On April 29, 2025, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic signed Law No 91 “On Settlements in the National Currency of the Kyrgyz Republic”. The purpose of the Law is to increase the use of the national currency of the Kyrgyz Republic – the som when making payments for goods, works and services in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Law applies to individuals, individual entrepreneurs and legal entities, regardless of their form of ownership, carrying out settlements using the national currency.
The Law establishes that in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, settlements and payments under transactions for the purchase and sale of real estate, movable property (motor vehicles), which are subject to mandatory state registration of rights in the state registration body, are carried out only in the national currency.
Advertising of goods, works and services with prices in foreign currency is prohibited.