National Trade Facilitation Roadmap of the Kyrgyz Republic 2021-2025

The Kyrgyz Republic is committed to enhancing economic growth, restoring trade routes, and especially to tackling the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected small and medium enterprises (SME) involved in trade and cargo services. Furthering trade facilitation is one area of priority, as this is crucial to strengthening subregional cooperation and reducing the impediments to moving goods across borders. This Trade Facilitation Roadmap was therefore developed within the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) project “Strengthening the capacity of the Kyrgyz Republic National Trade Facilitation Council to implement the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement”, taking into account trade-related solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic and the necessary conditions for accelerating a sustainable economic recovery.