BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, January 18. Total trade in
goods and services between the UK and Kyrgyzstan reached 184
million pounds sterling ($246 million) in the four quarters ending
2Q2025, marking an increase of 21.1% (32 million pounds sterling,
$43 million) compared with the same period a year earlier.
Data obtained by Trend from the UK Trade and Investment Factsheet
indicates that UK exports to Kyrgyzstan rose sharply to 101 million
pounds sterling ($135 million), up 83.6% (46 million pounds
sterling, $62 million), while imports from Kyrgyzstan fell 14.4%
(14 million pounds sterling, $19 million) to 83 million pounds
sterling ($111 million).
Kyrgyzstan ranked as the UK’s 139th largest trading partner over
the year to 2Q 2025, accounting for less than 0.1% of total UK
trade.
At the end of 2023, data on UK foreign direct investment (FDI)
in Kyrgyzstan were not available due to disclosure limitations. FDI
from Kyrgyzstan in the UK stood at 402 million pounds sterling
($539 million), up 8.4% (31 million pounds sterling, $41 million)
from 2022, representing less than 0.1% of the UK’s total inward FDI
stock.
