The order “On approval of the wage scale assessment of motor vehicles, applied during the initial registration and re-registration of motor vehicles for 2017”, has come into effect, the State Registration Service reports. The registration fee will increase by 5%. State Registration Service noted that the price of registration of vehicles would only grow. This…
Since January 1, the basic rate of excise duty on tobacco products increases. Kyrgyz President signed the law on March 10, 2015. According to the document, the basic rates of excise duty in Kyrgyzstan will be gradually equalized with the rates in other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union. The law also aims at reducing…
Kumtor got all necessary permits and approvals for its 2017 mine plan, Centerra Gold Inc. reported. As noted, the approvals and permits are valid for the full year. Kumtor has received the industrial safety and subsoil expertise (approval) from the Kyrgyz Republic State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use for its special mine plan,…
In the current year, the general grain harvest in Kyrgyzstan totaled 1.66 million tons, down by 5.5% YoY, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed. In particular, agricultural enterprises of the country harvested 654 thousand tons of wheat (down by 7%). The harvested volumes reduced due to a significant fall of the grain planted…
On December 20, Air Manas will carry out its first flight from the Bishkek’s Manas International Airport to the airport in Zhukovsky, Russia. The Zhukovsky Airport, or the Ramenskoye Airport, is located in the town of Zhukovsky, 3 km to the south-west from the railway platform “42 km”, and 36 km (public roads) from the…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Kyrgyzstan have signed the financing agreement amounting to $95.1 million to rehabilitate a section of the North-South Alternate Road Corridor in Kyrgyzstan, said the message on ADB’s website. The agreement was signed on December 1 by Kyrgyz Minister of Finance and Governor to ADB Adylbek Kasymaliev…
Kyrgyzstan was unable to use the Polish credit of 40 million euro, the Head of Trade and Investment Promotion Department of the Polish Embassy in Almaty Wlodzimierz Kurowski reported. He noted that the recent contacts had been mainly used for the implementation of the loan agreement under the tied aid. However, the loan hasn’t been…