Georgia

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Republic of Turkey and Georgia was signed on 21 November 2007 in Tbilisi and entered into force on 1 November 2008.

In addition to eliminating   tariffs and non-tariff barriers, the FTA  also regulates numerous areas such as sanitary and phytosanitary measures, intellectual property rights, internal taxation, balance of payments, anti-dumping, safeguard measures, rules of origin and competition.

According to the Agreement, customs duties on imports and any charges having equivalent effect on industrial products originating in the Republic of Turkey or Georgia are reciprocally abolished upon the entry into force of this Agreement.

Concerning agricultural products, Turkey granted duty reduction or exemption from customs duties in the form of tariff quotas for certain products, in return Georgian Side eliminated tariffs on imports into Georgia for agricultural products originating in Turkey, except for a limited number of products. Reciprocal concession lists for agricultural products are laid down in Protocol I of the Agreement.

The products which will benefit from the preferential tariffs should fulfill the rules of origin set out in Protocol II of the Agreement.