Kazakhstan and China will continue to work on the exchange of customs statistics data

An agreement has been reached between Kazakhstan and China to continue work on the exchange of customs statistics on foreign trade in goods, and a project on preliminary online information exchange is also being successfully promoted. This was reported in the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On November 12, 2021, the 11th meeting of the Subcommittee on Cooperation between Checkpoints and in the Field of customs Affairs of the Kazakh-Chinese Cooperation Committee was held in videoconference mode.

The Kazakh delegation was headed by Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan A.Altynbayev, the Chinese side - Deputy Minister of the General Customs Administration of the People's Republic of China (GTU of the People's Republic of China) Wang Lingjun. The event was attended by representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration, Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, NC KTZ JSC, as well as heads of interested departments of the State Technical University of the People's Republic of China.

During the talks, the parties expressed satisfaction with the results achieved, noted their interest in strengthening cooperation in the field of combating the epidemic on the basis of mutual benefit, agreed on mutual security to counteract the pandemic at checkpoints and promote the development of bilateral foreign trade.

According to the results of the negotiations, the Parties agreed to take joint measures to increase the capacity at the automobile and railway checkpoints of the Kazakh-Chinese state border, to carry out anti-epidemic measures with respect to vehicles and cargo.

In addition, an agreement was reached to continue work on the exchange of data on customs statistics of foreign trade in goods, to promote the project of preliminary online exchange of information on goods and vehicles transported through automobile and railway checkpoints of the Republic of Kazakhstan - China.

Following the meeting, the parties expressed confidence that customs cooperation between the countries will continue to be built on a friendly basis, and the decisions taken will contribute to improving the effectiveness of comprehensive cooperation.