Countries:
Event/initiative:
Date of commitment:
May 2001
Millennium Development Goal:
Recipient:
Commitment status:
Expired
Commitment | Aim at improving preferential market access for LDCs by working towards the objective of duty-free and quota -free (DFQF) market access for all LDCs’ products in the markets of developed countries. |
Target | DFQF access for all LDC exports |
Progress | 83 % of developed country imports from LDCs (excluding arms and oil) were admitted duty-free quota-free in 2011. |
Gap | 17 % of exports from LDCs to developed markets stiff face tarriffs. |
Additionality | Commitment reiterated at the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Conference which called for developed countries to grant duty-free market access for 97% of products from LDCs. |
Full text of the Brussels Programme of Action [pdf]
Data source:
ITC-UNCTAD-WTO