Investment and trade opportunities of Kazakhstan presented to the Chilean business community

Santiago, June 13, 2022 – The Federation of Industry of Chile (SOFOFA), which unites companies and trade unions associated with the local industrial sector, hosted a Kazakh-Chilean round table on the topic of investment and trade cooperation “Kazakhstan and Chile: opportunities for cooperation in agriculture, mining and logistics” with the participation of 20 companies.

Opening the event, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Brazil, Argentina and Chile concurrently, Bolat Nussupov, briefed the audience on the current state and prospects for further development of economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and Chile, with an emphasis on the existing potential for interaction in the agro-industrial complex and trade, mining and logistics.

Director of Political Affairs of the Federation of Industry «SOFOFA», Rodrigo Mujica, for his part, highly appreciated the potential of bilateral trade and economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and Chile and offered to exchange business missions in order to further expand it. According to him, at present there are good opportunities for building up contacts both at the level of official bodies and entrepreneurs of the two countries.

Managing Director of the QazTrade Trade Policy Development Center Aibek Saginayev, spoke in detail about the trade, economic, transport and logistics potential of Kazakhstan, and also presented promising commodity groups of Kazakhstani products for export to the local market.

During the event, the representative of «KazakhInvest» Diana Ablyakimova informed about the investment policy of Kazakhstan, measures taken to improve the investment climate and new support tools for potential investors, and also presented investment proposals for Chilean companies.

At the end of the event, a discussion and exchange of views took place on new ways and opportunities for expanding business cooperation between Kazakhstan and Chile in order to increase trade and investment activity.