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DESTINATION KAZAKHSTAN
4) the costs of maintaining branches,
representative offices, retail space and
a warehouse abroad.
5) the costs of conducting procedures
related to registration.
6) the costs of activities related to the
procedures for compliance of goods
with the requirements established
by technical regulations, standards,
including organization standards or the
terms of contracts or confirmation of
the right to carry out activities to sell
goods abroad (certificates, permits,
registration certificates and other
documents).
7) the costs associated with the delivery
of goods by rail, air, road, sea transport
and the organization of transportation.
In 2010, Kazakhstan, represented by the
National Accreditation Centre, became
a full member of the International
Organization for the Accreditation of
Laboratories (ILAC) and a signatory to
the multilateral Agreement on Mutual
Recognition of Accreditation ILAC MRA. In
2013, full membership in the International
Accreditation Forum (IAF) by signing the
IAF MLA Accreditation Agreement for
product certification bodies. Thus, today
a technical basis has been created for
the recognition abroad of the results of
Kazakhstani tests and certification. For
direct recognition with other countries, an
intergovernmental agreement is needed.
To date, there is none.
What support does the state provide
to enterprises that export?
In order to expand and promote the
interests of domestic exporters of
processed products, the Ministry has
developed a set of effective measures.
Currently, the following government
support measures are being provided
to domestic exporters through national
development institutions in the field of
export development and promotion:
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• service support measures (organization
of trade missions, organization of
presentation events, participation in
foreign exhibitions, organization of
national stands).
• financial support measures (export
insurance, trade finance, pre-export
financing, cost recovery). It is worth noting that in 2019, for the
first time, a mechanism for reimbursing
part of the costs to the subjects of
industrial and innovative activities for
the transportation of finished products in
the amount of up to 50% of the declared
amount for reimbursement, including to
the final destination, was provided.
Moreover, according to the order of the
Minister of Investment and Development
of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
November 30, 2015 No. 1128: “On approval
of the Rules for reimbursing part of the
costs of subjects of industrial and innovative
activities to promote domestic processed
goods, the list of domestic processed goods,
for which the costs of their promotion
are partially reimbursed”. Reimbursement
of a portion of the costs of industrial and
innovative activities to promote domestic
processed goods is carried out according to
the following types:
1) the costs associated with the advertising
of goods abroad.
2) the costs of direct participation in foreign
exhibitions, fairs, festivals.
3) the costs associated with the develop-
ment, translation into foreign languages
and the publication of a specialized
catalogue for distribution abroad. In 2019, 92 exporters received preferential
loans in the amount of 139.3 billion tenge,
insurance support – 74 exporters in the
amount of 90 billion tenge, also 3 billion
tenge were directed for service support.
Along with this, in 2019, measures were
first introduced to support manufacturers
of processed products.
Thanks to this, 139 export-oriented
enterprises were able to reduce their
transportation costs by almost 4 billion
tenge. By rail, air and road transport,
Kazakhstani products are exported
to the markets of Russia, Uzbekistan,
Afghanistan, Tajikistan and China.
For reference: This allowed them
to increase production in 2019 by
9%, export revenue by 30%, and tax
deductions by 45%.