Exports of clothing and footwear fall by 65 and 63% since beginning of 2019

Bishkek, Aug.1, 2019. /Kabar/. At the end of 5 months of 2019, the export of clothing products decreased by 65% and amounted to USD 32 million, as well as the export of footwear decreased by 63%, the report of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use said.
Positive rates of production in the manufacturing industry from 13 sectors are ensured only by 4 sectors, and 9 sectors did not reach the level of the previous year.
A 33% decrease in petroleum product production is directly related to the operations of Junda Oil Refinery. The company has been idle since February of this year.
Textile industry; clothing and footwear, leather and other leather goods production (specific weight-2.6 %) produced products in the amount of KGS 3,504.6 million, including:
- In textile production – KGS 509.8 million;
- In clothing production – KGS 2 billion 816.9 million;
- In leather, leather goods and footwear production – KGS 177.9 million.
In the textile industry the growth of production by 115.3 % was provided by the activity of Faya Textile LLC (Bishkek FEZ) and Textile Trans LLC (Tokmok town).
During the reporting period, the republic produced 13 million 512 thousand square meters of cotton fabric (6 months of 2018 - 686,500 sq m).
In clothing production, the decrease in the volume of products by 11.8 % compared to the corresponding period of 2018 was due to the fall in exports to the markets of Russia and Kazakhstan.