Status Report: THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1947

STATUS REPORT

THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1947

[GATT 1947]

(Geneva, 13/10/1947)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : GENEVA ROUND IN 1948

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

Last updated by PacLII: 26/5/2006

Parties	Date of Signature	Date of ratification / Other	Entry Into Force	Domestication Legislation (where available)
Fiji	16 Nov 1993
Papua New Guinea	16 Dec 1994
Solomon Islands	28 Dec 1994

Angola	8 Apr 1994
Antigua and Barbuda	30 Mar 1987
Argentina	11 Oct 1967
Australia	1 Jan 1948
Austria	19 Oct 1951
Bahrain	13 Dec 1993
Bangladesh	16 Dec 1972
Barbados	15 Feb 1967
Belgium	1 Jan 1948
Belize	7 Oct 1983
Benin	12 Sep 1963
Bolivia	8 Sep 1990
Botswana	28 Aug 1987
Brazil	30 Jul 1948
Brunei Darussalam	9 Dec 1993
Burkina Faso	3 May 1963
Burundi	13 Mar 1965
Cameroon	3 May 1963
Canada	1 Jan 1948
Central African Republic	3 May 1963
Chad	12 Jul 1963
Chile	16 Mar 1949
Colombia	3 Oct 1981
Congo, Republic of	3 May 1963
Costa Rica	24 Nov 1990
Cuba	1 Jan 1948
Cyprus	15 Jul 1963
Czech Republic	15 Apr 1993
Cфte d'Ivoire	31 Dec 1963
Denmark	28 May 1950
Djibouti	16 Dec 1994
Dominica	20 Apr 1993
Dominican Republic	19 May 1950
Egypt	9 May 1970
El Salvador	22 May 1991
Finland	25 May 1950
France	1 Jan 1948
Gabon	3 May 1963
Germany	1 Oct 1951
Ghana	17 Oct 1957
Greece	1 Mar 1950
Grenada	9 Feb 1994
Guatemala	10 Oct 1991
Guinea	8 Dec 1994
Guinea Bissau	17 Mar 1994
Guyana	5 Jul 1966
Haiti	1 Jan 1950
Honduras	10 Apr 1994
Hong Kong	23 Apr 1986
Hungary	9 Sep 1973
Iceland	21 Apr 1968
India	8 Jul 1948
Indonesia	24 Feb 1950
Ireland	22 Dec 1967
Israel	5 Jul 1962
Italy	30 May 1950
Jamaica	31 Dec 1963
Japan	10 Sep 1955
Kenya	5 Feb 1964
Korea, Republic of	14 Apr 1967
Kuwait	3 May 1963
Lesotho	8 Jan 1988
Liechtenstein	29 Mar 1994
Luxembourg	1 Jan 1948
Macao	11 Jan 1991
Madagascar	30 Sep 1963
Malawi	28 Aug 1964
Malaysia	24 Oct 1957
Maldives	19 Apr 1983
Mali	11 Jan 1993
Malta	17 Nov 1964
Mauritania	30 Sep 1963
Mauritius	2 Sep 1970
Mexico	24 Aug 1986
Morocco	17 Jun 1987
Mozambique	27 Jul 1992
Myanmar, Union of	29 Jul 1948
NOTES
Namibia	15 Sep 1992
Netherlands	1 Jan 1948
New Zealand	30 Jul 1948
Nicaragua	28 May 1950
Niger	31 Dec 1963
Nigeria	18 Nov 1960
Norway	10 Jul 1948
Notes
Pakistan	30 Jul 1948
Paraguay	6 Jan 1994
Peru	7 Oct 1951
Philippines	27 Dec 1979
Poland	18 Oct 1967
Portugal	6 May 1962
Qatar	7 Apr 1994
Romania	14 Nov 1971
Rwanda	1 Jan 1966
Saint Kitts and Nevis	24 Mar 1994
Saint Lucia	13 Apr 1993
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18 May 1993
Senegal	27 Sep 1963
Sierra Leone	19 May 1961
Singapore	20 Aug 1973
Slovak Republic	15 Apr 1993
Slovenia	30 Oct 1994
South Africa	13 Jun 1948
Spain	29 Aug 1963
Sri Lanka	29 Jul 1948
Suriname	22 Mar 1978
Swaziland, Kingdom of	8 Feb 1993
Sweden	30 Apr 1950
Switzerland	1 Aug 1966
Tanzania	9 Dec 1961
Thailand	20 Nov 1982
The Gambia	22 Feb 1965
This Status Page contains the 128 GATT signatories as at the end of 1994, together with the dates they signed the agreement
Togo	20 Mar 1964
Trinidad and Tobago	23 Oct 1962
Tunisia	29 Aug 1990
Turkey	17 Oct 1951
Uganda	23 Oct 1962
United Arab Emirates	8 Mar 1994
United Kingdom	1 Jan 1948
United States of America	1 Jan 1948
Uruguay	6 Dec 1953
Venezuela	31 Aug 1990
Yugoslavia	25 Aug 1966
Zaire	11 Sep 1971
Zambia	10 Feb 1982
Zimbabwe	11 Jul 1948
[1] On 1 January 1995, the WTO replaced GATT, which had been in existence since 1947, as the organization overseeing the multilateral trading system. The governments that had signed GATT were officially known as “GATT contracting parties”. Upon signing the new WTO agreements (which include the updated GATT, known as GATT 1994), they officially became known as “WTO members

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STATUS REPORT

THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1947

[GATT 1947]