Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area

Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area
Other languages	Armenian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Romanian, Russian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Uzbek.
Type	Free-trade area
Member states	Armenia  Belarus  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Moldova  Russia  Tajikistan  Ukraine  Uzbekistan
Establishment
• Free trade agreement signed	18 October 2011
• Free Trade Area established	20 September 2012

Commonwealth of Independent States Free Trade Area (CISFTA) is a free-trade area among Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Five CISFTA participants, all except Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Moldova and Tajikistan, are members of the Eurasian Economic Union, comprising a single economic market, although Uzbekistan and Moldova are observers.