The first Vice-Minister of Trade and Integration Arman Shakkaliyev met with entrepreneurs and the public of the West Kazakhstan region

As part of the working trip, Arman Shakkaliyev met with the public and businessmen, residents of the region were interested in issues in the field of consumer protection, the development of domestic trade, price stabilization for socially important food products and more.

So, the head of the NGO "West Kazakhstan Regional Consumer Protection Society" Darina Telagisova complained about the lack of facilities in the region where it is possible to make an examination of clothing, furniture, shoes and many other goods.

Arman Shakkaliyev replied that the Committee for Consumer Protection of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan is working on the formation of a register of objects in the Republic of Kazakhstan, in which citizens could independently conduct an examination of goods. Work in this direction is carried out jointly with public associations, state bodies of the Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology. The first Vice-Minister also called on business entities to create centers for the examination and repair of goods.  The State will provide them with both methodological and advisory, as well as legal assistance.

In addition, during the visit, the first Vice-Minister visited the wholesale and distribution center of the Ural Agro IP, which provides a full range of warehouse and logistics services for the storage of fruit and vegetable products, as well as vegetable storages of the Zhana Alem farm. We also visited the greenhouse complex of "World Green Company" LLP, the production capacity of which is 7,900 tons.

"In the West Kazakhstan region, there is currently a stock of food products in the amount of 4,238 tons of food for a total of 875.8 million tenge in order to stabilize prices for socially significant food products within the framework of the "revolving scheme" mechanism. Additionally, loans will be provided to business entities in the amount of 1,345 million tenge for the stabilization of 4,390 tons of food products.  There are 11 retail chains and 16 markets.

Since the beginning of the year, 570 agricultural fairs have been held in the region," Arman Shakkaliyev said.