. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG123/6 
10 February 2004  
 
(04-0516) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English 
   
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND KAZAKHSTAN 
 
Questions and Replies
 
 
 The following communication, dated 9 January 2004,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Georgia. 
 
 This document reproduces the questions addressed  to Georgia and the responses submitted.  
The questions and replies set out below are or ganized in accordance with document WT/REG123/3. 
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT 
 1. Membership and Dates of Signatu re, Ratification and Entry into Force 
  Article 16 provide for application of the agreement towards contra cts concluded but not 
fulfilled during its period of operation. What does this mean? Please provide an example.  
 If the agreement would be terminated and some  contracts between the importers and exporters 
were signed before, but not fulfilled, they can be fulfilled under conditions of Free Trade Agreement. 
 3. Scope 
 
 In addition to the tariff differential and/ or enhanced services commitments created by 
the elimination of duties in the context of th e FTA, does the agreement have other provisions 
that affect the comparative economic market access opportunity of countries that are not 
parties to the agreement? 
 
 Terms of this agreement does not provide an y privileges for market access of member 
countries other than elimination of customs duties in the context of FTA.  
4. Trade Data 
 
 Please provide information on total import s and exports of the FTA partners for 2000-
2002 for agriculture and non-agricultural goods. 
 
 Statistic data for Export from Georgia to  Kazakhstan and Imports from Kazakhstan to 
Georgia are as follow: WT/REG123/6 
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Georgia-Kazakhstan Trade, 2000-02
 
(in thousand US dollars) 
 
Exports Imports Sectors 
2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 
Agriculture 996.3 2,774.9 1,836.8 8,488.8 2,885.7 2,327.3 
Industry 3,557.3 1,543.2 1,174.8 1,231.0 2,377.2 2,956.3 
Total 4,553.6 4,318.1 3,011.6 9,719.8 5,262.9 5,283.6 
 
 
II. TRADE PROVISIONS 
1. Import Restrictions 
 Is liberalization phased-in or immediate? 
 
 Liberalization of Trade was immediate after en try into force of agreement from both sides. 
Only small numbers of good are in the list of exemptions and countries now are negotiating to 
eliminate this list of exemptions from free trade.  It is scheduled to finish negotiation before 
Kazakhstan's accession to the WTO.    
III. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT 
4. Relation with Other Trade Agreements 
 Article 13 refers to previous bilateral ag reements. What were their titles, dates, and 
purposes? 
 
 Before 1997 year then was signed agreement between Georgia and Kazakhstan on Free trade, 
there had been in force bilateral agreement on "the bases of trade and economic co-operation" of 
September 1993. 
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