Trade turnover between Kazakhstan and China to reach 40 billion dollars by 2015

    The trade turnover between Kazakhstan and China is set to grow to $40 billion by 2015, Tengrinews.kz reports, quoting the country’s Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov. “Bilateral trade turnover in 2012 stood at $23.9 billion. We have set the ambitious target to bring the figure up to $40 billion by 2015”, the Minister told a briefing following his talks with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Astana. He also emphasized that the two countries are actively cooperating to facilitate participation of Chinese entities in the EXPO-2017 to be held in Astana.
    Earlier Tengrinews.kz reported that China’s President Xi Jinping is to visit Kazakhstan on September 6-8. On this visit the two heads of state are to sign a joint declaration to further the bilateral strategic partnership, according to Tengrinews.kz.