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Law and regulation of foreign trade in Belarus

Main acts of legislation of the Republic of Belarus regulating the regulating of foreign trade activities are the following:

- The Law of the Republic of Belarus of 25 November 2004 On State Regulation of Foreign Trade Activity;
- The Law of the Republic of Belarus of 3 February 1993 On Customs Tariffs;
- The Law of the Republic of Belarus of 19 December 1991 On Value Added Tax;
- The Law of the Republic of Belarus of 19 December 1991 On Excise Duty;
- The Law of the Republic of Belarus of 7 December 1998 On Free Economic Zones;
- The Law of the Republic of Belarus of 6 January 1998 On Export Control;
- The Law of the Republic of Belarus of 25 November 2004 On Measures for Defense of Economic Interests of the Republic of Belarus in Foreign Trade in Goods;
- Customs Code of the Republic of Belarus of 04 January 2007;
- Tax Code of the Republic of Belarus of 19 December 2002;
- Decree #14 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 18 April 2003 On the Establishment of Tariff Preferences;
- Decree #9 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 20 December 2007 On Some Issues Relating to Regulation of Entrepreneurship Activity in the Territory of Rural Population Centres;
- Decree #3 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 29 February 2008 On Some Issues of State Regulation of the Production, Turnover and Advertising of Beer, Alcoholic Products and Tobacco Goods;
- Decree #28 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 17 December 2002 On state regulation of production, turnover, advertisement and consumption of tobacco raw materials and tobacco products;
- Decree #1 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 28 January 2008 On Stimulating the Production and Selling of Goods (Work, Services);
- Edict #168 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 21 March 2008 On Some Measures to Implement Investment Projects Financed by Means of External Government Loans;
- Edict #474 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 31 July 2006 On Determination of Customs Value;
- Edict #699 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 31 December 2007 On rates of import customs duties;
- Edict #700 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 31 December 2007 On rates of export customs duties;
- Edict #178 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of March 27 2008 On Order of Performing and Control over Foreign Trade Operations;
- Edict #41 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 28 January 2008 On the rate of import customs duty for the technological equipment being imported to the customs territory of the Republic of Belarus;
- Edict #397 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 15 June 2006 On the Procedure of Calculation and Payment of Excises and VAT;
- Edict #636 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 13 December 2007 On  the Rates of Excise Duties for Excisable Goods;
- Edict #443 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 13 July 2006 On Customs Duties;
- Edict #398 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 25 August 2005 On measures on improvement of potash fertilizers export;
- Edict #460 of the President of the Republic of Belarus of 17 July 2006 On Improvement of the State Regulation of Export and Import of Specific Goods (Works, Services);
- Resolution #366 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 24 March 2007 On rates of export customs duties;
- Resolution #1306 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 10 October 2007 On certain issues with respect to determination of the country of origin;
- Resolution #869 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 27 June 2003 On certain measures on ordination of customs clearance of goods imported from the Russian Federation";
- Resolution #1267 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 27 September 2006 Concerning Licensing of Foreign Trade of Certain Products;
- Resolution # 612 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 09 June 2005 On the Procedure of Carrying out Investigation for the purpose to Apply Special protective, Anti-dumping and Compensatory Measures and Recognition of Invalidity of the Resolution #800 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 05 June 2000 and Resolution #859 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 26 June 2002