Onder niet-wederzijdse stelsels vallen nationale SAP-programma's, SAP+-programma's voor de minst ontwikkelde landen (MOL's) zoals het EU-initiatief ("alles behalve wapens") EBA en speciale regelingen voor kleinere groepen ontwikkelingslanden, zoals de US African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), het Caribbean Basin Initiative, enz.
Non-reciprocal schemes include national GSP programs, GSP+ programs for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) such as the EU Everything but Arms (EBA) initiative, and special arrangements for subsets of developing countries such as the US African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the Caribbean Basin Initiative, etc.