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Philippines files revised request for additional compliance review in Thai cigarettes dispute

The Philippines has submitted a revised request for WTO dispute consultations with Thailand to address Thailand’s compliance with an earlier WTO ruling concerning measures imposed by Thailand on imported cigarettes from the Philippines. The request was circulated to WTO members on 26 February.

The revised request replaces and supersedes the initial request circulated on 6 July 2017, in order to expand the scope of the consultations.  In particular, the revised request includes a number of notices of assessment issued by Thailand’s customs authority with respect to imports of cigarettes between 2001 and 2003.

The request is the second compliance proceeding initiated by the Philippines in the dispute; a WTO panel is currently reviewing Thailand’s compliance as part of separate proceedings initiated by the Philippines in 2016.

Further information is available in document WT/DS371/21/Rev.1.

Source: wto.org