. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG119/6 
10 February 2004  
 
(04-0507) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:   English 
   
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND ARMENIA 
 
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/REG119/3. 
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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. 
 
 What is the status/plan for the services agreement? 
 
 Georgia and Armenia do not intend to sign agreement on service sector in the nearest future.  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. 
  Statistic data for Export from Georgia to Armenia and Imports from Armenia to Georgia are 
as follows   
Georgia-Armenia Trade, 2000-02
 
(in thousand US dollars) 
 
Exports Imports Sectors 
2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002 
Agriculture 2,059.4 2,861.0 8,186.1 405.0 808.0 1,033.0 
Industry 11,613.0 9,491.8 12,167.9 13,069.6 9,556.8 6,863.4 
Total 13,672.4 12,352.8 20,354.0 13,474.6 10,364.8 7,896.4 WT/REG119/6 
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II. TRADE PROVISIONS 
2. Export Restrictions  Have any restrictions on re-export been imposed? 
 
 There are not imposed restrictions of any kind for re-export, and in the case of re-export rules 
are the same for FTA parties as for other countries. 
 
3. Rules of Origin 
 
 Why are the Rules of Origin in this bilat eral agreement different from those followed in 
the multilateral? Is there any relationship betw een the decision of the Council of Heads of 
Government and the CIS Rules? 
 
 Existing bilateral agreement was signed in 19 95, there was in force rules of 24 September 
1993 year according to the decision "on determination of rules of origin for goods", which was 
changed by the Decision of the Council of Heads of Governments of the CIS on determination of a 
country of origin of goods of 30 November 2000. This caused difference between them.   
III. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT 
4. Relation with Other Trade Agreements 
 Article 14 refers to previous bilateral ag reements. What were their titles, dates and 
purposes? 
 
 Before 1995 year then was signed agreement between Georgia and Armenia on Free trade, 
there had been in force bilateral agreement on "t rade and economic co-opera tion" of February of 
1992. This agreement considered deepening of mutu ally beneficial trade and economic co-operation, 
co-operation between enterprises,  organizations and regions. 
 
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