Due to the information appeared in certain mass media about imposing of restrictions on foreign-currency sale by commercial banks and exchange offices, the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic reports the following.
1. The National Bank did not impose any restrictions on exchange operations for commercial banks and exchange offices. There is currently adequate volume of currency assets in the banking system of the country: the balance of US dollars in commercial banks amounts to USD 408.7 million as of January 11, 2016, US dollars 51.5 million of which are cash and US dollars 357.2 million– non-cash.
