Trade Facilitation Needs Assessmentstatus by country

updated February 27, 2009

This chart shows whether a country has conducted a WTO Trade Facilitation Needs Assessment or if an assessment will be conducted in 2009. If the column after the country name is blank then no request for technical assistance from the WTO has been made and it is unknown if the country plans to conduct a self-assessment without WTO technical assistance.

Developing Countries
Albania / Completed Oct. 2008 / Korea
Antigua and Barbuda / Completed June 2008 / Kuwait / Notified by July 2008
Argentina / Completed Nov. 2008 / KyrgyzRepublic / To be completed- 2009
Armenia / Latvia
Bahrain / To be completed- 2009 / Lithuania
Barbados / To be completed- 2009 / Macao, China
Belize / To be completed- 2009 / Malaysia / To be completed- 2009
Bolivia / Requested- not notified / Malta
Botswana / To be completed- 2009 / Mauritius / Completed Oct. 2007
Brazil / Mexico / Completed Sept. 2007
Brunei Darussalam / To be completed- 2009 / Moldova / To be completed- 2009
Bulgaria / Mongolia / To be completed- 2009
Cameroon / Requested- not notified / Morocco / Completed Oct. 2008
Cape Verde / To be completed- 2009 / Namibia
Chile / To be completed- 2009 / Nicaragua / To be completed- 2009
China / Completed Nov. 2008 / Nigeria / Completed April 2008
Colombia / Completed Sept. 2008 / Oman / Notified by July 2008
Costa Rica / To be completed- 2009 / Pakistan / Completed June 2008
Côte d'Ivoire / Completed Dec. 2008 / Panama / Completed Oct. 2008
Congo / To be completed- 2009 / Papua New Guinea / Completed Nov. 2008
Croatia / Paraguay / Completed Nov. 2007
Cuba / Peru
Cyprus / Philippines / To be completed- 2009
CzechRepublic / Qatar / To be completed- 2009
Dominica / Completed May 2008 / Romania
Dominican Republic / Completed Dec. 2008 / St. Kitts and Nevis / Completed Dec. 2008
Ecuador / Completed Nov. 2008 / St. Lucia / Completed Dec. 2008
Egypt / Completed Jan 2008 / St. Vincent and the Grenadines / Completed Dec. 2008
El Salvador / Completed without TA / Singapore
Estonia / SlovakRepublic
Rep. of the FijiIslands / Completed July/August 2008 / Slovenia
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia / South Africa
Gabon / Completed July 2008 / Sri Lanka / To be completed- 2009
Georgia / Suriname / To be completed- 2009
Ghana / Completed August 2008 / Swaziland / Completed June 2008
Grenada / Completed July 2008 / Taipei, Chinese / Completed March/April 2008
Guatemala / Completed March 2008 / Thailand
Guyana / Tonga / To be completed- 2009
Honduras / Completed Dec. 2007 / Trinidad and Tobago / Completed May 2008
Hong Kong / Tunisia / Completed March/April 2008
Hungary / Turkey / Requested- not notified
India / Ukraine
Indonesia / Requested- not notified / United Arab Emirates / To be completed- 2009
Israel / Uruguay / To be completed- 2009
Jamaica / Completed July/August 2008 / Venezuela / Requested- not notified
Jordan / Completed Dec. 2007 / Viet Nam / Completed March 2008
Kenya / Completed June 2008 / Zimbabwe / To be completed- 2009
Total Developing Countries that have not requested technical assistance = 28
Least Developed Countries
Angola / Completed Nov. 2008 / 17. / Malawi / Completed Nov. 2007
Bangladesh / Completed Oct. 2007 / 18. / Maldives / To be completed- 2009
Benin / Completed April 2008 / 19. / Mali / Completed Sept. 2008
Burkina Faso / Completed Oct. 2008 / 20. / Mauritania / Requested – not notified
Burundi / Completed Nov. 2007 / 21. / Mozambique / Completed Oct. 2008
Cambodia / Completed Oct. 2008 / 22. / Myanmar
Central African Republic / Completed Nov. 2008 / 23. / Nepal / Completed May 2008
Chad / 24. / Niger / To be completed- 2009
Democratic Rep. of the Congo / Completed April 2008 / 25. / Rwanda / Completed March 2008
Djibouti / To be completed- 2009 / 26. / Senegal / To be completed- 2009
Gambia / 27. / Sierra Leone / Requested- not notified
GuineaBissau / 28. / Solomon Islands / To be completed- 2009
Guinea, Rep. of / To be completed- 2009 / 29. / Tanzania / Completed Oct. 2007
Haiti / To be completed- 2009 / 30. / Togo / To be completed- 2009
Lesotho / Completed July 2008 / 31. / Uganda / Completed Dec. 2007
Madagascar / To be completed- 2009 / 32. / Zambia / Completed Feb. 2007
Total Least Developed Countries that have not requested technical assistance= 4
Observer Governments
Afghanistan / To be completed- 2009 / 16. / Lebanon
Algeria / To be completed- 2009 / 17. / Liberia
Andorra / 18. / Libya
Azerbaijan / To be completed- 2009 / 19. / Montenegro
Bahamas / 20. / Russian Federation
Belarus / 21. / Samoa
Bhutan / 22. / Sao Tome and Principe
Bosnia and Herzegovina / 23. / Serbia / To be completed- 2009
Comoros / To be completed- 2009 / 24. / Seychelles / Completed Dec. 2007
Equatorial Guinea / 25. / Sudan / To be completed- 2009
Ethiopia / Requested not notified / 26. / Tajikstan
Iran / 27. / Uzbekistan
Iraq / 28. / Vanuatu
Kazakhstan / 29. / Yemen / Completed – March 2008
Lao P.D.R. / To be completed- 2009
Total Observer Governments that have not requested technical assistance= 19

1