. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG120/6 
10 February 2004  
 
(04-0508) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:   English 
   
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND AZERBAIJAN 
 
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/REG120/3. 
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE 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.  
 
 Article 1 describes the scope of the agreem ent as “commodity.” Does the agreement 
provide for the elimination of all tariffs on all agricultural and non-agricultural goods? 
 
 Agreement provides the elimination of all ta riffs on all agricultural and non-agricultural 
goods. 
 
 Article 1.2 indicates that “commodity” is to be “determined in accordance with 
international regulations.” Which regulations? 
 
 Article 1.2 refers Brussels convention of J une 14 of 1983 on Harmonized System of Coding 
and Description of Goods on the bases of which wa s created CIS nomenclature of goods for foreign 
activity (TH BD in Russian).  
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.    
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 Statistic data for Export from Georgia to Azer baijan and Imports from Azerbaijan to Georgia 
are as follow: 
 
Georgia-Azerbaijan Trade, 2000-02
 
(in thousand US dollars) 
 
Exports Imports Sectors 
2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 
Agriculture 9,876.0 4,134.7 6,235.3 1,345.7 1,839.4 1,822.4 
Industry 11,394.0 6,463.0 24,453.5 54,020.9 71,335.7 78,328.5 
Total 21,270.0 10,597.7 30,688.8  55,366.6 73,175.1 80,150.9 
 
 
III. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT 
4. Relation with Other Trade Agreements  Article 12 refers to a previous bilateral agreem ent. What is the title, date and purpose? 
 
 Before 1996 year then was signed agreement between Georgia and Armenia on Free trade, 
there had been in force bilateral agreement on "trade and economic co -operation" of 1993. 
 
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