Full procedure Sell kymyz from a roadside stand
Fresh kymyz from your own mares, sold in season from a stand by the road.
Kymyz may be sold from a seasonal stand by a herder with a trading patent, a medical book and a veterinary certificate for the mares. Kymyz under 2.5% alcohol is not an alcoholic drink for licensing, which is shown by a monthly certificate. The season runs from the blessing of the mare's milk in late May to September.
Have the mares tested
Brucellosis and tuberculosis tests by the district station of the State Veterinary Inspectorate.
- 1. Call the district veterinarian to the herd
Where: State Veterinary Inspectorate
The test is taken at the summer camp. If the camp is across the Qara-Chik line, the mares are tested on the ISEZ side before they go up.
Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant
Cost: IS 35 per mare
Time: 0 min in the queue, 30–90 min at the counter, 7–14 days until the next step - 2. Pay the certificate fee in cash
Where: Cash desk of the Agricultural Directorate
The fee is paid in cash som only, at the cash desk of the Agricultural Directorate in the old building on Tokmok Street, and not at the Inspectorate. Bring the cash receipt back to the Inspectorate, where the stamp is given.
Cost: IS 45 (cash som only)
Time: 20–70 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step - 3. Collect the veterinary certificate for the mares (brucellosis and tuberculosis)
Where: State Veterinary Inspectorate
You receive: Veterinary certificate for the mares (brucellosis and tuberculosis)
Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step
Have the alcohol content certified
Certificate of Iradstandart that the kymyz contains less than 2.5% alcohol and is therefore not an alcoholic drink for licensing.
- 4. Bring a one-litre sample to the laboratory
Where: Iradstandart, State Agency for Standards, Metrology and Certification
Kymyz grows stronger as it stands. The certificate is valid for 30 days and applies to kymyz no older than two days; older kymyz is not covered by it.
Bring: Veterinary certificate for the mares (brucellosis and tuberculosis)
You receive: Certificate of alcohol content (kymyz under 2.5%)
Cost: monthly test, IS 75 per month
Time: 30–90 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 3–5 days until the next step
Have the kymyz tested each month
Monthly microbiological test at the City Sanitary Inspectorate's laboratory.
- 5. Bring a sample in a sterile bottle
Where: City Sanitary Inspectorate
Bring: Veterinary certificate for the mares (brucellosis and tuberculosis)
You receive: Laboratory report on the kymyz (monthly)
Cost: IS 60 per month
Time: 30–90 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 3–5 days until the next step
Obtain a medical book
Medical commission at the city polyclinic or the district hospital.
- 6. Pass the medical commission
Where: City polyclinic (medical commissions)
Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant, Two photographs, 3.5 × 4.5 cm
You receive: Medical book of the seller
Cost: IS 140
Time: 60–240 min in the queue, 60–120 min at the counter, 5–10 days until the next step
Obtain a permit for the trading place
Seasonal permit of the district administration, with the consent of the Roads Department if the stand is near a state road.
- 7. Obtain the consent of the Roads Department
Where: Roads Department
Needed if the stand is within 25 m of a state road. A stand may not be placed within 150 m of a Gendarmerie control post, or on the Fergana Gateway road above the snow-closure gate.
Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant
You receive: Consent of the Roads Department (within 25 m of a state road)
Cost: IS 40
Time: 30–90 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 7–14 days until the next step - 8. Apply for the seasonal trading place
Where: District administration: trade and agriculture section
Bring: Consent of the Roads Department (within 25 m of a state road), Medical book of the seller, Veterinary certificate for the mares (brucellosis and tuberculosis), ID card or passport of the applicant
You receive: Permit for a seasonal trading place by the road
Cost: IS 30 per month
Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 5–10 days until the next step
Buy a seasonal trading patent
Patent of the District Tax Inspectorate in place of registration as a sole trader.
- 9. Buy the patent for the months of the season
Where: District Tax Inspectorate
Bring: Permit for a seasonal trading place by the road, ID card or passport of the applicant
You receive: Seasonal trading patent
Cost: IS 55 per month
Time: 40–180 min in the queue, 10–15 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step
Have reused bottles approved
Sanitary note on the washing of reused plastic and glass bottles.
- 10. Show the washing arrangements to the inspector ★ optional
Where: City Sanitary Inspectorate
Bottles that have held petrol, diesel or vehicle fluids may not be reused for kymyz even after washing.
Bring: Permit for a seasonal trading place by the road
You receive: Sanitary note on reused bottles
Cost: IS 50
Time: 0 min in the queue, 20–40 min at the counter, 3–7 days until the next step
Sign the seasonal declaration on horse meat
Declaration to the district administration that no horse meat is sold or kept at the stand.
- 11. Sign the declaration
Where: District administration: trade and agriculture section
Required of every seller of mare's milk products, once a season. Kazy, chuchuk and other sausages at the stand must be of beef or lamb and labelled as such. Poppy-husk tea may not be sold at the stand.
Bring: Permit for a seasonal trading place by the road, ID card or passport of the applicant
You receive: Seasonal declaration under the Horse Slaughter Prohibition Act
Time: 10–60 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 0 days until the next step
Laws and documents
- Regulation No. 77 Veterinary Control Regulation (goods of animal origin), 1998 (articles 40, 41)
- IST 7-97 Kymyz. Specifications (Iradstandart) (sections 2, 4)
- Sanitary Rules SR 2.3-04 Sanitary rules for food businesses and food storage, 2004 (section 11)
- № 09-11 Tax Code of the Irad Special Economic Zone 2009 (articles 88, 90)
- IST 31-95 Packaging and materials in contact with food (Iradstandart) (section 6)
- № 96-22 Horse Slaughter Prohibition Act 1996 (articles 2, 6)
- № 97-30 Criminal Code of the Territory 1997, as amended 2008 (narcotic substances) (article 247)
Institutions
- State Veterinary Inspectorate, Talas, Agricultural Directorate, Jibek Jolu Avenue 41, first floor. Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00, lunch 12:30–13:30
- Cash desk of the Agricultural Directorate, Talas, old Directorate building, Tokmok Street 3, entrance from the yard (not at Jibek Jolu Avenue 41). Monday to Friday, 9:30–12:00. Cash som only.
- Iradstandart, State Agency for Standards, Metrology and Certification, Talas, Jibek Jolu Avenue 60; testing laboratory in the courtyard. Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00, lunch 12:30–13:30
- City Sanitary Inspectorate, Talas, Regional Hospital grounds, building 4; Nurzhan and Iyık Janyl: city polyclinic No. 1. Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00, lunch 12:30–13:30
- City polyclinic (medical commissions), City polyclinic No. 1 of each city; district hospitals outside the cities. Medical commission: Monday to Friday, 8:00–11:00
- Roads Department, Talas, Liberty Boulevard 14, second floor (the e-Government Service Centre is on the ground floor). Monday to Thursday, 9:00–12:30
- District administration: trade and agriculture section, The seat of your district (Nurzhan, Kyzyl-Adyr, Talas, Tash-Kömür, Toktogul, Sary-Bulak). Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00, lunch 12:30–13:30
- District Tax Inspectorate, District administration building; in Talas, Government House annex, rooms 40–48. Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00, lunch 12:30–13:30
Updated 2026-10-23. Developed with the support of the UNMI trade facilitation programme.