Kyrgyz Republic

Ease of Doing Business in

Kyrgyz Republic

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Kyrgyz Republic. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Income Category Low income
Population 5,507,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 920
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
70 69 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
61.5 61.8 down -0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 15 16 up 1
Dealing with Construction Permits 67 67 No change
Getting Electricity 177 182 up 5
Registering Property 11 16 up 5
Getting Credit 12 9 up -3
Protecting Investors 13 13 No change
Paying Taxes 168 162 up -6
Trading Across Borders 174 173 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 47 48 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 155 153 up -2

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Trading Across Borders

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The costs and procedures involved in importing and exporting a standardized shipment of goods are detailed under this topic. Documents associated with every official procedure are counted - starting from the final contractual agreement between the two parties, and ending with the delivery of the goods.

DB 2013 Rank 174 DB 2012 Rank 173 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 7.5 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 8.5 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-1.0
Indicator Kyrgyz Republic Eastern Europe & Central Asia OECD

The total number of documents required per shipment to export goods. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account.

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Documents to export (number)
8 7 4

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to export goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to export (days)
63 26 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to export goods. Includes the costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to export (US$ per container)
4,160 2,134 1,028

The total number of documents required per shipment to import goods. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account.

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Documents to import (number)
10 8 5

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to import goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to import (days)
75 29 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to import goods, including for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to import (US$ per container)
4,700 2,349 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 23 210
Customs clearance and technical control 3 300
Ports and terminal handling 3 150
Inland transportation and handling 34 3,500
Totals 63 4,160
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 25 280
Customs clearance and technical control 11 420
Ports and terminal handling 3 300
Inland transportation and handling 36 3,700
Totals 75 4,700
Export documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of Origin
Commercial Invoice
Customs export declaration
Railway bill (Transport document)
Sales purchase contract
Terminal handling receipts
Transit declaration
Import documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of Conformity
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs import declaration
Document certifying the cost of transportation
Railway bill (Transport document)
Sales purchase contract
Terminal handling receipts
Transit declaration

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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