Serik Zhumangarin visited Kostanay region on a working trip

On October 29, 2022, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin met with residents, business representatives, and the public of the region during a working trip to Kostanay region. During the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister spoke about the measures taken by the government of the country for social support of citizens, stabilization of prices for basic foodstuffs.

• Today, at a personal reception of citizens, agricultural producers of the region outlined a number of issues related to the production and sale of eggs, meat, dairy products. Manufacturers are ready to provide and increase production volumes, they need support from the state. For its part, the government is now changing the mechanisms for allocating financing to producers under "revolving" schemes so that funds go directly to producers and they can buy raw materials and crops at a low price. This will help to avoid a sharp rise in prices for basic foodstuffs, especially in the off-season. Recently, memoranda were signed with sugar factories, working capital, in addition to timely purchase of raw materials, will give them the opportunity to modernize production," Serik Zhumangarin said.

The Minister of Trade and Integration separately focused on the project of implementing a Social Wallet, through which citizens will be able to receive social benefits from the state. The social wallet will be created on the basis of the citizen's IIN automatically, money allocated by the state will flow to it. For the convenience of citizens, the "Social Wallet" module will be implemented in the eGov mobile application. All that will be necessary is to download the "social wallet" application, pass authorization and identification.  By the end of 2022, within the framework of pilot projects, three types of public services will be tested in the Social Wallet.

One of the participants of the meeting, Director of Kaztorgtrans LLP Khaliulla Gran Aka, raised the issue of excluding flour from the new edition of the Rules for Reimbursement of Costs to Subjects of industrial Activity for the promotion of domestic goods to foreign markets. He stressed that this was a very significant support from the state, thanks to which flour mills previously received reimbursement of transportation costs. Serik Zhumangarin replied that reimbursement of expenses to exporters did not stop, all applications of agricultural producers, including flour mills, submitted in 2022, will be considered without fail.  In addition, the Ministry of Trade and Integration has now prepared amendments to the order    regarding the return of excluded types of agricultural products to the list of processed goods. Following the meeting, the Minister answered all media questions at a briefing.

During the trip, Serik Zhumangarin got acquainted with the activities of Mibeko LLP, one of the three producers of Kazakhstan with the widest range of cereals. According to the deputy General Director of the company Mirzamukim Kadyrov, the company provides its products to 5 regions of Kazakhstan and exports to 9 countries.  The Deputy Prime Minister also visited the dairy farm of Olzha Sadchikovskoye LLP, which is part of the largest agricultural holding in Kazakhstan, Olzha Agro LLP, which provides jobs for about 7000 people. The company has digitized almost the entire milk production cycle, uses a scientific approach in crop production and animal husbandry. The agricultural holding has big plans for further development, including the construction of a wholesale distribution center. All projects were presented to the Deputy Prime Minister.