Kyrgyzstan’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $10 billion in January-July 2026, the National Statistical Committee says. The figure increased by 7.7 percent compared with the same period in 2025.

Exports decline, imports grow

In January-July 2026, exports turned positive for the first time since the beginning of the year, increasing by 2.7 percent year-on-year. Its volume reached $1,664.5 billion.

• Imports rose by 8.7 percent to $8,336.4 billion.

Kyrgyzstan remains highly dependent on imports, with imports accounting for 83.4 percent of total foreign trade turnover.

The trade balance is the difference between imports and exports. When exports exceed imports, a country has a trade surplus. In Kyrgyzstan, the trade balance has almost always been negative.

At the end of July 2026, Kyrgyzstan’s negative trade balance (deficit) had increased by another $906.2 million (or 15.27 percent compared to June).

• The National Statistical Committee always releases data on Kyrgyzstan’s foreign trade turnover with a one-month delay.

Factors contributing to the decline in exports

Since the beginning of 2026, Kyrgyzstan’s Cabinet of Ministers has continued to impose export bans on various goods, including scrap metal, waste paper, petroleum products, shell rock and livestock.

Monthly export figures show that exports began to recover, improving from a decline of 11.1 percent in June to growth of 2.7 percent in July.

Trade with EAEU countries

Trade with Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries also improved. Kyrgyzstan’s trade turnover with EAEU member states amounted to $3,730.3 billion in January-July 2026, up 5.4 percent from the same period last year. However, an imbalance remains.

• Exports to EAEU countries fell by 2 percent to $681.3 million.
• Imports increased by 7.2 percent to $3,049 billion.

EAEU countries accounted for 37.3 percent of Kyrgyzstan’s total foreign trade turnover, 40.9 percent of exports and 36.6 percent of imports. All the shares declined compared with June, with the sharpest decrease recorded in exports, from 52.5 percent.

Within the EAEU, Kyrgyzstan’s largest trading partners are Russia, accounting for 65.1 percent, and Kazakhstan, with 32.4 percent. In July, Russia’s share of mutual trade fell by 2 percentage points, while Kazakhstan’s share increased by 1.8 percentage points.