Topical issues of the Ministry of Trade were discussed by Serik Zhumangarin with a freelance adviser to the Head of State

Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin held a meeting with the freelance Adviser to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Economic Issues Sir Suma Chakrabarti.

The Deputy Prime Minister spoke about the topical issues of the Ministry's activities, in particular, about the measures taken to saturate the markets of Kazakhstan with food products and stabilize prices for socially important food products.

«Our main task is to prevent sharp price spikes. The work on this is carried out by the Ministry together with central government agencies and akimats, manufacturers, retailers and other market participants. Work is actively underway to ensure the affordability of socially significant food products. The financing mechanism has been reformatted according to the "revolving scheme», — Serik Zhumangarin explained.

At the same time, according to the Minister of Trade and Integration, work is underway to organize the forward purchase of early imported fruit and vegetable products from Central Asian countries during the off-season.

Another important task is to establish work on automating the process of forming the commodity balance. On behalf of the Head of State, it is planned to launch the national commodity distribution system by the end of this year.

Sir Suma Chakrabarti noted that the measures taken are effective and timely, and the development of own production will provide the domestic market with socially significant food products.