
2026 amounted to USD 71 million (exports – USD 5 million, imports – USD 66 million), which was 17.2% lower than in the same period of the previous year (USD 85.7 million). In 2025, it amounted to USD 226 million (exports – USD 16.4 million, imports – USD 209.6 million), which was 13.2% higher than in 2024 (USD 199.7 million).
The main goods exported from Kazakhstan to Hungary are: propylene polymers; bird skins, feathers, down and other parts of birds; compound mineral fertilizers; animal or vegetable oils and fats for technical or industrial use; fish fillets and other fish meat; parts of railway rolling stock; sawn timber, etc.
The main goods imported into Kazakhstan from Hungary are: machinery and equipment for harvesting and threshing agricultural crops; parts of railway rolling stock; tyres; live poultry; insecticides and herbicides; air or vacuum pumps, compressors and fans, etc.
The gross inflow of direct investment from Hungary to Kazakhstan for the period from 2005 to Q1 2026 amounted to USD 415.1 million. The gross outflow of direct investment from Kazakhstan to Hungary for the period from 2005 to Q1 2026 amounted to USD 1.2 million.
As of 1 April 2026, 50 legal entities with Hungarian participation were registered in Kazakhstan, of which 41 were operating (oil and gas company MOL, pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter, etc.).
An important mechanism of bilateral cooperation is the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation. The Co-Chairs of the Commission are: on the Kazakh side – Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National Economy S.Zhumangarin; on the Hungarian side – to be determined.
The 8th meeting of the Business Council was held on 26 January 2023 in Budapest; the Co-Chairs are Deputy Chairman of the Kazenergy Association D.Sarsenov and Chief Executive Officer of L.A.C. Holding L.Horváth.