 
 RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/12 
18 June 1998 
 (98-2472) 
Working Party on the Accession  
of the Kyrgyz Republic Original:   English 
 
 
  
ACCESSION OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 
Communication from the Kyrgyz Republic
 
  The Secretariat has received the followi ng communication from the Chairman of the 
Interdepartmental Commission under th e Government of the Kyrgyz Republic for Negotiations with the 
WTO with the request that it be circulated to Working Party members. 
 
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   Regarding the request of member-countries that the Kyrgyz Republic agree to be treated as a 
developed country for the purposes of Article 4(a)(ii)  of the Agreement on Agriculture (i.e. a ceiling of 
de minimis support - 5 per cent of the value of ag ricultural production), I would like to present the 
following arguments:   The Kyrgyz Republic is a country with a transi tional economy.  Currently  important reforms are 
underway in the agricultural sector.  Farms, peasan t farms and privat e farms, are created instead of 
collective ones.  Alongside these cha nges the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic is in the process of 
creating a network of the following services:  tec hnical, agricultural and chemical;  veterinary;  
consultative;  banking;  and breedi ng.  Based on natural conditions, the Government will solve the issues 
of constructing mainline irrigation facilities, wa ter reservoirs, landslid e prevention facilities. 
  The Government will have to allocate funds  for completion of the reforms initiated in 
agriculture.  Therefore, today th e Kyrgyz Republic is not ready to take a commitment of developed 
countries and it requests members of the Working Pa rty to support the Kyrgyz Republic on the issue of 
granting minimum support ceiling totals 10 per cent  of the cost of agricultural production. 
 
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