Law No. 169 “On state regulation of foreign trade activities”.

This Law defines the legal basis and establishes the principles and methods of state regulation of foreign trade activities. The goals of this Law are to protect economic sovereignty, ensure economic security, stimulate the development of foreign trade activities and ensure conditions for the effective integration of the economy of the Kyrgyz Republic. Automatic licensing (surveillance) shall be intended a temporary measure established in order to monitor the dynamics of exports and (or) imports of certain categories of goods. Foreign trade activities shall be intended activities related to foreign trade in goods, services, information and intellectual property. State regulation of foreign trade activities shall be carried out through: (a) unity of foreign trade policy; (b) unity of application of methods of state regulation of foreign trade; (c) equality and non-discrimination of participants in foreign trade activities; (d) protection by the state of the rights and legitimate interests of participants in foreign trade activities; (e) exclusion of unjustified interference by the state and its bodies in foreign trade activities, as well as damage to its participants and the economy of the Kyrgyz Republic as a whole; (f) transparency in the development, adoption and application of measures of state regulation of foreign trade activities; and (g) validity, objectivity and transparency of the application of measures of state regulation of foreign trade activities. Methods of state regulation of foreign trade activities: (a) customs and tariff regulation; (b) non-tariff regulation; (c) prohibitions and restrictions on foreign trade in goods; and (d) measures of an economic and administrative nature that contribute to the development of foreign trade activities and provided for by this Law.