KYRGYZSTAN 90% TEXTILE EXPORTS TO RUSSIA
90 percent of the textile-apparel products exported from Kyrgyzstan to Russia. On this day, December 15, at an industry conference `garment industry of Kyrgyzstan in the Customs Union, #39;said Head of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Republic Ministry of Economic Rimma Kiseleva.
`The share of garment-Kirghiz in light industry is more than 80%. In the clothing area employing more than 160,000 citizens of Kyrgyzstan. The main trading partners are Russia, Kazakhstan and China, which accounted for 27%, 17% and 14% of total turnover respectively `- quoted Kiselyov KyrTAG.
Head of the department of foreign trade said that the employees of wholesale markets in Kyrgyzstan fear the onset of the crisis, when the country will become a member of the Customs Union (CU).
`Kyrgyz people have become accustomed to cheap imports from China. China has a special place in the development of foreign trade. We import from there clothes and shoes (21%), electronics (10%), plastic products (4%), meat and meat products (4%), textiles (2%) `, - she said.
Rimma Kiseleva stressed that Kyrgyzstan#39;s a very important point in the negotiations on joining the TA is on what products republic will be able to maintain their own duties and customs regime.
According to IA REGNUM, October 19, 2011 the heads of government of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) Interstate Council at St. Petersburg decided to merge Kyrgyzstan to the Customs Union. As stated in April, the former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, now the President of the Republic, Almazbek Atambayev, `entry into the Customs Union dictated by national interests of Kyrgyzstan`. In particular, the Prime Minister called pros such as market expansion, growth of production in industry and agriculture, the creation of new jobs and investment flows as well as the free movement of Kyrgyz people in the vehicle. Atambayev also said: #39;I hope that in the future Kyrgyzstan will become a sewing machine `` `for the EurAsEC.
He expressed the hope that the products of light industry of the country in the future will be the world-famous, and garment industry, which is the engine of the economy, further drags along in the development of other industries.
