Kazakhstan to complete WTO accession negotiations by the end of 2012
2012-08-06 14:15:51
The process of bilateral and multilateral negotiations on Kazakhstan’s WTO accession will be completed by the end of 2012, reported the Ministry for Economic Integration of Kazakhstan.
The work conducted in the first half of the year resulted in signing Protocols on completion of bilateral negotiations on Kazakhstan’s joining the Organization with Argentine and Saudi Arabia.
To date, Kazakhstan completed bilateral negotiations on access to the commodity and services market with all the WTO member states interested in access to Kazakhstani market. These are Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Pakistan, Turkey, China, Korea, Oman, Japan, Cuba, Mexico, Norway, Dominican Republic, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Egypt, Israel, Brazil, Malaysia, Canada, Australia, India, Ecuador, Republic of El Salvador, USA, EU, Guatemala, Argentine, Saudi Arabia.
Besides, it is planned to complete negotiations with some of the members of the working group on Kazakhstan’s WTO accession by October 2012 taking into consideration the necessity of adjustment of charges for goods connected with the commitments within the Customs Union.
Besides, the negotiations with the European Union on export customs duties of Kazakhstan as for sensitive items for the EU within the framework of Kazakhstan’s WTO accession near completion.
The 11th session of the working group in Kazakhstan’s WTO accession was held in Geneva in April 2012. The draft final document describing the trade and economic regime of Kazakhstan and outlining conditions and commitments of our country as a WTO member was discussed at the session.