The Committee of Trade and the Union of Trade Networks agreed to promote domestic products

As part of his working trip on 26 June in Petropavlovsk, Minister of Trade and Integration Arman Shakkaliev met with business representatives of North Kazakhstan, Akmola, Kostanai and Pavlodar regions.

As Arman Shakkaliyev noted at the meeting, protection of the domestic market from unsafe and low-quality products, support of domestic producers are among the priority areas of the Ministry's activities. Favourable conditions are created for doing business in the country. Together with akimats the work on modernisation of trade objects is carried out. In particular, in North-Kazakhstan region markets «Yuzhny» and «Universal Trade Centre». are subject to modernisation. Starting this year, the Ministry of Trade and Integration will assist entrepreneurs in carrying out reconstruction and improving the infrastructure of trade facilities. Competence to provide measures of state support to small and medium-sized businesses, the Ministry received for the first time in 5 years.

«Last week at the republican budget commission it was decided to allocate 4 billion tenge this year for cheaper loans for modernisation of trade enterprises. A list of projects is already being compiled, and we are ready to get involved and work them out with second-tier banks», - Arman Shakkaliev said.

In addition, as part of the development of border areas, 5 cross-border hubs with related infrastructure are being created in the regions, which will become centres of attraction for investors and will allow for a 30% increase in non-resource exports to neighbouring countries, as well as a doubling of transit cargo traffic through Kazakhstan. In particular, the construction of 17 wholesale and distribution centres, including modern class A and B warehouses, is planned in North Kazakhstan.

«This will serve as a serious help to business in terms of increasing the margin of the harvest and the safety of agricultural products», - the minister said, noting that in North Kazakhstan region are concentrated large agricultural producers of the country, which not only provide food products for the domestic market, but also actively go to export.

Another measure to improve the competitiveness of domestic products and unify production conditions will be the formation of the Register of goods of Kazakhstani origin. Now the bill is under consideration in the Majilis of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

«We will significantly simplify procedures for our commodity producers. From now on, it will not be necessary to obtain «CT-KZ and industrial» certificates. The whole procedure will be centralised and simplified. At the same time, being in the register of goods of Kazakh origin, entrepreneurs will be able to participate in public procurement», - said Arman Shakkaliev.

At a meeting with the participation of business, the minister touched upon the problem of domestic producers, whose goods cannot compete in price with goods imported from abroad. The Ministry has a Situation Headquarters, which eliminates possible risks of dumping of imported goods. Its work is aimed at eliminating technical barriers to trade, import and circulation of safe products. To date, state agencies have selected 1163 control samples for testing, and thousands of unsafe goods have been withdrawn from circulation. Cancelled 121 declarations of conformity for food products, now it is prohibited to import them into the territory of Kazakhstan.

At the end of the meeting with the business community of the North Kazakhstan region in the presence of the Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Arman Shakkaliev, a memorandum of co-operation was concluded between the Committee of Trade of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Association of Legal Entities "Union of Trade Networks of the Republic of Kazakhstan". The document is aimed at the development of domestic trade, support Kazakh producers and stabilise prices for socially important food products. Under the memorandum, the parties undertake to take measures to increase the share of organised trade to 54% by 2027, to monitor compliance with the requirements of legislation in the regulation of trade activities and prices for socially important food products, to improve the quality of domestic food products, as well as to promote domestic products.

В ходе рабочей поездки в СКО Арман Шаккалиев посетил молочный завод КТ «Зенченко и К», объекты ТОО «Казмясопродукт», ОРЦ, овощехранилище ТОО «Радуга», ТОО «Зеленый Север», супермаркет «Aimer».

During a working trip to the North Kazakhstan region, Arman Shakkaliev visited the dairy plant of the «Zenchenko & K» Limited Partnership, the facilities of the «Kazmyasoprodukt» Limited Liability Partnership, the Wholesale Distribution Center, the vegetable storehouse of the «Raduga» Limited Liability Partnership, the «Green North» Limited Liability Partnership, the «Aimer» supermarket.