The Ministry of Energy of Kyrgyzstan proposes to allow export of coal from Kyrgyzstan by rail only, with the exception of its export through Torugart and Irkeshtam automobile checkpoints. The corresponding draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers was submitted for public discussion.
As the background statement says, the draft resolution was developed in order to fully meet the internal needs of the economy and the population of Kyrgyzstan in solid fuel, reduce the number of facts of smuggling and illegal transportation of goods across the state border, as well as to introduce reliable accounting of export operations in customs statistics when exporting coal from the territory of the republic.
