KYRGYZSTAN RANKS AMONG 20 MOST ACCESSIBLE MARKETS OF THE WORLD
Yulia LIPOVICH

Bishkek – News Agency
08/07-2009 12:20

Global Enabling Trade Report 2009, by the Economic Forum lists
Kyrgyzstan among 20 most accessible markets of the world.

The report analyses 121 countries on market access, border
administration, transport and communications infrastructure, business
environment as well as provides the overall Enabling Trade Index,
where Kyrgyzstan ranks 101st.

Market access subindex puts Kyrgyzstan on 18th position, leaving
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Russia far behind with 45th, 104th and 113th
places respectively. Border administration in Kyrgyzstan remains rather
low, keeping it down to the 116th position. Meantime, transport and
communications infrastructure subindex shows relevant improvement,
awarding Kyrgyzstan the 86th position of the rating, giving way to
Kazakhstan – 63rd, Armenia – 61st, Ukraine – 60th and Russia – 56th.

Business environment in Kyrgyzstan is obviously the worst among
CIS states. It ranks 108th, while Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and
Tajikistan take 96th, 85th, 77th and 70th positions respectively.

Two Asian economies, Singapore and Hong Kong, take up the top two
positions in the ETI ranking. The results mirror the openness of
these countries to international trade and investment as part of
their successful economic development strategy.