WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG120/4
10 February 2003
(03-0849)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN
Questions and Replies
This document reproduces questions addressed to Georgia and the responses submitted.  The
questions and replies set out below are organi zed in accordance with document WT/REG120/3.
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT
3. Scope
The text of some of the agreements refer to services, capital and labour.  Can Georgia
clarify what is meant by the word "services" in these agreements?  Does any of them cover
services? If so, have they been notifi ed to the Council for Trade in Services?
The FTA between Georgia and Kyrgyz Republic was designed to be quite general in scope,
the Articles of the Agreement do not make any reference to service, movement of capital and labor
itself.  Virtually the mentioned Agreement covers only trade in goods.  At the same time the draft of
the "Agreement between CIS countries on liberalizatio n of trade in services" is in the process of
consideration.
4. Trade Data
We note that trade data had been provided only with respect to imports into Georgia,
but were missing for the other Parties to th e Agreements, which are not WTO Members.  It
would be appreciated if data could still be provided for the other Parties.  If that is not possible,
please provide export data from Georgia into th ose various countries, in the same format as the
data provided concerning imports.
Concerning the additional export trade data, please see below.
Georgia -Azerbaijan Trade Turnover
(in million US$)
Year Turnover Export Import Balance
1995 60,4 12,7 47,7 -35,0
1996 103,1 24,4 78,7 -54,3
1997 140,9 25,1 115,8 -90,7
1998 92,0 18,5 73,5 -55,0
1999 60,7 19,2 41,5 -22,3
2000 76,7 21,3 55,4 -34,1
2001 83,8 10,6 73,2 -62,6WT/REG120/4
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Georgia - Exports to the Republic of Azerbaijan
(in million US$)
HS Code Product description 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
0802 Other nuts, fresh or dried, - - - 0,2 - - -
whether or not shelled or
peeled.
1001 Wheat and meslin. - 4,5 - - - - -
1701 Cane or beet sugar and - - 1,3 1,3 1,9 2,7 2,7
chemically pure sucrose, in
solid form.
2201 Waters, including natural or 0,1 0,6 0,4 0,8 0,4 0,4 0,3
artificial mineral waters and
aerated waters, not containing
added sugar or other
sweetening matter nor
flavoured; ice and snow.
2202 Waters including mineral 0,2 1,9 2,2 0,8 0,2 0,1 0,1
waters and aerated waters,
containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter or
flavoured, and other non-
alcoholic beverages, not
including fruit or vegetable
juices of heading No. 20.09.
2403 Other manufactured tobacco - - - - - 4,1 0,05
and manufactured tobacco
substitutes; "homogenised" or
"reconstituted" tobacco;
tobacco extracts and essences.
2716 Electrical energy. (optional - 4,7 2,4 4,7 7,1 - -
heading)
3004 Medicaments (excluding 0,05 0,05 0,1 0,1 0,3 0,7 0,75
goods of heading No. 30.02,
30.05 or 30.06) consisting of
mixed or unmixed products for
therapeutic or prophylactic
uses, put up in measured doses
or in forms or packings for
retail sale.
3102 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, 2,1 2,0 2,2 1,8 0,3 1,4 1,3
nitrogenous.
5402 Synthetic filament yam (other - 1,1 0,3 - - - -
than sewing thread), not put up
for retail sale, including
synthetic monofilament of less
than 67 decitex.
7202 Ferro-alloys. 0,4 0,2 0,4 - - - 0,04
7304 Tubes, pipes and hollow 4,1 4,4 10,9 2,4 0,4 0,6 0,1
profiles, seamless, of iron
(other than cast iron) or steel.
8501 Electric motors and generators 0,4 0,4 0,6 0,05 0,1 0,1 0,05
(excluding generating sets).
8703 Motor cars and other motor 0,1 - 2,1 1,8 0,1 0,1 0,1
vehicles principally designed
for the transport of persons
(other than those of headingWT/REG120/4
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HS Code Product description 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
No. 87.02), including station
wagons and racing cars
8705 Special purpose motor - - - - 2,6 - 0,03
vehicles, other than those
principally designed for the
transport of persons or goods
(for example, breakdown
lorries, crane lorries, fire
fighting vehicles, concrete-
mixer lorries, road sweeper
lorries, spraying lorries,
mobile work
Total 12,7 24,3 25,1 18,5 19,2 21,3 10,6
Georgia – Imports from the Republic of Azerbaijan
(in million US$)
HS Code Product description 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
1701 Cane or beet sugar and - 0,1 4,4 - - - -
chemically pure sucrose, in
solid form.
2709 Petroleum oils and oils - - 2,6 - - - -
obtained from bituminous
minerals, crude.
2710 Petroleum oils and oils 38,0 65,0 78,1 62,8 29,5 45,2 65,2
obtained from bituminous
minerals, other than crude;
preparations not elsewhere
specified or included,
containing by weight 70 %
or more of petroleum oils or
of oils obtained from
bituminous minerals, these
oils being the basic con
2711 Petroleum gases and other 2,2 1,9 0,4 0,1 0,2 0,8 0,7
gaseous hydrocarbons.
2713 Petroleum coke, petroleum 0,2 1,2 0,6 0,4 0,2 0,25 1,2
bitumen and other residues
of petroleum oils or of oils
obtained from bituminous
minerals.
2716 Electrical energy. (optional 4,1 4,5 19,2 4,3 4,3 - -
heading)
2807 Sulphuric acid; oleum. 0,3 1,0 1,8 0,1 0,4 0,4 0,2
2901 Acyclic hydrocarbons. 0,3 1,3 3,7 0,3 0,06 0,02 0,3
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles - 0,03 0,2 0,6 0,4 0,3 0,1
principally designed for the
transport of persons (other than
those of heading No. 87.02),
including station wagons
and racing cars.
Total 43,2 78,7 115,5 73,5 41,5 55,4 73,2
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