Domestic companies will be able to obtain financing for cooperative projects within the EAEU

The Ministry of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyzstan, together with the Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund, held a meeting with the Minister of Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Gohar Barseghyan, at which the country's business community and banks were introduced to a new mechanism for financing industrial cooperation from the EAEU budget.

As Barseghyan emphasized, this supranational instrument is aimed at supporting technological development and expanding production cooperation between the union's member states.

Financing and conditions of participation

The mechanism provides for subsidizing the interest rate on loans in the amount of 100% of the key rate of the central bank of the participating country.

The maximum amount of subsidies per project is up to 350 million rubles per year.

The project implementation period is up to 5 years.

The total amount of funds available for 2025 is 5.1 billion rubles (about $64 million), and by 2026 — 8.84 billion rubles (about $111 million).

Banks participating in the program will be able to issue loans at a rate not exceeding +6.5% above the key rate.