Strategic location

The Kyrgyz Republic is located in the heart of the Eurasian region, which allows it to have a strategic geographical location and access to external markets of neighboring countries. In particular, the republic reserves a territory between the Commonwealth of the Independent States and the Asia-Pacific Economic Community, being one of the main transit routes through the Central Asian corridor.

Bilateral international agreements

The Kyrgyz Republic is a member of the following international organizations:

The Kyrgyz Republic applies the following trade regimes in its relations with trading partners:

• The countries of CIS free trade regime;
• The countries of Eurasian Economic Commission Customs Union;
• The countries of WTO the most favored nation treatment;
• The Least Developed Countries preferential regime.

Visa-free regime

The Kyrgyz Republic creates favorable conditions for the development of tourism and active visiting of the country by foreign citizens. Thus, according to the latest amendments to the legislation, citizens of 71 countries have the opportunity to visit Kyrgyzstan without the need to obtain a visa.

Andorra	Bulgaria	Germany	Luxembourg	Poland	Sweden
Argentina	Canada	Greece	Malaysia	Portugal	Switzerland
Armenia	Chile	Hungary	Malta	Qatar	Tajikistan
Australia	Croatia	Iceland	Moldova	Romania	Turkey
Austria	Cuba	Ireland	Monaco	Russia	Ukraine
Azerbaijan	Cyprus	Italy	Mongolia	San Marino	United Arab Emirates
Bahrain	Czech Republic	Japan	Montenegro	Saudi Arabia	United Kingdom
Belarus	Denmark	Kazakhstan	Netherlands	Singapore	United States of America
Belgium	Estonia	Kuwait	New Zealand	Slovakia	Uzbekistan
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Finland	Latvia	North Korea	Slovenia	Vatican City State
Brazil	France	Liechtenstein	Norway	South Korea	Vietnam
Brunei	Georgia	Lithuania	Oman	Spain

Export performance

The main export destinations of the Kyrgyz Republic are the countries of CIS, EU, Middle East, and South-East Asia. The most exported goods of the Kyrgyz Republic except gold are women's clothing, agricultural products (cotton, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, honey) and glass:

Export-oriented policies

The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic approved the Program of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on Export Development of the Kyrgyz Republic for 2019-2022 years, approved by the Resolution of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic dated 20.12.2018.

According to the Program, the priority countries for exporting Kyrgyz products are the EU, the Persian Gulf, India, China, and Japan.

The priority sectors for the government are the sewing industry, the dairy industry, the processing of fruits and vegetables, and the green instrument-making industry.

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