Meeting at the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Norway Mr. Adil Tursunov met with the State Secretary of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries Mr. Tore Onshuus Sandvik.

They discussed the prospects for expanding bilateral trade. In 2023 Kazakh-Norwegian trade amounted to $124 million, including $3 million of Kazakh exports (wheat, metal products, ferroalloys, etc.) and $121 million of imports from Norway (fish and fish products, ores, titanium concentrates, etc.).

Ambassador A.Tursunov briefed State Secretary T.O.Sandvik about successful policy of Astana on economic diversification and dozens of new industries launched in Kazakhstan in recent years.

For example, the «Stadler Rail» (Switzerland) set up a manufacture of passenger coaches for the railways, «Alstom» (France) is present in Kazakhstan with two plants (for manufacturing of locomotives and point machines), «Eurocopter» (France) establiished a joint venture to create a modern and autonomous helicopter ecosystem in Kazakhstan trough assembly, customization and maintenance of top-class and multi-missions helicopters. 

Development of the Kazakh fishing industry with participation of Norwegian companies was another important topic of discussion.

Ambassador of Kazakhstan invited representatives of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries to participate in the business seminar "Day of Kazakhstan's economy in Norway", which will be held in Oslo on April 23, 2024 (https://east-cci.no/events/).

The organizers of this event – the East Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Norway (“Østhandelskammeret”) and the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Norway.