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Abbreviations and Acronyms |
CAS
Country Assistance Strategy of the World Bank
CFAA
Country Financial Accountability Assessment
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CPIA
Country Policy and Institutional Assessment
DFID
Department for International Development, U.K.
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
EDPRP
Economic Dev’t & Poverty Reduction Program
EU
European Union
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FDI
Foreign Direct Investment
FIAS
Foreign Investment Advisory Service
FSAP
Financial Sector Assessment Program
FSU
Former Soviet Union
FY
Fiscal Year
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GEL
Georgian Lari
GNP
Gross National Product
GoG
Government of Georgia
GSE
Georgian Stock Exchange
GTZ
German Technical Cooperation
IDA
International Development Association
IDF
Institutional Development Fund
IDP
Internally Displaced Persons
IFC
International Finance Corporation
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IOSCO
The International Organization of Securities Commissions
JSC
Joint Stock Company
KfW
German Financial Cooperation
LLC
Limited Liability Company
MDGs
Millennium Development Goals
MoF
Ministry of Finance
NBG
National Bank of Georgia
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
NBG
National Bank of Georgia
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
OECD
Organization For Economic Coop’n & Development
PER
Public Expenditure Review
PPP
Purchasing Power Parity
PRGF
Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility
PRSP
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
SAC
Structural Adjustment Credit
SATAC
Structural Adjustment Technical Assistance Credit
SEC
Security and Exchange Commission
SIDA
Swedish International Development Agency
SIF
Social Investment Fund
SME
Small and Medium Enterprises
SRS
Structural Reform Support Project
TACIS
Technical Assistance to the CIS (EU)
UNDP
United Nations Development Program
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
USAID
United States Agency for International Development
VAT
Value Added Tax
WTO
World Trade Organization
1. Government Policies
1.1 Government promotion policies of small and medium size enterprises
[To be described:] "Small and Medium Enterprise State Support Program for 2002 - 2004 in Georgia"
[To be described:] Law of Georgia "On Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises"
1.2 National Investment Agency of Georgia
[To be described:] Law of Georgia "On National Investment Agency of Georgia"
[To be described:] Activities of the National Investment Agency of Georgia
1.3 Georgian Investment Center
[To be described:] Activities of the Georgian Investment Centre
1.2.1 Government’s Export Promotion Policy
Foreign Trade Regimes. Reforms carried out in recent years in Georgia, including serious legal reforms, are working successfully to create a favourable foreign trade regime in the country. Since 1995 the following major reforms have taken place in Georgian legislation:
- The system of quotas has been eliminated.
- Products included in the nation's export embargo policy include only works of art and antiques and items of national historical importance.
- There is no customs duty for exports in Georgia.
- A fiscal policy aimed at stimulating exports has been introduced whereby all export goods are free of VAT and excise duty;
Export of goods requiring an export license have been reduced to the following classes:
Collections and collectors' pieces of zoological, botanical, mineral, anatomical, historical, archaeological, paleonthological, ethnographic or numismatic interest (HS - 9705);
Wood and timber (4401, 4403, 4404, 4406, 4407);
Seeds of Caucasus Pine (120999100);
Ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap (7204, 7404, 7602).
The system of compulsory registration of foreign trade contracts was eliminated in November 1997.
The establishment of favourable trade regimes with partner countries through bilateral and multilateral agreements has commenced. During the period 1992 - 1998, Georgia signed trade agreements with 22 countries. Agreements on free trade have been signed with eight CIS countries and Georgia already has working free trade agreements with Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Currently a multilateral agreement on CIS free trade zone is being enforced. According to these agreements signatories to the agreement need not use customs duties and taxes for exports or imports of the goods originated in the territory of one party and destined to the territory of the other party.
Furthermore, Georgia has become a part of several international conventions.
On October 6, 1999 Georgia became a member of the World Trade Organization
(WTO) which granted Georgia the status of the Most Favoured Nation with 135 WTO
member countries. Through the mechanisms of this organisation, Georgia will be
protected from discrimination, unfair competition, falsification and
unjustified limitations.
In 1996 Georgia signed an agreement on partnership and cooperation with the
European Union which deals with economic relations in almost every sector. In
fact the agreement covers all sectors of the economy.
In 1999 Georgia became a member of the Council of Europe with full rights,
which will further facilitate trade-economic relations between Georgia and
member countries of the European Union.
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