Kyrgyzstan Announces Temporary Ban on Car Body Imports

Kyrgyzstan has introduced a six-month ban on the import of car bodies, as decreed by the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Adylbek Kasymaliev.

The Customs and Border Services have been instructed to take measures against the illegal import of car bodies, The Caspian Post reports, citing Kyrgyz media.

The decree will come into force 15 days after its official publication.

The ban will not apply to bodies intended for production and assembly in the Kyrgyz Republic of cars imported by DT Technik, Shumkar Transnational Corporation, Jisu Chinese-Kyrgyz Joint Automobile Manufacturing Company, Shunfa, Murat Avto, Kyrgyz Unaa Kurulush and Meridian Gold.