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The growth rate of the Kyrgyz Republic’s economy is slow and unstable, facing such problems as high level of unemployment and negative trade balance. This situation is partially caused by current trading environment, which has certain challenges preventing the export growth. The analysis of export competitiveness and its level is essential for the Kyrgyz Republic as it takes invaluable part of the economy in the country. The years 2010 and 2015 are important and challenging years for Kyrgyzstan, as it is the period of formation and recovery after two revolutions held in 2005 and 2010. Despite the high level of export diversification, unstable export relations inhibit the realization of the growth potential of Kyrgyzstan as well as low level of technological support of Kyrgyz exports. Moreover, significant concentration of the country on the markets of Kazakhstan and Russia stagnate the export development, as the trade turnover with other countries remains insignificant and is not stable, exporters do not have the production capacity to diversify its customer base, and slowly react to new challenges and market requirements. The analyses of export competitiveness includes the description of its main indicators. The export of textile industry of the Kyrgyz Republic is taken as an example to analyze the competitiveness based on Revealed Comparative Analyses (RCA) and Export Competitiveness Index (XCI). Introduction The international trade activity is the most extensive and economically meaningful for the Kyrgyz Republic and is considered as an essential indicator of the economic situation of the country. While transiting to a market economy, the Kyrgyz Republic valued the role of foreign trade indicating the stabilization and development of economy, and selecting the open development model. According to the world practice, for small countries with vulnerable economy the economic growth is possible only with the help of export development. The Kyrgyz Republic definitely recognizes the need and importance of international integration and liberalization of international trade. However, nowadays as well as for period 2010-2015 the rate of growth of the Kyrgyz economy is slow and unstable, facing various difficulties as negative trade balance and average level of export competitiveness. This situation is partly caused by the current trading environment, which has certain logistical issues hampering export growth. Therefore, the analysis of export competitiveness is essential for the Kyrgyz Republic, as it is defined as engine of the country’s economy. The main indicators of export competitiveness are the level of trade openness and economic integration with the rest of the world, trade diversification, level of development and quality of the export sector and sustainability of export relations, which are comprehensively analyzed in this article for the period 2010-2015 [1]. Moreover, for detailed analysis the textile industry of Kyrgyzstan is observed as a valuable industry of the Kyrgyz economy. Literature Review Competitiveness is a multidimensional concept, which originated from the Latin word “competer”, meaning involvement in a business rivalry for markets. According to Murths (1998), it has become

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The Assessment of Export Competitiveness of the Kyrgyz Republic and Application of Revealed Comparative Analyses (RCA) and Export Competitiveness Index (XCI) on the Example of Textile Industry for the Years 2010–2015