WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG119/4
10 February 2003
(03-0846)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND ARMENIA
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/REG119/3.
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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 the 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 -Armenia Trade Turnover
(in million US$)
Year Turnover Export Import Balance
1996 38,2 21,0 17,2 3,8
1997 40,7 18,9 21,8 -2,9
1998 27,9 17,8 10,1 7,7
1999 26,8 15,0 11,8 3,2
2000 27,2 13,7 13,5 0,2
2001 22,8 12,4 10,4 2,0WT/REG119/4
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Georgia - Exports to the Republic of Armenia
(in million US$)
HS Code Product Restriction 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
0803 Bananas, including plantains, fresh
or dried.- 0,2 0,5 0,4 0,01 0,01
0901 Coffee, whether or not roasted or 1,1 0,9 0,3 - - -
decaffeinated; coffee husks and
skins;
coffee substitutes containing coffeein
any proportion.
1001 Wheat and meslin. - - 1,6 1,4 1,2 1,3
1101 Wheat or meslin flour. 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,1 0,5 1,1
1806 Chocolate and other food
preparations0,5 0,1 0,1 - 0,02 -
containing cocoa.
2202 Waters, including mineral waters
and aerated waters, containing1,4 0,7 0,1 0,03 - -
added sugar or other sweetening
matter or flavoured, and
other non-alcoholic beverages, not
including fruit or vegetable juices of
heading No. 20.09.
2401 Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco
refuse.0,2 0,1 0,2 0,3 - 0,03
2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained
from0,3 0,7 1,0 1,3 1,0 -
bituminous minerals, crude.
2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained
from bituminous minerals, other12,4 6,8 5,2 4,5 4,7 3,2
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 gaseous 0,1 0,1 1,0 1,0 1,0 1,4
hydrocarbons.
2837 Cyanides, cyanide oxides and
complex yanides.- - 0,5 0,8 0,5 0,7
2901 Acyclic hydrocarbons. 0,1 0,6 0,2 - - -
3102 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, 1,1 3,8 3,6 3,1 2,2 1,8
nitrogenous.
3923 Articles for packing of goods, of
plastics;0,1 0,6 0,2 0,2 0,1 -
stoppers, lids, caps and other
closures, of
plastics the conveyance or.
7326 Other articles of iron or steel. - 0,5 - - 0,03 0,04
Total 21,0 18,9 17,8 15,0 13,7 12,4WT/REG119/4
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Georgia - Imports from the Republic of Armenia
(in million US$)
HS Code Product Restriction 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
1201 Soya beans, whether or not 0,2 0,3 - - - -
broken.
2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos - - - 0,7 0,03 -
and cigarettes, of tobacco or
of tobacco substitutes.
2501 Salt (including table salt and 0,5 - - - - -
denatured salt) and pure
sodium chloride, whether or
not in aqueous solution or
containing added anti-caking
or free-flowing agents; sea
water.
2523 Portland cement, aluminous 1,8 3,7 3,1 1,4 1,1 0,3
cement, slag cement,
supersulphate cement and
similar hydraulic cements,
whether or not coloured or in
the form of clinkers.
2711 Petroleum gases and other 10,1 11,6 - - - -
gaseous hydrocarbons.
2716 Electrical energy. (optional - 0,3 4,5 7,3 9,2 5,8
heading)
2815 Sodium hydroxide (caustic 0,6 0,5 - 0,1 0,04 0,1
soda); potassium hydroxide
(caustic potash); peroxides of
sodium or potassium.
3002 Human blood; animal blood - 0,4 - 0,2 0,5 0,4
prepared for therapeutic,
prophylactic or diagnostic
uses; antisera and other
blood fractions and modified
immunological products,
whether or not obtained by
means of biotechnological
processes; vaccines, toxins,
cultures of micr
7304 Tubes, pipes and hollow 1,0 1,2 0,06 - - -
profiles, seamless, of iron
(other than cast iron) or steel.
8504 Electrical transformers, static 0,9 0,6 0,1 1,0 0,8 0,9
converters (for example,
rectifiers) and inductors.
Total 17,2 21,8 10,1 11,8 13,5 10,4
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