The export potential of Kazakhstan's cement to foreign markets is $ 42.4 million

As part of the regular meetings of the first heads of central government bodies with representatives of the civil sector, on April 28, 2021, the Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, B. T. Sultanov, held an industry meeting with representatives of the Association of Cement and Concrete producers "QAZEM".

During the meeting, they discussed problematic issues and prospects for the development of the cement industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as issues of protecting the cement industry through strengthening the requirements for cement products through technical regulation tools.

A range of opportunities for the industry through the development tools KazakhExport and QazTrade was also presented.

In addition to technical regulation tools to improve the quality of domestic products, the Ministry of Trade provides about 20 financial and non-financial support measures to exporters.

Azamat Askaruly, General Director of QazTrade, spoke about the scope of measures to support domestic business in export promotion and trade development:

- QazTrade provides a wide range of service measures: consulting and analytical support, diagnostics of the export potential of enterprises, export acceleration, the launch of enterprises on international lectronic platforms and the most popular measure – cost recovery.

As he said, cement companies are actively using the cost recovery measure:

- In 2020, 6 cement companies applied for reimbursement of costs for the delivery of goods by car and railway transport in the total amount of 377 million tenge. Kazakhstan cement chooses Russia, Uzbekistan and Mongolia as its main destinations. Dozens more applications from cement manufacturers are currently being processed.

In general, the growth in the production of Portland cement, and last year it was by 5.3% compared to 2019, had a positive impact on the trade balance.

- In 2020, exports of products increased by 18.7% (from 84.6 to 100.4 million rubles). $ ), and imports decreased by 3.9% (from 44.4 to 42.7 million). $ ),- said A. Askaruly. - The main sales markets are Uzbekistan (67.4 million rubles). $), Kyrgyzstan ($18.5 million), Russia ($14.5 million). $) and Turkmenistan ($38.6 thousand).

But at the same time, the speaker from QazTrade noted, most of the products produced are sold on the domestic market and this is about 9.6 thousand tons.

In general, the export potential of Kazakhstan's cement to foreign markets is $ 42.4 million.

At the current volumes of import demand, Kazakh enterprises have the potential to increase exports to Uzbekistan for Portland cement - by $ 6.5 million, for refractory cements - by $0.8 million.