16:30, 08 февраля 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA
Kyrgyz MPs refused to exempt imports of gold bullions from payment of sales and
Recall, the document was initiated by deputies from the Social Democratic Party (Dastan Bekeshev and Chynybay Tursunbekov) and (Azizbek Tursunbaev) factions.
They noted that in order to reduce the level of dollarization of the economy of , it is necessary to stimulate the development of the country’s new investment instruments.
In 2015, the National Bank has offered such a tool — gold bullions. The program is popular among the population. However, the problem is that the light weight bars are produced in . Kyrgyzaltyn state company has no equipment for their production. It produces only bars weighing .
To reduce price of the bullions, the initiators of the bill offered to exempt their import of taxes.
However, MPs criticized the initiators and the National Bank. They said that the budget would lose more than 2 million soms, and only a few people would get the benefits.
As a result, 71 deputies voted against the bill.