Serik Zhumangarin met with the head of Widberries Tatiana Bakalchuk

Serik Zhumangarin met with the head of Widberries Tatiana Bakalchuk

Today, on February 6, 2023, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin met with Wildberries CEO Tatiana Bakalchuk.

This is the second meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan with a representative of the largest marketplace of the Russian Federation. Earlier in Moscow, in December last year, Serik Zhumangarin discussed with Tatiana Bakalchuk the possibilities of expanding the representation of the electronic platform in Kazakhstan. Since that time, an investment project has been initiated in Almaty for the construction of a logistics center for warehousing and storage of cargo, a meeting was held with the Mayor's Office of Astana on the possibilities of renting land and storage facilities.  According to the business lady, the company, in addition to developing representation in Astana and Almaty, has big plans for active activity in other regions of Kazakhstan.  

According to Tatiana Vladimirovna, in addition to development in Astana and Almaty, the company has big plans for active activities in other regions of Kazakhstan.

We are interested in developing on the territory of even the most separated regions of Kazakhstan. Now we see that there are a lot of sellers on Wildberries, including women who earn money from sales through our platform, - says Tatiana Bakalchuk.

According to Kazpost JSC, in 2021 the volume of the e-commerce market amounted to 1,286.8 billion tenge, which is 9.6% of the total retail trade. The volume of the B2C e–commerce market for 9 months of 2022 is 806.9 billion tenge. According to Wildberries LLC, by the end of 2021, the turnover on the Wildberries platform amounted to 60.7 billion tenge. For 9 months of 2022, 6,749 suppliers were registered, the volume of sales of goods of Kazakhstani entrepreneurs amounted to more than 46.2 billion tenge. The total volume of Wildberries in Kazakhstan is 92.4 billion tenge, which is 11.4% of the total volume of e–commerce in Kazakhstan (an increase of 52% compared to 2021).