Economic week of Kyrgyzstan Jan. 8-12, 2019

The benefits of electric vehicles. From 2019, motor vehicle owners are exempt from paying a fee for registration or re-registration.

At the same time, according to data of the State Registration Service of the Kyrgyz Republic, the fee for registration (re-registration) of a hybrid vehicle will be 50% less than before this time.

Entry of KSE to commodity sector. Kyrgyz Stock Exchange (KSE) CJSC held the first pilot trading in the commodity sector. The first transaction was made for the sale and purchase of Sarytash (Travertine) building material.

The commodity sector is the electronic trading platform of the Exchange, aimed at creating additional opportunities for the successful sale of its products and services. Since the beginning of 2019, all companies, individual entrepreneurs and producers of agricultural products can make sales transactions here.

Safe packaged water. Since January 1, 2019, the Technical Regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on the safety of packaged drinking water entered into force on the territory of Kyrgyzstan.

The EAEU Technical Regulations “On the Safety of Packaged Drinking Water, Including Natural Mineral Water” was approved by the decision of the EEC Council of June 23, 2017.

The technical regulation establishes mandatory safety requirements in the customs territory of the EAEU for packaged drinking water (including natural mineral water) released into circulation in the customs territory of the EAEU and intended for sale to consumers, requirements for the processes of its production, storage, transportation, sale and disposal as well as labeling and packaging requirements for drinking water to ensure its free circulation in the EAEU customs territory.

Kyrgyzstan in the ranking of Forbes. Kyrgyzstan has improved its position in the rating of Forbes in its attractiveness for business, having moved from 123 line to 108th.

In the Doing Business ranking Kyrgyzstan moved from the 77th to the 70th place. In addition, according to the World Bank report, Kyrgyzstan managed to achieve improved positions on certain indicators, such as “Resolution of insolvency” - 82nd place (+37), “International trade” - 70th place (+14), “Protection of minority investors” - 38th place (+13) and “Enforcement of contracts” 131 place (+8). All of this together allowed to achieve a positive trend in the assessment of the Kyrgyz Republic by international experts.

How much is 5,000 soms banknote. On the website of the Ebay online auction, a banknote of Kyrgyzstan with a face value of 5 thousand soms is put up for sale.