RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG71/6/Add.1
11 May 2001
(01-2423)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
CUSTOMS UNION BETWEEN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC,
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, BELARUS, KAZAKSTAN AND TAJIKISTAN
Questions and Replies
Addendum
This document reproduces additional questions addressed to the Kyrgyz Republic and the
responses submitted.
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT
2. Type of Agreement
With regard to the Kyrgyz Republic’s response to questions 1 and 2 of document
WT/REG71/6, where it is explained that the cust oms union Agreement has been notified as an
interim agreement under GATT Article XXIV:5(c), we note that such an interim agreement
shall include a plan and schedule for the formation of such a customs union.  We would like to
know whether such a plan and schedule is submitted or not.  Submission of such a plan and
schedule is essential to commence consulta tion with the Member States according to
Article XXIV:7(b).
The Kyrgyz Republic will submit a plan and sc hedule after holding consultations with its
Customs Union partners.
3. Scope
With regard to the list of sensitive goods and its limitation to 15 per cent of total imports
of the Party, we are not convinced of the criteria  used in light of the requirement for agreements
to cover "substantially all the trade".  The Kyrg yz Republic says that the customs union fulfils
the "substantially the same tariffs" requirements.  We would like to know how this 15 per cent
figure was attained.  Is this figu re based on any actual necessity?
The 15 per cent criterion was set for the interim period as a result of consensus between the
Members of the Customs Union.
We appreciate the response by the Kyrgyz Republic on the definition of  "sensitive
goods", although it would also be appreciated if the "sensitive goods" could be defined in actual
items and if their total number could be indicated.  We would also be grateful if the Kyrgyz
Republic could provide us with the number of actual goods in HS codes or even the name of the
actual item.WT/REG71/6/Add.1
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Annex I to this document contains the list of "sensitive goods" submitted by the Kyrgyz
Republic to the Customs Union Integration Committee.
4. Trade Data
Could the Kyrgyz Republic please provide a basic table setting out the percentage of
trade covered by the Customs Union, for each Party to the Agreement?
Information on percentage of trade covered by the Customs Union, for each Party to the
Agreement, is provided in  document WT/REG71/4/Rev.1.
II. TRADE PROVISIONS
1. Import Restrictions
Although question 7 in WT/REG71/6 is  a comment on negotiations based on
Article  XXIV:6, we would appreciate if the Kyrgyz Republic could indicate its views on that.
The Kyrgyz Republic will pursue negotiations under Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994 in
accordance with the procedures stipulated in paragraph 4 of the Understanding of the Interpretation of
Article XXIV.
III. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
4. Relations with other Trade Agreements
In light of the overlapping membership between several of the agreements concluded by
the Kyrgyz Republic, what is the nature of the relationship between the Customs Union
Agreement, the Bilateral Agreements and the CIS Agreement?  Does the Kyrgyz Republic
intend to coordinate the various Agreements?  If so, could the Kyrgyz Republic please provide
details?
The CIS FTA and bilateral FTAs of the Kyrgyz Republic with Kazakstan, Moldova, the
Russian Federation, Ukraine and Uzbekistan are separate legal documents and each Agreement shallbe judged on its own merit.  The free trade provisions of the Customs Union Agreements are based on
bilateral and multilateral free trade area agreements between the Parties.  Free trade regime with no
exceptions and restrictions is applied in trade between the Parties to the Customs Union under the
bilateral and multilateral agreements on free trade.  Currently there are no intentions to coordinate the
Agreements.  Developments in the creation of the Eurasian Economic Community may affect some ofthe free trade agreements.
The reply to question 10 in WT/REG71/6 states that "bilateral arrangements regarding
phasing out the existing restrictions in trade between the Parties to the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) Free Trade Area Agreement are expected to be signed by 1 February2001 with the Parties which have ratified the Protocol."  The Standard Format of the
Kyrgyz-Kazakstan Agreement states that the Agreement "was based on the CIS Free Trade
Area Agreement of 15 April 1994" (Section III .4 of WT/REG81/3).  The Standard Format of
other regional trade agreements concluded by the Kyrgyz Republic, such as the one with
Moldova, states that "the Agreement does not establish any specific relation with otherbilateral, plurilateral and/or multilateral trade agreements." (WT/REG76/3, Section III.4).WT/REG71/6/Add.1
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We would like to know whether the Kyrgyz-Kazakstan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is
a bilateral arrangement or not, and whether othe r FTAs are bilateral arrangements or not. We
would also like to know how many of these bilateral arrangements have been concluded by the
Kyrgyz Republic and with which countries.   
The CIS FTA and bilateral FTAs of the Kyrgyz Republic with Kazakstan, Moldova, Russian
Federation, Ukraine and Uzbekistan are separate legal documents and each Agreement shall be judged
on its own merit.  The free trade provisions of the customs union agreements are based on bilateral
and multilateral free trade area agreements between the Parties.  Free trade regime with no exceptions
and restrictions is applied in trade between the Parties to the Customs Union under the bilateral and
multilateral agreements on free trade.WT/REG71/6/Add.1
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ANNEX 1
List of the Sensitive Goods
for which Kyrgyz Republic is free to establish own rates
HS Code Good heading
02 Meat and edible meat offal
0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry, fresh, chilled or frozen
07 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
0701 Potatoes, fresh or chilled
0701 10 Seed  potatoes
09 Coffee, tea, matí and spices
0901 Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee
substitutes containing coffee in any proportion
0901 11 – Not decaffeinated
0902 Tea, whether or not flavored
0902 20 - Other green tea (not fermented)
0902 40 - Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea
10 Cereals
1001 Wheat and meslin
1001 10 - Durum wheat
1001 90 - other seeds
1006 Rice
11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin, wheat gluten
1101 00 Wheat or meslin flour
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products
1507 Soybean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
1507 10 – Crude oil, whether or not degummed
1517 Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of
fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or theirfractions of heading 1516
1517 10 - Margarine, excluding liquid margarine
1517 90 - - other
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of invertebrates
1601 00 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations
1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs
17 Sugar and sugar confectioners
1701 11 - - Cane sugar
1701 99 - - - white sugar
19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; bakers’ wares
1901 10 - Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations
2102 Yeasts (active or inactive); other single- cell micro- organisms, dead (but not including
vaccines of heading No  3002); prepared baking powders
2102 10 – Active yeasts
28 Inorganic chemicals; inorganic compoundsWT/REG71/6/Add.1
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2815 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of
sodium or potassium
– Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda):
2815 11 – – Solid
2827 Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides;
iodides and iodide oxides
2827 20 – Calcium chloride
2837 – Cyanides and cyanide oxides of sodium
29 Organic chemicals
2902 Cyclic hydrocarbons
2905 45 000 - - Glycerol
2933 Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero- atom(s) only
2941 Antibiotics
30 Pharmaceutical products
3001 Glands and other organs for organotherapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered;
extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organotherapeutic uses;
heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic orprophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included
3002 Human blood; animal blood prepared for thera- peutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses;
anti– sera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether ornot obtained by means of bi otechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of
micro- Organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products
3003 Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or
more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses,not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale
3004 Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed
or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses or informs or packings for retail sale
3004 31 - - - Containing insulin
3006 Pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter
3006 10 –  Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials and sterile tissue adhesives for
surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbablesurgical or dental haemostatics
31 Fertilizers
3102 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous
3102 10 – Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution
32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannings and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and
other coloring matte; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
3209 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or
chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium
3209 90 - Other
3215 Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid
– Printing ink:
3215 11 – – Black
3215 19 – – Other
34 Soap, organic surfaceactive agents, washing preparations, lubricating
preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations,candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, “dental waxes” and dentalpreparations with a basis of plaster
3402 Organic surface- active agents (other than soap); surface- active preparations, washing
preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations,
whether or not containing soap, (other than those of heading No 3401)
– Organic surface- active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale:WT/REG71/6/Add.1
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3402 90 – Other
38 Miscellaneous chemical products
3809 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other
products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in thetextile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included
3809 91 – – Of a kind used in the textile or like industries
40 Rubber and articles thereof
4001 Natural rubber, balata, gutta - percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in
primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
4001 29 – – Other
4002 Synthetic rubber
48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper, or of paperboard
4810 Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (china clay) or other
inorganic substances, with or without a binder, and with no other coating, whether ornot surface - colored, surface- decorate d or printed, in rolls or sheets
4810 12 – – Weighing more than 150 g/m2
4813 Cigarette paper, whether or not cut to size or in the form of booklets or tubes
49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry;
manuscripts, typescripts and plans
4905 Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps,
topographical plans and globes, printed
4905 99 - - Other
4907 Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country to
which they are destined; stamp- impressed paper; banknotes; cheque forms; stock, share
or bond certificates and similar documents of title
50 Silk
5007 20 - Other fabrics
Pongee, habutai, honan, shantung, corah and similar Far Eastern fabrics, wholly of silk
5007 90 - Other fabrics
51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
5101 11 - - Shorn wool, greasy
5101 19 - - Greasy, including fleece- washed wool
52 Cotton
5208 33 – – Dyed fabrics Plain weave, 3– thread or 4– thread twill, including cross twill.
5209 39 Other cotton fabrics
5209 59 - - Other fabrics
53 Other vegetable textile fibers; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
5303 10 – Jute and other textile bast fibers, raw or retted
57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings
5703 Carpets and other textile floor coverings, tufted, whether or not made up:
5703 10– Of wool or fine animal hair
5703 30–  Of other man- made textile materials
59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminate d textile fabrics; textile articles of a
kind suitable for industrial use
5904 Linoleum, whether or not cut to shape; floor coverings consisting of a coating or
covering applied on a textile backing, whether or not cut to shape
5904 10 – LinoleumWT/REG71/6/Add.1
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72 Iron and steel
7222 40 – Angles, shapes and sections
81 Other base metals
8101 T ungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
8101 93 – – Wire
84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, and mechanical appliances
8407 Spark- ignition reciprocating or rotary  internal combustion piston engines
8407 90 – Other engines
8408 Compression- ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi– diesel
engines)
8408 20 - Engines of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of Chapter 87
8413 Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators
8413 70 - - - - Other centrifugal pumps
8418 Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerati ng or freezing equipment, electric or other;
heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading No 8415
8418 10 – Combined refrigerator- freezers, fitted with separate external doors
8418 30 – Freezers of the chest type, not exceeding 800 liters capacity
8419 Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the
treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating,cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying,evaporating, vaporizing, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kindused for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, nonelectric
– Other machinery, plant and equipment
8419 81 – – For making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food
8420 Calendering or other rolling machines, other than for metals or glass, and cylinders
therefore
8445 Machines for preparing textile fibers; spinning, doubling or twisting machines and other
machinery for producing textile yarns; textile reeling or winding (including weft
winding) machines and machines for preparing textile yarns for use on the machines ofheading 8446 or 8447
– Machines for preparing textile fibres
8445 11 – – Carding machines
8446 Weaving machines (looms)
8471 Automatic data- processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers,
machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines forprocessing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
8471 30 – Portable digital automatic data- processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg,
consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display
8471 49 – – Other, presented in the form of systems
8471 60 – Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing
8474 90 – Parts
85 Electrical Machinery and equipment
8507 Electric accumulators, including separators  therefore, whether or not rectangular
(including square
8507 80 - Other
8525 Transmission apparatus for radioteleph ony, radiotelegraphy, radio broadcasting or
television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or
reproducing apparatus; television cameras; still image video cameras or other video
8525 30 Television cameras
8528 Reception apparatus for television, whethe r or not incorporating radio- broadcast
receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus; video monitors and
video projectorsWT/REG71/6/Add.1
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8528 12 – – Color
8529 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading Nos 8525 to
8528
8529 90 – Other
87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling – stock, and party and accessories
thereof
8702 Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver
8702 10 With compression- ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi– diesel)
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons
(other than those of heading No 8702), including station wagons and racing cars
8704 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
- With compression- ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi– diesel)
8704 10 – Dumpers designed for off- highway use
8704 21 – – Of a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5 tones
90 Optical, photographic, ci nematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical
or surgical instrument s and apparatus;  parts and accessories thereof
9018 Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences,
including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro- medical apparatus and sight- testinginstruments
– Electro- diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratoryexamination or for checking physiological parameters)
9018 11 – – Electro- cardiographs
9018 12 – – – Ultrasonic scanning apparatus
9018 20 – Ultraviolet or infra- red ray apparatus
9018 31 – – Syringes, with or without needles
9018 39 Catheters, cannulae and the like
9019 Mechano- therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude- testing
apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aeros ol therapy, artificial respiration or other
therapeutic respiration apparatus
9019 20 – Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither
mechanical parts nor replaceable filters
9022 Apparatus based on the use of X– rays or of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether or
not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or
radiotherapy apparatus, X– ray tubes and other X– ray generators, high tension
generators
– Apparatus based on the use of X– rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental orveterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus
9022 14 – – Other, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses
9022 19 – – For other use
9022 21 – – For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses
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