BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 5. Enterprises with
foreign participation in Kyrgyzstan provided transport, cargo
storage, and communications services worth 31.4 billion soms
($359.1 million) in 2025.
This is according to Trend’s
calculations based on data from the National Statistical Committee
of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The volume of these services fell 0.6% (down 0.2 billion soms)
compared to 2024, but was 14.4 billion soms higher than in 2021.
According to the committee, these enterprises accounted for 12% of
the country’s total transport and cargo storage services in 2025
and 56.7% of communications services.
Hotels and restaurants with foreign participation provided
services worth 11.1 billion soms ($126.9 million), representing
13.9% of all such services nationwide. Bishkek accounted for 86.7%
of that total, generating 9.6 billion soms.
In wholesale and retail trade (including the repair of motor
vehicles and motorcycles), the turnover of foreign-invested
enterprises reached 527.5 billion soms ($6.03 billion), or 23.6% of
the sector's national turnover. Wholesale trade, excluding motor
vehicles and motorcycles, accounted for 80.2% of their turnover,
with Bishkek generating 97.7% of the total.
Based on these shares, wholesale trade excluding motor vehicles
and motorcycles amounted to approximately 423 billion soms ($4.84
billion), while foreign-invested enterprises in Bishkek generated
roughly 515 billion soms ($5.89 billion) in total turnover.
The figures indicate that the presence of foreign-invested
enterprises varies significantly across sectors: it is highest in
communications (56.7%), followed by trade (23.6%), hotels and
restaurants (13.9%), and transport and cargo storage (12%).
