The following is excerpted from a 10 October 2012 news item by the World Trade Orgaization.
At the meeting of the Sub-Committee of Least-Developed Countries on 10 October 2012, many members said they were encouraged by a WTO Secretariat report that the value of LDCs’ total exports (goods and commercial services) grew by 23.9 per cent in 2011 to reach US$229.8 billion. However, they agreed with Haiti, the LDC coordinator in the WTO, that “a lot remains to be done”.
This item is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news12_e/devel_10oct12_e.htm