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According to the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, bilateral trade between Kazakhstan and Estonia in 2023 is fixed the level of 157,5 million US dollars (exports - 78.1 million, imports - 79.4 million US dollars). In 2022 is fixed at the level of 121,9 million US dollars (exports - 58.6 million, imports - 63.3 million US dollars). In 2021, this indicator amounted to 18.8 million US dollars, in 2020 - 12.5 million US dollars.
As of January 1, 2023, 74 enterprises with the participation of Estonian capital were registered in the Republic of Kazakhstan, engaged in export-import operations, construction, transport and logistics services, provision of intermediary services, furniture and food production.
In accordance with the Agreement on Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation, Kazakh-Estonian operates Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation (IGC). The co-chair of the Kazakhstani part of the IGC is B.Mussin, Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and T.Aas, Minister of Economy and Infrastructure, of the Estonian Republic.
Six IGC meetings were held (March 2010 - Tallinn, February 2011 – Astana, August 28, 2012 - Tallinn, November 5-6, 2013 – Astana, October 24, 2016 - Tallinn, June 6, 2019. - Astana). The holding of the next 7th meeting of the IGC is under consideration by the parties.
On May 23-26, 2018, representatives of the Ministry of Defense and companies of the Estonian defense industry took part in the international military-technological exhibition KADEX-2018 and held negotiations on military-technical cooperation.
On September 18-20, 2018, at the specialized international exhibition «TransKazakhstan» in Almaty, 11 leading Estonian transport and logistics cluster companies were presented with a national stand.
On March 11-13, 2019, a delegation of the Tallinn University of Technology, headed by Rector Jaak Aviksoo, visited Astanato participate in the international forum "Digitalization: Estonian experience", dedicated to the use of digital technologies. As a result of the forum, Tallinn University of Technology signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the International Technopark of IT Startups Astana Hub.
On March 28-31 and April 4-7, Shymkent delegations made a working visit of 25 people to study Estonian experience in digitalizing the work of the city administration, using modern methods of labor organization and ensuring highly qualified employees, as well as innovative approaches to the interaction of structural units.
At the end of April 2019, a delegation of a number of areas of the national postal operator Kazpost JSC visited Tallinn in order to study the experience of increasing logistics flows, introducing and using innovative solutions in the work of distribution centers, as well as optimizing the work and modernizing regional representations.
In 2019, representatives of Estonia attended two important events: Astana Economic Forum (May 16-17), which was attended by the deputy of the Riigikogu M.Korb, mayors of Tallinn (M.Kylvart), Maardu (V.Arkhipov), Kohtla-Järve (N.Yanchenko), as well as in the Eurasian Media Forum (May 22-24) with the participation of ex-President of Estonia Toomas Henrik Ilves.
On May 13-14, 2020, a web-conference on logistics "TRANSESTONIA 2020" was held, dedicated to the development of the service of container trains passing through Estonia between China and Sweden. The conference was attended by representatives of logistics and the public sector from China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Estonia and Sweden. The Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, B.S.Kamaliev took part from the Kazakhstan side and representatives of KTZ RK. The aim of the conference was to strengthen cooperation and increase freight traffic on the so-called The Northern Silk Road.
Following the conference, the text of the Tallinn Declaration was approved, allowing the parties to strengthen cooperation and communication between the countries of the Northern Silk Road Corridor in order to increase freight traffic and develop new business services, taking into account national development programs and international agreements on Eurasian routes.
In November 2020, a delegation of Estonian entrepreneurs representing the areas of green economy, agriculture, construction and communications visited the city of Astana and the West Kazakhstan region. During the visit, issues of cooperation between Kazakhstan and Estonia in the fields of green technologies, fish production and disposal of household waste were discussed.
On May 26, 2021, Embassy of Kazakhstan in Estonia, Embassy of Estonia in Kazakhstan, Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and JSC «Kazakh Invest National Company» held an online Kazakhstani-Estonian business forum.
On October 13-15, 2021, at the specialized international exhibition «TransLogistica» in Almaty, 11 leading Estonian companies in the transport and logistics cluster were presented with a separate national stand.
On October 20-22, 2021, delegations from the Estonian Chamber of Agriculture and the Estonian Animal Breeding Association visited Kazakhstan to participate in the International Agricultural Exhibition «KazAgro/KazFarm-2021». During the visit, the Estonian delegation held talks with «KazAgro» NMH» JSC.
On November 29-30, 2021, separate delegations of «KTZ» JSC (transportation of transit goods) and Kazakhstani farmers (organizing the supply of agricultural products) visited Estonia.
On April 25, 2022, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with JSC NC "Kazakh Invest" and the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, organized a Kazakh-Estonian investment webinar with the participation of Estonian entrepreneurial entities in the sectors of agriculture, fishing, chemical industry, consulting and financial services.
In May 2022, a delegation of Estonian entrepreneurs from the Ida-Virumaa region visited Almaty, which established ties with the Chamber of International Commerce of the Republic of Kazakhstan and local business communities.
In September 2022, 10 Estonian companies of the transport and logistics cluster took part in the international exhibition «TransLogistica» in Almaty, including the largest seaports of the Republic of Estonia in Sillamäe and Tallinn, as well as Estonian Railways. Estonian companies were presented within a separate national stand.
On September 27 - October 2, 2022, a Kazakh delegation led by the Association of Management Entities, Services in the Housing Sector "Shanyrak" visited Tallinn to study the mechanism of activity of Estonian organizations specializing in housing management. During the trip, the experience of Estonia in training and lobbying the interests of property managers was studied.
In November 2022 а delegation of entrepreneurs from the Ida-Virumaa region (11 companies) visited Astana and Almaty, got acquainted with the investment opportunities of the republic and held meetings with enterprises from Kazakhstan in the B2B format.
In December 2022, a delegation of the Estonian postal operator "Omniva" visited Astana and discussed with the management of "Kazpost" JSC ways of cooperation in the development of logistics hubs.
From February 4-10, 2023, a delegation of entrepreneurs headed by Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of the Republic of Estonia, Kaupo Läänerand, visited Kazakhstan and held a number of meetings in Aktau, Astana and Almaty. Representatives of Estonian companies from the field of transport logistics had the opportunity to get acquainted with the transit potential of Kazakhstan and discuss with Kazakh partners issues of cooperation in international freight traffic.
In May, a delegation of the Estonian company "Turnit" visited Kazakhstan, during which meetings were held with the leadership of JSC NC "KTZ" and JSC "KazakhInvest" and a project was initiated to digitalize the railway ticket sales system.
In October 2023, Kazpost JSC and the Estonian postal operator Eesti Post AS (Omniva) signed a cooperation agreement, which provides interaction of the parties in the delivery of various cargoes.
In October 2023, an Estonian delegation lead by Undersecretary of the Ministry of Climate Sander Salmu visited Kazakhstan and held meetings at the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan and JSC NC KTZ, where it discussed issues of transit cooperation.