Facilitating Smallholder Farmers’ Market Access
In the OIC Member Countries
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TABLE 18: GROSS PRODUCTION VALUE IN KYRGYZ REPUBLIC (CONSTANT 2004–06 US$
MILLIONS)
Item Average (1990–92) Average (2010–12)
Milk, whole fresh cow 154 222
Meat indigenous, cattle 179 205
Potatoes 46 191
Meat indigenous, sheep 222 127
Wheat 101 102
Cotton lint 23 45
Beans, dry 1* 35
Apples 10 29
Tomatoes 8 22
Carrots and turnips 2 15
Source: FAOSTAT (FAO 2014).
Note: * denotes that data were not available for all years.
The composition of agricultural trade has also undergone substantial change .
The main imports include wheat, chocolate, sugar, and chicken. Wheat imports more than
halved in real terms between 2009/11 and 1992/94. On the export side, beans overtook
tobacco to become the largest export, and the country has also started exporting small
amounts of milk, other dairy products, potatoes, and carrots.
TABLE 19: KYRGYZ REPUBLIC’S TOP IMPORTS AND EXPORTS BY VALUE (2005 US$
THOUSANDS)
Imports
Average
(1992–
94)
Average
(2009–
11) Exports
Average
(1992–
94)
Average
(2009–
11)
Wheat 123,264 57,989 Beans, dry n/a 35,493
Chocolate products nes 323* 52,148 Cotton lint 12,570 24,231
Sugar, refined 53,295 51,103 Tobacco, unmanufactured 23,587* 14,603
Meat, chicken n/a 42,727 Milk, whole fresh cow n/a 9,249
Oil, sunflower 4,294 34,463 Potatoes n/a 8,728
Cigarettes 802* 28,756 Carrots and turnips n/a 5,851
Flour, wheat 37* 27,507 Onions, dry 4,981* 5,602
Beverages, non-alcoholic 392* 20,134 Beverages, non-alcoholic n/a 4,944
Food prep nes n/a 18,262 Cheese, whole cow milk n/a 4,902
Pastry 5,772 17,208 Milk, skimmed dried n/a 3,642
Beer of barley 417 15,250 Butter, cow milk n/a 2,847
Sugar confectionery 553 14,159 Meat, sheep n/a 1,765
Source: Authors’ calculations, based on FAOSTAT (FAO 2014) and World Development Indicators (World Bank
2014h).
Note: * denotes that data were not available for all years.