Trade and Economic Cooperation

Trade and economic cooperation are a priority in bilateral Kyrgyz-Turkish relations. Türkiye is one of the main trades and investment partners of Kyrgyzstan and has a special place in the structure of foreign trade of the Kyrgyz Republic, being in the top 5 countries.

Data of the Turkish National Statistical Institute on the trade turnover of the two countries in millions of US dollars:

Years

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022 

January-March 2023

Trade turnover

434,9

459,4

534,1

455,9

 

519,2

 

507,5

 

835,9

 

1022,2

 

361,4

Export

117,7

131,6

155,1

64,0

77,2

91,1

86,4

119,5

76,8

Import

317,2

327,8

379,0

391,9

442

416,4

749,5

902,7

284,6

Trade balance 

-199,5

-196,2

-223,9

-327,9

 

-364,8

 

-325,3

 

-663,1

 

-783,2

 

-207,8

The leadership of the two states has set the task of increasing the trade turnover between the countries to 2 billion US dollars.

The main export of Kyrgyzstan to Türkiye are beans, walnuts, cotton and cotton fabrics, rawhides, leather and leather products, jewellery (precious stones, various jewellery made of gold and silver), gold, metals, mineral fuels and copper waste, as well as aluminium alloys.

The main import from Türkiye are light industrial products (clothing, shoes, textiles), pharmaceuticals, chemicals (paints, varnishes, soaps, detergents, perfumes, cosmetics), plastics, rubber (rubber products, etc.), machinery manufacturing and engineering products ( equipment, mechanical equipment, electrical machines, devices, etc.), food and agricultural raw materials (vegetables, fruits, confectionery, nuts, seeds, etc.), ferrous, non-ferrous, non-precious metals, jewelry, wooden products, furniture and accessories, leather products.

A great impetus to the development of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries was given by the visit of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic H.E. Mr. Sadyr Zhaparov to Türkiye on June 9-11, 2021, within the framework of which on June 10, 2021, a business forum was held with the participation of around 150 entrepreneurs from the two countries. 

A special role in the development of trade and economic relations is played by the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Türkiye, whose meetings are aimed at taking practical measures to fulfill the objectives and goals in this direction. On September 10, 2021, there was the 10th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on trade-economic cooperation, as a result of which an Action Plan for the development of Kyrgyz-Turkish cooperation was adopted. Also, as part of this event, there was held the Kyrgyz-Turkish Business Forum with the participation of more than 300 entrepreneurs from Kyrgyzstan and Türkiye.

An important place in the technical and economic cooperation of the two countries is given to the activities of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and with the assistance of TIKA, several projects have been implemented.