RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE GPA/W/12
17April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1388)
Original: English Committee onGovernment Procurement
THE THRESHOLDS INAPPENDIX IOFTHE AGREEMENT ASEXPRESSED
INNATIONAL CURRENCIES FOR 1996/1997
Inpursuance oftheagreed procedures (GPA/1, Annex 3),delegations havebeeninvited to
notify theirrespective national thresholds fortheperiod 1996-1997.
Thedelegation ofCanada hassubmitted itsfigures. Other submissions willbecompiled in
addenda tothisdocument.
CANADA
Threshold calculations -forperiod 1January 1996 through 31December 1997.
Annex 1(Entities)
SDR Converted to$CAN1Rounded $CAN2
Goods 130,000 259,594 259,500
Services 130,000 259,594 259,500
Construction 5,000,000 9,984,369 9,900,000
1SDR1.0=$CAN 1.99687375. TheaveragemonthlySDRtoCanadi andollarsfor24monthsfromOctober1993through
September 1995 was$CAN 1.99687375. Thiscalculation isbased ondatapublished bytheBank ofCanada.
2Rounded down inallcases toensure inclusion ofallcovered contracts.