THE EXPORTERS WERE SUPPORTED BY THE AKIMAT OF THE TURKESTAN REGION

The akimat of the Turkestan region, the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC "Center for Trade Policy Development "QazTrade" and JSC "Export Insurance Company "KazakhExport" held the first meeting of the Regional Council for current and potential exporters of the region this year. The purpose of the meeting is to raise awareness in the field of state support and services of financial institutions for the promotion of exports and to improve the process of future comprehensive support for the development of export potential.
The round table was held with the participation of deputy akim of the Turkestan region Meirzhan Myrzaliyev, representatives of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, General Director of JSC "Center for Trade Policy Development "QazTrade" Azamat Askaruly, representatives of JSC "Export Insurance Company "KazakhExport", heads of RAPIRE "Turkistan Invest", NCE "Atameken" for the Turkestan region and relevant departments of the akimat. 62 major exporters of the region also participated.
The participants of the meeting considered the issues of expanding state measures to support exporters and concentrating them in one window. In particular, the reimbursement of part of the cost of promoting processed domestic goods to foreign markets.
At the same time, at the meeting, it was said about the beginning of construction last year of the sewing workshop of "JV Turkistan Textile" LLP in the field of light industry. The cost of the project is 420 million tenge, it is planned to create 70 jobs, and its monthly capacity will be 15 thousand units of production.
In addition, the cost of production of construction plastic products of ABN Alliance LLP is 1.4 billion tenge with the creation of 100 jobs. The company intends to produce 1,500 tons of sewer pipes, 9,000 tons of pipes for water and gas, and process 900 tons of waste every month.
Also, in 2021, it is planned to build an oil refinery of "Karatau Trans Service" LLP worth 11 billion tenge. The company will create 112 jobs, its capacity will be 50 thousand tons per year.
The deputy akim of the region spoke about the current export situation in the region and about the export potential. According to Meirzhan Myrzaliyev, more than 224 export-oriented companies operate in the region. Of these, 60 active exporting companies are engaged in the machine-building, metallurgical, food, light, pharmaceutical and woodworking industries.
"Last year, due to new export-oriented enterprises, we managed to maintain a high share of processed goods in the total export volume. Now it is about 50%, " he said.
The deputy mayor is confident that the expansion of state measures to support exporters and their concentration in one window will provide significant support to producers in the region. Ultimately, this will expand the export line and increase the volume of domestic products in foreign markets.
It should be noted that for 11 months of 2020, the trade turnover of the Turkestan region amounted to 991.5 million US dollars. In particular, exports for January-November 2020 - 494.6 million US dollars, where the volume of non-primary exports is 352.3 million US dollars, or 71% of the total volume. This is equivalent to an increase of 8.2% compared to the previous year.

Press service of the akim of Turkestan region