Free Trade Agreement with Turkey

Prepared by the Georgian National Investment Agency
January 23, 2009

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Georgia and the Republic of Turkey was signed in November 2007 and entered into force on November 1, 2008. The aforementioned agreement is set to facilitate the development of trade and economic relations between the two countries, encourage entrepreneurs to gain access to new markets and support implementation of investment projects.

Taking into account the high customs taxes operating currently in Turkey, this agreement will facilitate the increase of Georgian exports to its neighboring country, especially in the field of agriculture. Turkey is currently among Georgia’s top export destinations.

FTA envisages entire liberalization of trade on industrial goods as well as essential preferences in the field of agriculture.

The following list – Table #1 includes those products originating in the Republic of Turkey, which do not fall under free trade treatment while importing to Georgia.

Table #1

CN Code	Brief Product Description
01 05	Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls
02 04	Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen
04 01	Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
04 07	Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
04 09	Natural honey
07 02	Tomatoes fresh or chilled, (only during the period of 1 June-31 October)
07 11	Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
08 02	Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
08.05 (excl. 0805.50)	Citrus fruit, fresh or dried
08.06 (excl. 0806.20)	Grapes, fresh
0808.10	Apples

CN Code	Brief Product Description
08 12	Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
09 02	Tea
24 01	Unmanufactured tobacco, tobacco refuse
24 02	Cigares, cigarettes, chérots, cigarillos

The following list – Table #2 includes those products originating in Georgia, which do not fall under free trade treatment while importing to the Republic of Turkey.

CN Code	Brief Product Description
Chapter 01	Live animals
Chapter 02	Meat and edible meat offal
Chapter 03 *	Fish and crustaceans, mollusks and other aquatic invertebrates
Chapter 04 *	Dairy produce, bird eggs’ natural honey’ edible products of animal origin’ not elsewhere specified or included
0802	Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
0805.50	Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia)
0806	Grapes, fresh or dried
0810.50	Kiwifruit
0812.90.10	Apricots
0813	Fruit, dried, other than that of headings 0801 to 0806; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter
0902	Tea, whether or not flavoured
0904.20	Fruits of the genus Capsicum or the genus Pimenta, dried crushed or ground
Chapter 10	Cereals
1101	Wheat or meslin flour
1102	Cereal flours other than that of wheat or meslin
1108	Starches; inulin
1206	Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken
1212.91	Sugar beet
Chapter 15 (excl.1504, 1522)	Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
Chapter 16	Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, mollusks or other aquatic invertabrates
1701	Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
1702	Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel
2002	Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid
2007.99.98	Hazelnut paste
2008.19	Other fruit and nuts
2101	Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or mate and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or mate; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof
2105	Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa
2106	Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
Chapter 23 *	Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal food
2401	Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse

* see Table #3

As to agricultural products originating in Georgia that are subject to the concessions while importing in the Republic of Turkey, they are listed in the Table #3.

CN Code	Brief Product Description	Tariff Quota Volume (Tons)	Reduction from the MFN customs duty (%)
0302.69.55, 0303.79.65	Anchovies, fresh, chilled or frozen	8.000	60
0405	Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads	500	50
ex. 0407	Quail eggs	50	100
CN Code	Brief Product Description	Tariff Quota Volume (Tons)	Reduction from the MFN customs duty (%)
0409	Natural honey	200	100
0603	Cut flowers	15	100
Chapter 07 (excl. 0702.00)	Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers	1.000	100
0702.00	Tomatoes	600	100
0805 (excl. 0805.50)	Citrus fruit, fresh or dried	4.000	100
0807	Melons, including watermelons and papaws (papayas), fresh	3.500	60
0808.10	Apples, fresh	2.000	100
0808.20	Pears and quinces, fresh	250	100
0809	Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh	600	50
Chapter 11 (excl. 1101, 1102, 1108)	Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten	2.000	50
1202	Groundnuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken	250	100
1704	Sugar confectionary (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa	500	100
1806	Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa	500	100
Chapter 19 (excl. 1903)	Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks’ products	500	100
2001	Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid	1.200	100
2005	Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006	1.000	100
2007 (excl. 2007.99.98)	Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter	1.000 1.000	100 50
2009	Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter	4.000	65
2102	Baker’s yeast	250	50
2204	Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 2009	1.000.000 lt	100
ex. 2301.20	Flours of Anchovies	3.000	100