Kazakhstan's e-commerce market reached almost 2 trillion tenge in 2022

Today in the framework of the international forum Astana hosted a panel session «From e-commerce to Paperless Borders: How Digitalization revolutionizes trade», where speakers spoke about the impact of digitalization on trade. Vice-Minister of Trade and Integration Kairat Balykbayev took part in the session.

According to the Vice Minister, the e-commerce market in Kazakhstan continues to grow rapidly. The volume of the e-commerce market by the end of 2022 reached almost 2 trillion tenge, and the share of e-commerce from the total retail turnover was 12.5%.

«Within the framework of the «Ready4Trade-Central Asia» such useful tools for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises as the Trade Portal of Kazakhstan on Trade Facilitation, detailing import, export and transit procedures, have been introduced, and the regional trade «Central Asia Gateway» Portal Central Asia Gateway was launched in May 2023», - he noted in his speech by Kairat Balykbayev.

The Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with BTS Education, Mastercard, has trained more than 2000 SMEs within the framework of the E-Commerce «School project» At the same time, an action Plan for the development of national e-commerce until 2025 was discussed and approved jointly with business.

In May of this year, the opening ceremony of the national pavilion of Kazakhstan on the electronic platform took place in Xi'an JD.com. Kairat Balykbayev noted that the country already has a successful experience of opening a national pavilion on an international trading platform Alibaba.com. As of today, more than 7,500 Kazakhstani goods have already been placed on this trading platform.

Kazakhstan is actively developing international cooperation in the field of e-commerce. This includes participation in the work program on e-commerce and the initiative of the joint statement on e-commerce of the World Trade Organization (WTO), as well as negotiations on the development of the e-commerce market within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). In addition, Kazakhstan joins the framework agreement on simplification of procedures for cross-border paperless trade in the Asia-Pacific region within the framework of ESCAP.

In general, for the fruitful and consistent development of the e-commerce market, Kazakhstan in the coming years aims to improve indicators on such key indicators as the volume of export sales of domestic producers through e-commerce channels and the number of active online buyers.

«We will improve the indicators of the average time of courier deliveries of e-commerce goods, as well as increase the number of fulfillment centers in the country», - the Vice Minister of Trade and Integration concluded.