Serik Zhumangarin held the first meeting of the Public Council on Trade and Integration

On February 13 of this year, the first meeting of the Public Council on Trade and Integration was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin.

At the meeting, the participants discussed the issues of value added tax refund, new approaches to determining the Republic of Kazakhstan as the country of origin of goods, reviewed technical regulations for various industries, regarding the establishment of feasible and non-feasible requirements in them that restrict access to the market of products, confirmation of the quality of goods, issues related to the certification of goods, and much more.

In addition, the chairman and secretary of the Council were elected at the meeting by voting, and the regulations on the Public Council were approved. Members of the Public Council nominated two candidates: Ruslan Shaekin, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Owners of Regional Commercial Real Estate in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Adilbek Bektibayev, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Manufacturing Industry Union. The majority of participants voted for Ruslan Shaekin.

It is worth noting that already at the meeting, the participants began to interact in solving joint issues. For example, the chairman of the NGO "Aktobe Regional Center for Consumer Protection" Arslan Karkhanov raised the issue of the quality of socially significant food products sold. This question was answered by the president of the Association "Institute for Assessment of Regulatory and Tax Impact on Business "Bastama" Temirlan Zhakipbekov, noting that the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs "Atameken" has already raised this issue at the site of the industry expert group, and relevant amendments to legislative acts are being prepared.

Following the results of the event, Serik Zhumangarin thanked the participants of the Public Council and handed over official certificates to all members.

Recall that the Public Council is elected for a term of three years. The powers of the Council include discussion of draft budget programs, strategic plans of the Ministry and the progress of their implementation, participation in the development and discussion of draft laws, development of proposals to improve the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and much more.