Memoranda have been signed in the Karaganda region on reducing the trade premium to 10% between trade entities and local executive bodies.

According to the head of the Department of Trade of the Karaganda region, Meyir Alpysov, there are 8 retail chains and 3246 convenience stores in the Karaganda region.
To date, local executive bodies have concluded 2,960 memoranda with retail facilities on a minimum trade allowance for socially significant food products of no more than 10%.
Only in the city of Karaganda, 1081 memoranda were signed, including with such large retail facilities and networks as "Norm", "Ayan", "Yuzhny", "Basket", "Magnum", "Yuma".
In the context of districts and cities of regional significance of the Karaganda region, memoranda were signed with:
- Balkhash – 151, Priozersk – 34, Saran – 187, Temirtau – 292, Shakhtinsk – 165, Abaysky district - 166, Aktogaysky district – 91, Bukhar-Zhyrau district – 177, Karkaralinsky district - 225, Nurinsky district - 135, Osakarovsky district - 147, Shetsky district – 109 subjects of trade.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin held a conference call on ensuring food security and restraining prices for socially important food products, where the issue of the need to conclude memoranda on compliance with the trade margin on socially important products of no more than 10% was considered.