Gaztrade held a field seminar in Almaty for exporters

On June 20, the first field seminar was held in Almaty for novice exporters within the framework of the Smart Export 2.0 business workshop. More than 50 representatives of Kazakhstani manufacturers of food, machine-building, chemical, textile and other industries took part in this event.

During the seminar, the participants got acquainted with the customs procedure of export, existing measures of non-tariff regulation. Issues such as the classification of goods according to the commodity nomenclature of foreign economic activity, the clearance of the customs procedure for the export of goods were touched upon.

The second part of the seminar included a practical lesson on filling out a customs declaration. The companies were able to fill out the customs declaration by themselves using the Astana – 1 information system.

As part of the business workshop, a series of webinars for beginner-level exporters will be held from June 21 to 24 inclusive. Detailed information is available at the link smartexport2022.qaztrade.org.kz

By the end of the year, thematic webinars in online format and 2 regional seminars are planned to be held within the framework of the business workshop. At the same time, the content of the workshop is divided by the skill levels of the participants.

Training for mid-level exporters will take place approximately in the period from August 1 to August 10. For more experienced exporters, training will be available in the first decade of October.

In 2021, over 900 participants from more than 400 exporting companies have already participated in the Smart Export business workshop. They completed an 8-day online training course with 23 trainers, international and local experts. In this program, they got acquainted with the most pressing issues in order to be one step closer to the requirements of modern reality. The materials of the 2021 course are available www.qaztradeacademy.kz