The volume of sales of participants in state export support programs exceeded $ 800 million in 2022
A road show was launched in the West Kazakhstan region, during which the entrepreneurs of the region were presented with measures of state support for exports.
The event was held by experts of the Trade Policy Development Center "QazTrade" with the support of the Akimat of the West Kazakhstan region, the Regional Chamber of Entrepreneurs "Atameken", the Entrepreneurship Development Fund "DAMU", as well as the Social and Entrepreneurial Corporation "AQJAIYQ".
At the meeting in Uralsk, QazTrade experts offered businesses a choice of training projects, participation in trade and economic missions, international exhibitions and programs.
Thus, "Export Acceleration" helps Kazakhstan's non-resource companies to effectively develop foreign markets. This year, 110 enterprises of the food, light, chemical industry, mechanical engineering and services sector will be able to participate in this program. According to Asel Egemberdieva, Deputy General Director of QazTrade, the selection of applicants will last until February 24, 2023.
Another relevant tool for the promotion of goods "Kazakhstan Zhasalgan" is access to the international electronic trading platform Alibaba.com . The state provides an opportunity for domestic producers and trading companies to sell their products on this site. A prerequisite is the availability of finished products and digitized content on your own website.
In 2020-2022 , accounts on Alibaba.com 220 companies and exporters received at the expense of the state. Last year, the National Pavilion of Kazakhstan was opened on the international platform. 130 Kazakhstani companies with the status of a gold supplier are represented here, they put up for sale more than 7,500 goods.
"QazTrade has been implementing these programs for the fourth year, during which time about 500 Kazakhstani companies have participated in them. The total sales volume of our program participants in 2022 exceeded $ 800 million," Asel Egemberdieva noted.
The QazTradeAcademy educational platform has been created to train existing and potential exporters.kz, which includes online and offline courses in all areas of trade. Currently, 64 training courses are presented on the electronic platform.
Since January 2023, QazTrade experts and international trainers have been training entrepreneurs within the framework of the "Ready4Trade Central Asia" project. The first seminars this year are held in Astana and Pavlodar. Entrepreneurs are taught the rules of international trade, they receive information on how to export products to Europe and other countries, learn where to look for partners and export experts, how to properly prepare a business to enter international markets.
Also, as measures of support for exporting companies, they organize participation in trade and economic missions. Entrepreneurs as part of the Kazakh delegation visit state institutions, retail chains, warehouses, national companies of foreign countries, meet with potential partners to study purchasing power. This year, trade and economic missions will be held in 10 countries, and the national stands of the Republic of Kazakhstan will be presented at international exhibitions in Shanghai, Istanbul, Dublin, Moscow and Abu Dhabi.
"The main result of state support measures will be the improvement of competitiveness indicators and the increase in export readiness of Kazakhstani enterprises," A.Egemberdieva summed up.
By the end of February, QazTrade experts plan to hold meetings with representatives of small and medium-sized businesses in all regions of the country.
Recall that for 11 months of 2022, domestic enterprises exported processed goods worth $ 23.9 billion, or 33.2% more than the same period of the previous year.
Reference:
JSC "Center for the Development of Trade Policy "QazTrade" provides measures of state support to small and medium-sized businesses to reimburse part of the costs of exporting processed goods, sales of Kazakhstan's non-raw materials, contributes to increasing the export potential of Kazakhstan. The sole shareholder of JSC "QazTrade" is the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan.