G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.27  
 
2 October 2023  
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Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 2 October  2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic . 
 
A. Notifying Member :  Kyrgyz Republic  
B. Date of notification :  25 September  2023 
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add. 26 
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in  G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1 which are of the 
following nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in fo rce as of 27 September  
2023. 
F. This notification con tains information* relating to:  
 Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications wi th information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
 
 
* In English  only.  
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- 2 - Section 1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
 General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) affected, 
based on HS 
(2022)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  
 Administration, modify  
cation of previously 
notified measures,  
and other comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Temporary export 
prohibition of paper 
or paperboard  P-X 4707 Recovered (waste and 
scrap) paper or 
paperboard  GATT Article XI:( 2) (a) Decree of Government 
of the Kyrgyz Republic 
#484 dated 
18.09.2023.  
 
Enter s into force on  the 
2 October  2023 for a 
period of 6 months.  In accordance with the Decree 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
the Kyrgyz Republic #484, 
dated 18.09.2023, the 
temporary export restriction 
on recovered paper or 
paperboard outside the 
customs territory of the 
Eurasian Economic Union will 
be introduced 3 day s after the 
Decree enters into force for a 
period of 6 months. The 
Decree comes into force 10 
days after the date of its 
publication (was published on 
19 September 2023). The 
restriction ceases to be in 
force on 2 April 2024.  
 
The previous measure on the 
export prohibition of paper or 
paperboard submitted in 
notification 
G/MA/QRK/N/KGZ/ 1/Add. 23 
in accordance with the Decree 
#103 dated 28.02.2023 is no 
longer in force.  
2 Temporary e xport 
prohibition of wood 
and articles of wood 
outside  P-X 4401 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Fuel wood, in logs, billets, 
twigs, faggots or similar 
forms; wood in chips or 
particles; sawdust and 
wood waste and scrap, 
whether or not 
agglomerated in logs, 
briquettes, pellets or 
similar forms  
 GATT Article XI:( 2) (a) 
 Decree of Government 
of the Kyrgyz Republic 
#485, dated 
18.09.2023 
 
Enter s into force on the 
2 October  2023 for a 
period of 6 months.  In accordance with the Decree 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
the Kyrgyz Republic No.485, 
dated 18.09.2023, the 
temporary export restriction  
on wood and articles of wood 
outside  the customs territory 
of the Eurasian Economic 
Union will be introduced 3 
days after the Decree comes  
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__________   General 
description of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) affected, 
based on HS 
(2022)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  
 Administration, modify  
cation of previously 
notified measures,  
and other comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
4403 
 
 
 
 
4407 Wood in the rough, 
whether or not stripped of 
bark or sapwood, or 
roughly squared  
 
Wood sawn or chipped 
lengthwise, sliced or 
peeled, whether or not 
planed, sanded or end -
jointed, of a thickness 
exceeding 6 mm  into force for a period of 6 
months. The Decree enters 
into force 10 days after the 
date of its publication (was 
published on 19 September 
2023). The export restriction 
ceases to be in force as of 2 
April 2024.  
 
The previous measure on the 
export prohibition of  wood and 
wood articles  submitted in 
notification 
G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/ 1/Add. 22 in 
accordance with the Decree 
#52 is no longer in force.  
3 Export prohibition 
of certain types of 
agricultural 
products  P-X 1001 
 
1101 00  Wheat and meslin  
 
Wheat flour  GATT Article XI:( 2) (a) Decree of Government 
of the Kyrgyz Republic 
#500, dated 
22.09.2023 
 
Entered into force on 
the 27 September  
2023 for a period of 6 
months.  In accordance with the Decree 
of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
the Kyrgyz Republic # 500, 
dated 22.09.2023, the export 
of certain types of agricultural 
products  outside the customs 
territory of the Eurasian 
Economic Union is temporarily 
prohibited  (except re -export, 
transit and humanitarian aid 
by the Kyrgyz republic) . 
 
The abovementioned decree 
comes into force 3 days after 
its publication (was published 
on 24 September  2023).