RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/KGZ/20
27April 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1697)
Original: English Working Party ontheAccession
oftheKyrgyz Republic
ACCESSION OFTHE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Certificates ofOrigin
ThefollowinginformationconcerningcertificatesoforiginhasbeenreceivedfromthePermanent
Mission oftheKyrgyz Republic.
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Currently, thefollowing feesarecharged forobtaining thecertificate oforigin:
- CISCountries: 100Soms fornatural persons and300Soms forlegalentities; and
- Non-CIS countries: 200Soms fornatural persons and400Soms forlegalentities.
TheKyrgyz Republic recognizes thatthecurrent feestructure isinviolation ofArticle I
ofGATT 1994. Inaddition, thecomputation below indicates thatthecurrent feesdonot
reflect thecostofservices rendered. Therefore, theKyrgyz Republic proposes that,asofthe
dateofaccession totheWTO, thefeecharged forcertificate oforigin willbe160Soms
(approximately US$9) foralllegal andnatural persons andinconformity withArticle Iof
GATT 1994.
Minimum cost
1995 1996 1997
Salary fund 556,100
Average salary (inSoms) permonth 768 1,364 1,826
Number ofCertificates issued 2,656 3,226 6,292
Employee ’ssalary
Number ofemployees 20 25 24
Average monthly salary forall
employees15,360 34,100 43,824
Average annual salary forall
employees184,320 409,200 525,888
Average costperCertificate 69.4 126.8 84
Average costperCertificate forthree years inSom 93.4
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Maximum cost
1995 1996 1997
Number ofCertificates issued 2,656 3,226 6,292
Salary andOther Expenses
Average annual salary forall
employees184,320 409,200 525,888
Equipment andfurniture expenses 1,700 0 0
Office expenses 4,000 8,800 8,100
Other expenses 158,000 241,200 388,500
Total expenses 348,020 659,200 922,488
Average costperCertificate (in
Soms)131.03 204.347 146.61
Average costperCertificate forthree years inSoms 146.61
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