RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG67/4
WT/REG68/4WT/REG70/4
15 March 2000
(00-1059)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC;
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC;
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND ESTONIA
Questions and Replies
This document reproduces questions addressed to the Parties and the responses submitted.
The questions and replies set out below are organized in accordance with document WT/REG67/2,
WT/REG68/2 and WT/REG70/2.
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT
4. Trade Data
For each of the Agreements, could the Parties provide additional statistics, in particular
for the number of tariff lines for which duties had been eliminated? What percentage of FTA
trade between the parties:
- For agricultural products:
• will have the duties/regulations eliminated?
• receives concessions (less than MFN but greater than zero duties and/or
quotas) or is excluded from FTA provisions?
- For industrial products:
• will have the duties/regulations eliminated?
• receives concessions (less than MFN but greater than zero duties and/or
quotas) or is excluded from FTA provisions?
Imports of Czech Republic from Turkey, 1995-1997,
by different duty levels according to the Agreement
1995
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty rate
1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 9,937 42.5 21,115 57.0 31,052 51.4
Less than MFN 10,087 43.2 15,913 43.0 26,000 43.0
MFN 3,345 14.3 0 0.0 3,345 5.6WT/REG67/4
WT/REG68/4
WT/REG70/4
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1996
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty rate
1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 10,105 32.0 28,278 60.4 38,383 49.0
Less than MFN 17,523 55.5 18,535 39.6 36,058 46.0
MFN 3,952 12.5 0 0.0 3,952 5.0
1997
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty rate
1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 11,555 43.7 24,368 55.7 35,923 51.2
Less than MFN 9,501 36.0 19,357 44.3 28,858 41.1
MFN 5,372 20.3 0 0.0 5,372 7.7
Imports of Slovak Republic from Turkey, 1995-1997,
by different duty levels according to the Agreement
1995
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty rate
1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 3,154 56 15,914 75 19,068 71
Less than MFN 1,129 20 5,252 25 6,381 24
MFN 1,348 24 0 0 1,348 5
Total 5,631 100 21,166 100 26,797 100
1996
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty rate
1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 4,182 50 13,751 65 17,933 60
Less than MFN 1,264 15 7,509 35 8,773 30
MFN 2,976 35 0 0 2,976 10
Total 8,422 100 21,261 100 29,683 100
1997
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty rate
1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 1,859 25 7,742 52 9,601 43
Less than MFN 1,890 26 7,223 48 9,113 41
MFN 3,620 49 0 0 3,620 16
Total 7,369 100 14,962 100 22,331 100WT/REG67/4
WT/REG68/4
WT/REG70/4
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Imports of Estonia from Turkey, 1995-1997,
by different duty levels according to the Agreement1
1995
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty rate
1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 610.8 100 2,066.2 100 2,677.0 100
Less than MFN 0 0 0 000
MFN 0 0 0 000
1996
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty rate
1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 2,119.1 100 4,540.5 100 6,659.6 100
Less than MFN 0 0 0 000
MFN 0 0 0 000
1997
Agricultural products Industrial products Total imports Duty rate
1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ % 1,000 US$ %
0% 2,932.9 100 5,788.5 100 8,721.4 100
Less than MFN 0 0 0 000
MFN 0 0 0 000
Estonia – Total Imports from Turkey
(1,000 US$)
HS Chapter 1995 1996 1997
6            0.5                   0                    0
7 4.6                3.9 0.2
8 515.2 1,346.8 885.3
9 1.9 1.1 13.3
12 0 0.1 12.6
15 4.6 0 5.5
17 0 217.3 332.5
18 0 4.6 12.2
19 18.2 200.6 421.3
20 10.1 95.2 188.7
21 55.7 249.5 1 061.5
25 0 9.3 2.6
27 96.0 56.5 0
28 37.2 422.6 13.4
30 5.5 0 0
32 0 0.5 25.3
33 0.1 0 51.6
34 57.8 0 129.0
                                                     
1 Estonia excercised tariff free trade regime for all imports from all countries in 1995-1997.WT/REG67/4
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HS Chapter 1995 1996 1997
39 27.5 38.7 161.0
40 59.0 5.6 4.4
41 0.1 0 0.4
42 24.7 42.0 268.0
43 0 8.8 0.5
48 95.0 0.4 8.2
49 0 0.1 0.3
50 3.6 0.7 2.3
51 2.8 14.5 83.2
52 41.7 0.4 2.0
53 0 0 0.1
54 193.3 1 210.4 1 528.5
55 59.0 138.2 168.9
56 0 101.8 0.1
57 6.5 0 0
58 5.7 21.2 194.1
59 4.7 595.7 174.1
60 0.7 13.5 0.4
61 354.6 376.0 471.3
62 364.5 309.7 430.4
63 13.3 16.1 8.8
64 149.7 97.0 174.0
65 1.4 0.3 0.7
66 0.1 0 0
67 0.1 0.3 0
68 0 0 2.2
69 22.5 36.1 180.0
70 117.4 144.1 78.3
71 21.3 215.8 619.4
72 0 0 2.8
73 47.2 13.1 21.0
74 0 0.3 2.1
76 1.8 4.0 10.5
82 3.1 25.4 16.7
83 23.6 19.9 18.4
84 0.8 47.1 206.4
85 146.3 541.5 702.1
87 19.0 1.7 0.1
90 2.6 1.3 5.4
91 2.8 0.2 1.9
93 24.7 0 0
94 17.9 1.5 8.9
95 4.5 1.7 0.2
96 6.3 6.2 8.1
Total 2,677.0 6,659.6 8,721.4
Trade Covered 2,677.0 6,659.6 8,721.4
% of Coverage 100 100 100WT/REG67/4
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II. TRADE PROVISIONS
3. Rules of Origin
Has the Czech Republic begin to implement the Pan-European system of cumulation of
origin for the Agreement under review?  In the context of the Turkey-Czech Republic
Agreement, why are its Parties applying cumulative  rules of origin to countries that are not
Parties to that particular Agreement?
To be a contracting party to a free-trade area agreement alone does not make that member
eligible for the Pan-European Cumulation System. Cumulative rules of origin are applied to thosecountries which have also become contracting parties of the Pan-European Cumulation System.
Furthermore, in the view of the Parties, the pr eferential rules of origin do not constitute part
of the conformity test of Article XXIV of GATT 1994.
7. Subsidies and State-aid
Why is the provision of Article 21.2, which states that "the provisions of paragraph 1
shall not apply to products covered by Chapte r II", included in the Agreements?  To what
specific products does it refers to?
Paragraph 2 of Article 21 does not refer to specific products but to agricultural products
which are covered by the Agreements on a progressive basis.
Article 21 encompasses a "State-aid scheme" that is fully in conformity with the Agreement
on Agriculture of the WTO.
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