Sep-93
9.824
16.65
29.90
-0.24

Bhutan*
Sep-99
0.896
0.62
26.91
0.84

Bosnia/Herz
May-99
3.909
5.50
8.74
-0.85

Cape Verde
Nov-99
0.495
0.64
0.49
0.67

Ethiopia*
Jan-03
69.961
7.88
3.45
-0.98

Iran
Jul-96
67.006
126.32
81.04
-0.91

Iraq
Sep-04
24.683
19.15
38.17
-2.87

Kazakhstan
Jan-96
14.994
27.26
34.42
-0.11

Lao P.D.R.*
Jul-97
5.792
2.19
0.87
-0.76

Lebanese Rep
Jan-99
3.54
19.85
1.75
-0.83

Libya
Jun-04
5.74
42.46
27.92
-0.02

Montenegro
Dec-04
**
**
**
**

Russian Fed.
Jun-93
143.85
328.81
289.54
-0.85

Samoa
Apr-98
0.184
0.25
0.18
0.89

SaoTome&Prin*
Jan-05
0.153
0.05
0.04
0.08

Serbia
Dec-04
8.147
10.49
15.43
-0.97

Seychelles
May-95
0.084
0.56
0.72
0.84

Sudan*
Oct-94
35.523
15.41
7.36
-2.08

Tajikistan*
May-01
6.43
1.44
2.33
-1.19

Tonga
Jun-95
0.102
0.17
0.10
0.72

Ukraine
Nov-93
47.451
44.04
63.12
-0.27

Uzbekistan*
Dec-94
26.209
16.73
7.35
-1.37

Vanuatu
Jul-95
0.207
0.24
0.15
0.53

Yemen*
Apr-00
20.329
10.86
8.53
-1.48

Mean












-0.47

Std Dev












0.998

Total



647.437
835.93
770.8



World



6365
35111.12
19355



% of World Total



10.2
2.4
4.0



Sources: WTO (2005); World Bank WDI database, World Bank Governance Index database

* denotes least-developed country (World Bank list lowest quartile: 2005 GNI per cap<$825)

** Montenegro data are included with Serbia's

***World Bank index of political stability, 2004

Population, GDP, and trade figures are for 2004




TABLE 2B: REMAINING COUNTRIES

NOT YET APPLYING FOR WTO MEMBERSHIP

Country
Popula(mil)
GDP(bil)
Trade(bil)
Stability

Comoros*
0.59
0.22
0.08
-0.13

Equitorial Guinea
0.49
2.02
6.12
-0.3

Eritrea*
4.23
0.73
0.60
-0.14

Kiribati
0.10
0.05
0.12
0.77

Korea PDR (North)*
22.38
18.80
3.56
-0.67

Liberia*
3.24
0.42
0.37
-2.2

Marshall Islands
0.06
0.10
0.06
0.66

Micronesia
0.11
0.22
0.07
0.83

Monaco
0.03
0.87



1.13

Nauru
0.01
0.06
0.05
0.66

Palau
0.02
0.13
0.12
0.66

San Marino
0.03
0.94



1.22

Somalia*
7.96
4.36
0.76
-2.39

Syrian Arab Rep
18.58
20.73
14.52
-0.66

Timor-Leste*
0.92
0.33
0.25
-0.62

Turkmenistan
4.77
5.80
7.62
-0.92

Tuvalu
0.01
0.01
0.08
0.86

Mean









-0.072

Totals
63.55
55.80
34.13



World Total
6365.00
35111.12
19354.96



% of World Total
1.00
0.16
0.18



Sources: UN Membership database, World Bank WDI database; World Bank Governance Index database

* denotes least-developed country (World Bank list lowest quartile: 2005 GNI per cap<$825)

** trade figures not separable from France's

*** trade figures not separable from Italy's

Table 3. Accession Procedures in Chronological Order

Step
Procedure


The applicant sends a communication to the Director-General of the WTO indicating its desire to accede to the WTO under Article XII.


The communication is circulated to all WTO Members.


A Working Party (WP) is established and a Chairperson is appointed.


The WTO Secretariat informs applicant about procedures to be followed.


The applicant submits a Memorandum on its foreign trade regime for circulation to all WTO Members.


The WTO Secretariat ceck s the consistency of the Memorandum with the outline format (Annex I) and informs the applicant and the members of the WP of its views.


WP members submit questions on the Memorandum and the applicant answers. (Repeat 7 if necessary.)


The WP meets.


WP members submit and the applicant answers more questions on the Memorandum.
Bilateral negotiations between the applicant and interested WP members on concessions and commitments on market access for goods and services (as well as on the other specific terms of accession) are undertaken.


WP meets again.


Repeat steps 9 and 10, until 12.


The examination of the Memorandum is complete


Terms and conditions (including commitments to observe WTO rules and disciplines upon accession and transitional periods required to make any legislative or structural changes where necessary to implement these commitments) are agreed.
Concessions and commitments on market access for goods and services (as well as on the other specific terms of accession) are agreed.


A WP Report is prepared.
The Schedule of Concession and Commitments to GATT 1994 and the Schedule of Specific Commitments to the GATS is prepared.


A draft Decision and a draft Protocol of Accession (containing commitments listed in the WP Report and the Schedule of Concessions and Commitments to GATT 1994 and the Schedule of Specific Commitments ot the GATS) is prepared.


The WP adopts the “accession package.”


The General Council/Ministerial Conference approves the “accession package.”


The applicant formally accepts the “accession package.”


The applicant notifies the WTO Secretariat of its formal acceptance.


30 days after step 19, the applicant becomes a Member of the WTO.