WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG123/4
10 February 2003
(03-0843)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND KAZAKHSTAN
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/REG123/3.
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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 - Kazakhstan Trade Turnover
(in million US$)
Year Turnover Export Import Balance
1995 1,92 1,77 0,15 1,62
1996 3,2 2,4 0,8 1,6
1997 6,6 3,8 2,8 1,0
1998 9,4 2,4 7,0 -4,6
1999 2,4 1,7 0,7 1,0
2000 14,3 4,6 9,7 -5,1
2001 9,6 4,3 5,3 -1,0WT/REG123/4
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Georgia - Exports to the Republic of Kazakhstan
(in million US$)
HS Code Product description 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
0902 Tea, whether or not flavoured. 0,3 0,3 0,1 0,3 0,15 0,15 0,1
2201 Waters, including natural or - - 0,2 0,03 0,03 - 0,3
artificial mineral waters and
aerated waters, not containing
added sugar or other sweetening
matter nor flavoured; ice and
snow
2204 Wine of fresh grapes, including 0,02 0,03 0,05 0,05 0,2 0,8 2,3
fortified wines; grape must
other than that of heading No.
20.09.
2837 Cyanides, cyanide oxides and 0,1 1,2 2,6 0,8 0,4 1,9 0,6
complex cyanides.
5505 Waste (including noils, yarn 0,1 - - - - - -
waste and garnetted stock) of
man-made fibres.
7202 Ferro-alloys. - - 0,1 0,3 0,5 0,9 0,3
7304 Tubes, pipes and hollow 0,5 - 0,3 0,6 - - -
profiles, seamless, of iron (other
than cast iron) or steel.
8441 Other machinery for making up - - - - 0,3 - -
paper pulp, paper or
paperboard, including cutting
machines of all kinds.
8424 Mechanical appliances (whether - 0,2 - - - - -
or not hand-operated) for
projecting, dispersing or
spraying liquids or powders;
fire extinguishers, whether or
not charged; spray guns and
similar appliances; steam or
sand blasting machines and
similar jet projecting machines
8501 Electric motors and generators 0,1 - - - - - 0,01
(excluding generating sets).
9403 Other ftimiture and parts - - 0,2 - - - 0,03
thereof.
Total 1,8 2,4 3,8 2,4 1,7 4,6 4,3
Georgia - Imports from the Republic of Kazakhstan
(in million US$)
HS Code Product description 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
0303 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets 0,02 - - - - 0.01 0,01
and other fish meat of heading
No. 03.04.
1001 Wheat and muslin. - - 0,3 5,5 0,4 8,3 2,9
1101 Wheat or muslin flour. - 0,2 0,2 0,4 - 0,13 -
2711 Petroleum gases and other
gaseous- - 0,1 0,2 0,25 1,1 2,2
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2901 Acyclic hydrocarbons. - 0,1 1,7 0,3 - 0,03 -
7209 Flat-rolled products of iron or
non-- 0 , 3 -----
alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm
or
more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced),
not clad, plated or coated.
Total 0,1 0,8 2,8 7,0 0,7 9,7 5,3
II. TRADE PROVISIONS
1. Import Restrictions
Please provide copies of the protocol of exemptions in the Georgia-Kazakhstan FTAs.
Please indicate whether any progress has take n place towards the elimination of existing
exemptions.
Referring to the request of WTO Member countries concerning the Protocol on exemptions
between the Government of Georgia and the Gove rnment of the Republic of Kazakstan, a copy of
Annex 1 to the mentioned protocol is reproduced below.
Annex 1 to the Protocol on the withdr awal of goods from free trade regime
to the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of Georgia
and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
of November 1997
List of goods subject to withdrawal from free trade regime during the export
from Georgia to the Republic of Kazakhstan
Code TH B ЭД Description of goods
Chapter  22 (except 2201, 2202, 2204, 2208 and
2209)Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
Chapter 24 Tobacco and its industrial substitutes
1701 99 100 Sugar
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