WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG119/7 
5 May 2006 
 
 (06-2180) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:   English 
  
 
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND ARMENIA 
 
Questions and Replies
 
  
 The following communication, dated 24 April 2006,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Georgia. 
 
 This document reproduces the questions addressed  to the Parties 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 
 
 1. Membership and Dates of Signatu re, Ratification and Entry into Force 
 
1. Have the Parties made the FTA available to the public on the internet?   
 The text of the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of Georgia and the 
Government of the Republic of Armenia is avai lable to the public on the internet addresses: 
http://www.mfa.gov.ge
; http://www.parliament.ge ; http://www.businessarmenia.com ; 
http://www.mba-tuck.dartmouth.edu/cib/trade_ agreements_db/archive/Armenia-Georgia.pdf  . 
 
 3. Scope 
 
2. The EC would appreciate if the parties could elaborate on the progress of the FTA since 
the last Communication made by Georgia in January 2004. 
 No replies received. 
 
3. Has the FTA eliminated duties and quotas on all tariff lines in Armenia’s and Georgia’s 
tariff schedules?  If not, how many tariff lines at the 8 digit level remain subject to tariffs or 
quotas in each Party’s tariff schedule, and what  percentage of tariff lines do they represent? 
 According to the article 1 of the Agreement the parties to the Agreement do not impose the 
customs duties on export and/or import and also ta xes and charges having an equivalent effect on 
commodity originated from the customs area of one of the parties and designated for the customs area 
of other party. Moreover, parties do not use an y quantitative restrictions in bilateral trade. 
 4. As regards the coverage and scope of the Agreement, the EC would appreciate if the 
parties could provide detailed information on the tariff-line coverage of the Agreement.  
 FTA between Georgia and Armenia covers 100% of tariff-lines according to the HS 
nomenclature without any exemptions. WT/REG119/7 
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5. Could the parties informed whether they h ave initialled negotiations on a forthcoming 
agreement on services? 
 Parties have not initialled negotia tions on an Agreement on Services. 
  4. Trade Data 
 
6. What effect has the FTA had on bilateral trad e between the Parties?  With the exception 
of a significant increase in exports from Georgia in 2002, the data provided do not appear to reflect an increase in trade between Georgia and Armenia. 
 See attachment. 
 
7. Art. 6 indicates that the Parties are movi ng toward a Customs Union.  Is there any 
progress in that direction?  Is a Customs Union still the goal between Georgia and Armenia? 
 Establishment of the Custom Union between the Parties and establishment of the common 
customs tariffs have not been discussed until now. The creation of Customs Union between Georgia 
and Armenia is no longer on the agenda.   
II. TRADE PROVISIONS 
 
8. Regarding Art. 15, which provides for great er transparency of each Party’s laws and 
regulations, will those laws and regulations be availa ble to non-Parties and to the public as well?  
If so, how?  
 The Georgian legislation is available to any in terested country and to the public as well on the 
following websites: http://www.mfa.gov.ge
; http://www.parliament.ge . 
 
 
III. GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 
9. What is the relationship between this FTA and the FTA between Azerbaijan, Armenia, 
Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, The Russian Federation, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, 
Tajikistan and The Kyrgyz Republic (signed in 1993)?  
 All bilateral Free Trade Agreements between Georgia and other CIS countries are based on 
the general provisions of the Multilateral Agreement on Establishment of the Free Trade Zone in the 
CIS region signed among the CIS member states.  
 
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  ANNEX 
 
Trade Turnover between Georgia and Armenia  
 
(mln US dollar) 
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 +2,0 
2002 28,4 20,7 7,4 +13,3 
2003 43,2 31,3 12,0 +19,3 
2004 79,9 54,5 25,4 +29,1 
2005 79,2 39,9 39,3 +0,6 
 
  
Export from Georgia to Armenia
 
 
(mln US dollar) 
Code Name of Goods 2003 2004 2005 
1001 Wheat and meslin 10.3 10.5 3.1 
2701 Coal, briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from 
coal - 2.5 7.4 
2710 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals other 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 const 1.5 6.4 0.1 
2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons 3.5 4.1 0.9 
2837 Cyanides, cyanid e oxides and complex cyanides 0.7 1.5 1.4 
3102 mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous 3.5 4.7 4.5 
3300 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, 
pigments and other coloring matter; paints and vanishes; putty and 
other mastics; inks 0.7 2.4 3.0 
8700  1.3 2.7 7.3 
2200 Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and vinegar 0.5 0.6 1.0 
3004 Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) 
consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or 
prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses or in forms or packing for retail sale - 0.6 1.0 
 Total Products 22 36 29.7 
 Other Products 9.2 18.5 10.2 
 Total Export 31.2 54.5 39.9 
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  Import from Armenia to Georgia
 
 
Code Name of Goods 2003 2004 2005 
0407 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked 0.6 1.4 0.6 
0901 Coffee, whether or not roas ted or decaffeinated; coffee 
husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in 
any proportion 0.4 1.2 3.1 
2523 Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, 
supersolphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, 
whether or not colored or in the form of clinkers.    
2716 Electrical energy 6.1 12.8 18.1 
3000 Pharmacy 0.1 2.8 0.7 
7010 Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, vials, ampoules and 
other containers of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of 
glass; stoppers, lids and other closures of glass 0.3 0.3 1.5 
 Total Products 8.6 23.9 35.7 
 Other Products 3.4 1.5 3.6 
 Total Import 12.0 25.4 39.3 
 
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