President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt Sultanov. Tokayev was briefed on the development results of the trade system last year, including the measures taken to expand foreign and domestic trade.
It was noted that, despite the negative trends, Kazakhstan managed to sustain the growth dynamics in the share of non-primary exports. The President pointed out the importance of expanding geography of sales markets for Kazakhstan wares and enhancing their competitiveness.This year, Kazakhstan took over the chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union, and in this context, the President tasked to focus on development of Eurasian integration, elimination of trade barriers and freedom of goods and services movement.
In the field of domestic trade, Tokayev set the task of accelerating work on creation of national commodity distribution system, providing conditions for saturating the market with domestic products and sustainable development of this sector. The system should become the backbone of the Eurasian distribution network, which consists of a network of wholesale distribution centers in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia. The President instructed the Minister of Trade and Integration to take measures to boost the trade and logistics potential of Kazakhstan in terms of expanding markets for domestic products and participating in cooperation projects within the EAEU and with third countries.
Reported by the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda.
