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PRESS/TPRB/271 
9 October 2006 
 
(06-4790) 
TRADE POLICY REVIEW: KYRGYZ REPUBLIC  
Impressive progress but continued reform remains important 
The Kyrgyz Republic has made impressive progress since its economic and political transition to a 
market-based economy, with farm reform, price deregulation, financial sector liberalization and 
significant state privatization that have helped the country face various setbacks such as the Asian 
and Russian economic crisis of the late 1990s, according to a WTO Secretariat report on the trade policies and practices of the Kyrgyz Republic. 
 
The report says that some structural reforms remain unfinished and that it would be important for the Kyrgyz Republic to diversify its economy in to manufacturing and services and soften the 
country’s vulnerable reliance on mining (gold) and agriculture. 
 Sustainable growth, the report adds, will need private, including foreign investment, which will 
also require and improved business climate, restor ed confidence in public institutions and the 
curbing of corruption. Further improvements should include opening trade, greater financial sector strengthening and a more efficient customs services and transport. 
 
The report, along with a policy statement by the Kyrgyz Republic, will be the basis for the first 
Trade Policy Review (TPR) of the Kyrgyz Republic by the Trade Policy Review Body of the WTO on 
9 and 11 October 2006. 
 The following documents are available in MS Wo rd format on the WTO web-site. They can be 
downloaded at http://www.wto.org/english/ tratop_e/tpr_e/tp271.htm  
 • Secretariat report 
> Contents and summary observations  
> Economic environment  > Trade and investment regimes  
> Trade policies and practices by measure  
> Trade policies by sector  > Appendix tables  
• Report by the Republic of the Congo  
• Chairperson’s concluding remarks  
• Minutes of the meeting (available appr oximately six weeks after the meeting). PRESS/TPRB/271 
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 Note 
Trade Policy Reviews are an exercise, mandated in the WTO agreements, in which member countries’ trade and related policies are examined and evaluated at regular intervals. Significant 
developments that may have an impact on the global trading system are also monitored. For each 
review, two documents are prepared: a policy stat ement by the government of the member under 
review, and a detailed report written independently by the WTO Secretariat. These two documents are then discussed by the WTO’s full membership in  the Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB). These 
documents and the proceedings of the TPRB’s meetings are published shortly afterwards.  
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www.wto.org >resources > publications > trade policy reviews  
 
The TPR publications are also available from our co-publisher Bernan Press , 4611-F Assembly Drive, Lanham, MD 20706-4391, United States 
Next reviews: 
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda : 25 and 27 October 2006 
Colombia : 22 and 24 November 2006 
Hong Kong, China : 13 and 15 December 2006 
 For a full list of previous trade policy reviews and the full programme of future reviews go to 
http://www.wto.org/english/trat op_e/tpr_e/tpr_ e.htm#reviews 
or follow this path : www.wto.org > trade topics > trade policy reviews  
 
 
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