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In recent years, there has been a growing importance of developing
countries in the IT sector. In particular, there have been increased trade,
exports, jobs, and investment in many Asian economies 4 . While the IT
sector continued to be a significant and growing share of the investment in
developed countries, IT spending had increased most rapidly in emerging
economies. Developing countries and economies benefited from the
application of IT-enabled industries and services, including their SMEs.
As part of its WTO accession commitments, China committed to
provide duty-free treatment to imports of IT products covered by the ITA.
According to a recent study prepared jointly by WTO and IDE-JETRO 5 ,
China’s participation in the ITA has boosted its trade in IT products, its
influx of FDI and its participation in regional production networks.
As can be seen in Chart 8, in 2000, on the eve of its accession,
China began to emerge as the third economic giant. By 2005, the centre
of network had completed shifted to China. China now became the core
market for intermediate products. In 2008, world trade (based on exports)
in ICT products was approximately $ 1,908 billion and two thirds of
which are ITA products. China’s exports of ICT products were $431
billion which accounted for 22.5% of world ICT exports and more than
30% of China’s total exports. Most of China’s exports of ICT products
are made in export processing zones (Chart 8).
4 Asian economies have relatively low applied tariffs on imports, especially on semi-processed
goods.
5 WTO and IDE-JETRO, Joint Publication - Trade patterns and global value chains in East Asia:
From trade in goods to trade in tasks.
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