Tables

Recent Completed Accessions
	Mongolia		Bulgaria		Panama		Kyrgyz Republic		Latvia
	Date	Time since Memo	Date	Time since Memo	Date	Time since Memo	Date	Time since Memo	Date	Time since Memo
Application	July 91		Sept 86		Aug 91		Feb 96		Nov 93
Working Party Established	Oct 91		Feb 90		Oct 91		Apr 96		Dec 93
Memorandum	Jan 92		July 93		June 93		Aug 96		Aug 94
1^st Meeting of Working Party	June 93	17 months	July 93	1 month	April 94	10 months	March 97	7 months	March 95	7 months
Report adopted by Working Party	June 96	53 months	Sept 96	38 months	Sept 96	39 months	July 98	23 months	Sept 98	49 months
Report adopted by Council	July 96	54 months	Oct 96	39 months	Oct 96	40 months	Oct 98	26 months	Oct 98	50 months
Membership	Jan 97	60 months	Dec 96	41 months	Sept 97	51 months	Dec 98	28 months	Feb 99	54 months
Total time passed since Memorandum	5 years		3 years and 5 months		4 years and 3 months		2 years and 4 months		4 years and 6 months

Source: Official data from Goskcomstat

Transition Economies and the WTO
Country		Member		Date of Accession			Expected Date of Accession[1]
Czech Republic		Yes		Founding Member
Hungary		Yes		Founding Member
Poland		Yes		Founding Member
Romania		Yes		Founding Member
Slovakia		Yes		Founding Member
Slovenia		Yes		Founding Member
Albania		Yes		2000
Bulgaria		Yes		1996
Estonia		Yes		1999
Georgia		Yes		2000
Kyrgyz Republic		Yes		1998
Latvia		Yes		1999
Mongolia		Yes		1997
Croatia		No					2000
Lithuania		No					2000/2001
Armenia		No					2000/2001
Moldova		No					2000/2001
China		No					2000/2001
Russia		No					Uncertain
Ukraine		No					Uncertain
Kazakstan		No					Uncertain
Source: W.T.O.
	Exports of the Russian Federation to Countries of the World
	In actual prices: millions of US dollars
			1994		1995	1996		1997	1998
	Total Exports		67500		81100	88600		88400	73900
	Total Exports to CIS countries		14500		15500	17600		18400	14900
	Total Exports to CIS countries as a percentage of total exports		21%		19%	20%		21%	20%
	Total Exports to Non Member countries to the WTO[2]		17044		18394	21131		21369	17544
	Total Exports to Non Member Countries as a percentage of total exports		25%		23%	24%		24%	24%
	Total Exports to Non Member Countries NOT in process of accession to the WTO[3]		413		506	611		878	834
	Total Exports to Non Member Countries NOT in process of accession to the WTO as a percentage of total exports		0.60%		0.60%	0.70%		1%	1.1%
	Source: Official data from Goskcomstat
	Imports of the Russian Federation to Countries of the World
	In actual prices: millions of US dollars
			1994		1995	1996		1997	1998
	Total Imports		50600		60900	68800		73600	59500
	Total Imports to CIS countries		13600		16800	19700		17700	13700
	Total Imports to CIS countries as a percentage of total imports		27%		28%	29%		24%	23%
	Total Imports to Non Member countries to the WTO[4]		11365		14468	15518		15324	12432
	Total Imports to Non Member Countries as a percentage of total imports		22%		24%	23%		21%	21%
	Total Imports to Non Member Countries NOT in process of accession to the WTO[5]		174		245	256		265	89
	Total Imports to Non Member Countries NOT in process of accession to the WTO as a percentage of total imports		0.35%		0.40%	0.37%		0.36%	0.15%
	Source: Official data from Goskcomstat

[1] As revealed by Director General of the WTO Michael Moore, in a conference given at the Joint Vienna Institute on November 6^th 2000.

[2] Comprise exports to: Afghanistan, Vietnam, Iran, People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, China, Syria, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

[3] Comprise exports to: Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran, People’s Democratic Republic of Korea and Syria

[4] Comprise exports to: Afghanistan, Vietnam, Iran, People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, China, Syria, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

[5] Comprise exports to: Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran, People’s Democratic Republic of Korea and Syria

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Recent Completed Accessions

Transition Economies and the WTO

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Exports of the Russian Federation to Countries of the World

Imports of the Russian Federation to Countries of the World

In actual prices: millions of US dollars