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Customs tariff is exempted on, inter alia:
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• imports of goods for response to natural disaster and for humanitarian assistance;
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Table 3.5 Import prohibitions
Products prohibited from importation National legal basis Agency
Dangerous (including toxic) and radioactive industrial and other waste Law on Transit and Import of Wastes in the Territory of Georgia (8.2.1995) Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection

Certain hazardous pesticides and chemical substances Law on Licences and Permits (9.7.2005) Ministry of Agriculture;
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection
Some nuclear and radioactive substances Law on Licences and Permits (9.7.2005);
Law on Nuclear and Radioactive Security (20.3.2012) Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection
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In accordance with Georgia's notification to the WTO, import permits are required to protect public health, national security and the environment (Table 3.6).

Import permits are governed by the Law on Licences and Permits of 2005, the Law on Licensing and Permission Fees of 2003, as well as relevant legislation on, inter alia, arms, pesticides, and endangered species. Import permits apply to any products imported from any country, and products originating in any country. They do not contain any quantitative or value restrictions.

Table 3.6 Import permits
Products Agency Rationale Fees Validity
Endangered wild flora or fauna specimens Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection Environment protection GEL 30 12 months

Nuclear, radioactive objects, nuclear materials, radioactive substances, radioactive wastes, minerals (subsoil) from which it is practically possible to extract nuclear materials, also nuclear technologies, all that is made of nuclear materials or radioactive substances or contains them as a component Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources Environment protection GEL 40 12 months

Materials of limited circulation Ministry of Environment Environment and safety protection GEL 200 Up to two years
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Georgia notified that imports of ozone depleting substances are subject to global quota allocated by country: according to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, import quotas are defined individually for each country. Quotas are regulated in accordance with Order No. 176 of the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources "Protection of Georgia on the Approval of Yearly Quota on Ozone Layer Depleting Substances 2015" (6 February 2015).

In accordance with the Law on Licences and Permits, non-tariff limitations in international trade apply only for healthcare, security and environment protection purposes (Table 3.9).

Table 3.9 Export prohibitions, restrictions, and licensing
Product description National legal basis Agency
Products prohibited from exportation (P – X)
Ozone depleting substances: halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons Government Decree No. 184 (2006) on Approval of the List of Materials of Limited Circulation and Charter on the Issuance of Permission for Production, Transportation, Import, Export, Re-export or Transit of Materials of Limited Circulation Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection
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Table 3.9 Export prohibitions, restrictions, and licensing
Product description National legal basis Agency
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Products subject to non-automatic export licensing (NAL – X)
Some nuclear and radioactive substances Law on Licences and Permits (2005); Law on Nuclear and Radioactive Security (2012) Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection

Endangered animal and plant species Law on Licences and Permits (2005); Government Decree No. 18 of 6 Feb 2007 on Approving Provision on Regulations and Conditions of Issuing Permits on Export, Import, Re-export and Introduction from the Seas of Species, their Parts and Derivatives Included in the Annexes of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection
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Table 3.10 Export permits
Products Agency
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Materials of limited circulation Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection