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Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (CISFTA) is a free trade area between Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. All CISFTA participants except Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Moldova are members of the Eurasian Economic Union, comprising a single economic market. The CIS Free Trade Zone Agreement, proposed since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, was signed on 18 October 2011 by Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Moldova and Armenia.〔(CIS leaders sign free trade deal ), 2011-10-18〕 The agreement replaced existing bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements between the countries. Although ex-Soviet states, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have not signed the agreement. Initially, the treaty was only ratified by Ukraine,〔(Ukraine and Canada completed a free trade agreement, July 15, 2015 ), 2011-07-15〕 Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia and Kazakhstan,〔(Russia’s Duma ratifies Eurasian Economic Union ), odessatalk.com. Retrieved 23 December 2014.〕〔(CIS Free Trade Agreement comes into force; Baker & McKenzi, Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, October 18, 2012 ), 2011-10-18〕 however in December 2013 Uzbekistan signed and then ratified the treaty.〔(''Usbekistan: Protokoll über Beitritt zur GUS-Freihandelszone in Kraft getreten'', de.ria.ru 28th December 2013. )〕 Kyrgyzstan has ratified the treaty with effect from 12 January 2014,〔(Uzbekistan joins CIS free trade zone ), azernews.az. Retrieved 23 December 2014.〕 while Tajikistan is close to completing the ratification process.〔(CIS FTA effective for Kyrgyzstan from 12 January 2014 ), bilaterals.org. Retrieved on 23 December 2014.〕 An overview of signatures and ratifications is shown below: == See also == * Economic integration * Free trade areas in Europe * Trade bloc 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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