The Ministry of trade plans to exempt e-Commerce from CPN and IPN

As reported by trade and integration Bakhyt Sultanov during the reporting meeting in front of the population, the authorities are working on new measures to stimulate the development of Kazakhstan's digital trading platforms.

"The issue of additional exemption from payment of CPN and IPN is being worked out," Sultanov said, describing plans for the development of e - Commerce.

He also said that the Ministry of trade and integration, together with the National Bank, is working on "issues of stimulating the development of e-Commerce through payment systems."

Currently, there are 13 Kazakhstan digital trading platforms operating in Kazakhstan. Such marketplaces, like kaspi, Choco family, technodom, mechta and others.

According to forecasts of the Ministry of trade, the volume of online purchases by the end of this year will amount to 900 billion tenge, and by 2022 – 2 trillion or 13% of all retail trade.

According to Sultanov, by 2025, the share of e-Commerce will reach 15% of the market.