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Kyrgyzstan
Free Economic Zones

Index cards realized by the University of Reims, France

Conception: F. Bost
Data collected by F. Bost and D. Messaoudi
Map and layout: S. Piantoni
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Year of promulgation of the first text

Official Terms for Free Zones
of law concerning the Free Zones
Free Economic Zones
1992

Possibility to be established as
Exact number of Free Zones
Free Points
5
No

Table of contents

General information.........................................................................................................................................................................4
List of Special Economic Zone in project.................................................................................................................................5
Contacts................................................................................................................................................................................................6
Free Zones Web sites selection....................................................................................................................................................6

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Taldykorgan

KAZAKHSTAN

Almaty

Dzhambul Bishkek
01 03
Shymkent
04

02
Tashkent
Namangan
UZBEKISTAN Andizhan

Osh
Fergana

05
Leninobod

Kashi

CHINA
Dushanbe TAJIKISTAN

AFGHANISTAN

FREE ZONES IN KYRGHYSZTAN01

100 km
International borders Elevations
(meters)
Cities 0 200 500 1000

Free Zones

01 - Bishkek FEZ
02 - Naryn FEZ
03 - Karakol FEZ
04 - Maimak FEZ
05 - Leilek FEZ

© Sébastien Piantoni - Conception: François Bost

EA 2076 Habiter - University of Reims - 2017
Map Projection: WGS 1984

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General information
Number of free 5 Free economic zones
zones http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/diaepcb2015d3_en.pdf
The biggest one is Bishkek (more 76% of total investments in FEZ of the country).

Main sectors of Plastic packaging and mineral water, processing agricultural produce, herbal pharmaceuti-
activity cals, metal processing, computer equipment assembling, repairing and servicing, etc.

Number of No information.
active comp. in
Free Zones

Total job num- No information

bers The «Bishkek» FEZ employed 2.5 thousand of people in 2014.

Distribution of Investors from 27 countries in 2014, in particular from Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Korea,
investors Iran, Turkey, India, Saudi Arabia and other.

Exports and 347 millions of US $ in 2012.

sales http://www.expocampania.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Invest-in-Kyrgyz-Republic.pdf (p.
9).
The «Bishkek» FEZ: around 40 % of products are exported to the neighboring states – Rus-
sia, Kazakhstan, China, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan as well as to Afghanistan, the USA, Turkme-
nistan, Japan, Great Britain and other countries.

Free zones No information.

contribution to
the nat. eco.

Corporate Tax Companies working in free economic zones enjoy the following benefits and preferences:
and Incentives • Partial exemption from all taxes, dues, fees, and charges, for the entire period of activi-
ties within the free economic zone;
• Allocations in the amount of 0.1 to 2% from the annual proceeds from goods and
services to the -General Directorate of the free economic zone for the tax and other
benefits enjoyed within its territory;
• Complete exemption from customs duties on export of merchandise produced in the
free economic zone, on import of merchandise into the free economic zone, and on
merchandise for re-export;
• For merchandise produced within the territory of a free economic zone with the pur-
pose of further export - exemption from quotas (with the exception of export into the
customs territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, where volume of export may not exceed 30%
of the total annual volume of merchandise produced within the free economic zone)
and exemption from licensing;
• Simplified entry and exit procedure for foreign employees;
• Simplified and accelerated registration of a business entity;
• Simplified customs procedures; and
• Direct access to major infrastructure objects, including telecommunications, water
supply, power supply, and transportation, in the course of activities within the territory
of a free economic zone.

Companies registered in free economic zones may not:

• Sell within territories of free economic zones of the Kyrgyz Republic; petroleum, oil
and lubricant materials, spirits and liqueurs or tobacco products to individuals or legal
entities other than the free economic zone subjects; and
• Sell merchandise produced in a free economic zone in the domestic market of the Kyr-
gyz Republic in cases where value added within the territory of the free economic zone
does not exceed 30% (15% for electronics and household appliances).

Source: http://www.invest.gov.kg/en/information-for-investors/forms-of-business/free-econo-
mic-zones/
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Free Zone law -The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Free Economic Zones (FEZ) in the Kyrgyz Republic
1992, # 1076-XII.
http://www.libertas-institut.com/de/Mittel-Osteuropa/Free%20Economic%20Zones%20
Law.pdf

Resolutions of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic:

• No. 160 dated April 19, 1993 (latest amendments as of 29th June, 2007),
• No. 13 dated 12th January, 1994 (latest amendments as of 11th August, 1994),
• No. 474 dated 11th November, 1995 (latest amendments as of 26th September,
2008),
• No. 357 dated 20th June, 1997 dated 23rd July 2012 No. 518.

List of Special Economic Zone

1 - Bishkek FEZ
Location Located in the Chui valley.

340 ha of land, consists of three land parcels:

• National Exhibition Center (VDNKh of Bishkek city): 40 ha,
Surface Area
• Ak-Chiy (10 km from Bishkek city): 200 ha,
• Kara-Balta (60 km from Bishkek city): 100 ha.

Office Tel.: 55-07-97

Contacts Reception office: Kimsanov Ulan Ashymovich,
Tel.: 55-10-38

Established in July of 1995.

Observations Bishkek is he capital of the country.
The biggest Free Economic Zone of the country (more 76% of total investments in FEZ)

2 - Naryn FEZ
Located 186 km from the border with China, at the intersection of Bishkek-Torugart
Location
highways.

Surface Area 47 000 km² (one-fourth of the entire territory of Kyrgyzstan).

FEZ Naryn
722600, Kyrgyzstan, Naryn region, Naryn town, Lenin Street, 44
Tel.: 03522 50417 - Fax: (03522) 5 17 54
Contacts
E-mail: office@feznayn.kg
www.feznaryn.kg
http://www.feznaryn.kg/en/about-fez-naryn

Observations http://old.kabar.kg/eng/regions/full/10051

3 - Karakol FEZ
Location Located at the foot of the Tian Shan mountain range on the coast of Issyk-Kul Lake.

Surface Area -

Contact information:
21, Tynystanov Street, Karakol city,
Contacts 722360, Kyrgyz Republic,
Tel: (996-3922) 2-22-11 - Fax: (996-3922) 2-29-59
E-mail: karakol-meria@rambler.ru

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Karakol is the fourth largest city in Kyrgyzstan.

Observations Business priorities: service industries, tourism, agricultural processing, herbal pharma-
ceuticals, metal processing, computer equipment assembling, repairing and servicing.

4 - Maimak FEZ
Located at the border between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan at the crossroads of interna-
Location
tional communication

Surface Area -

Investment Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz

Republic Adress: 106 Chui ave., Bishkek
Contacts
Tel.: +996 (312) 62 38 44
E-Mail: mail@invest.gov.kg

Observations Opened in 1997

5 - Leilek FEZ
Location South-western of the country, border to Tajikistan in the south

Surface Area -

Investment Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz

Republic Adress: 106 Chui ave., Bishkek
Contacts
Tel.: +996 (312) 62 38 44
E-Mail: mail@invest.gov.kg

Observations -

Contacts
Investment Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Economy of the Kyrgyz
Republic Adress: 106 Chui ave., Bishkek
Tel.: +996 (312) 62 38 44
E-Mail: mail@invest.gov.kg

Free Zones Web sites selection

• http://www.libertas-institut.com/de/Mittel-Osteuropa/Free%20Economic%20Zones%20Law.pdf
• http://fez.kg/material/13?lang=en
• http://mineconom.gov.kg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2036&Itemid=684&lang=ru
• http://www.invest.gov.kg/en/information-for-investors/forms-of-business/free-economic-zones/
• https://www.hg.org/article.asp?id=4892
• https://www.google.fr/?gws_rd=ssl#q=The+Law+of+the+Kyrgyz+Republic+on+Free+Economic+Zones+(FEZ)&
• http://www.ca-c.org/journal/2001/journal_eng/cac-03/18.bonden.shtml
• http://www.geoportal-kg.org/index.php/investor-s-guide/for-investors/investment-climate
• http://dkbc.nl/economiczones/
• http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/diaepcb2015d3_en.pdf