An inspection of quarantine products of high phytosanitary risk has revealed violations, according to Kazakh and the Eurasian Economic Union legislation, the Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture said on June 27. In particular, as much as 81.5 tons of potatoes imported from Azerbaijan were revealed to be partially infectious, and thus were returned back. Overall, 99.8…
Kazakhstan plans to raise the country’s tourism share to 8% of GDP by 2025. This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin at the international conference “Tourism and Future Energy: Unlocking Low Carbon Growth Opportunities” in the Congress Center of Expo-2017. “We have rich nature and resources. The rich Kazakh history…
Astana – Almaty – Urumqi railway service will be launched via Altynkol (Kazakhstan) and Khorgos (China) border crossing points as per the agreements reached between “NC “Kazakhstan Temir Zholy” JSC and China Railway. The launch of the new railway service is dated to the International specialized exhibition “EXPO-2017”. Altynkol is a large railway hub and…
Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, has once again been recognized for 4 Star service excellence, retaining the accolade of “Best Airline in Central Asia and India” in the Skytrax World Airline Awards for the sixth consecutive year, the company’s press service reports. The airline also scooped the prize for “Best Airline Staff Service…
As of June 1, the registered carry-over stocks of grains and pulses in Kazakhstan totaled 6.539 million tons. In particular, peasant and farming households stored 994.48 thousand tons of grains, the Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. Wheat formed the major share of the general grain stocks…
Within the framework of the Kazakh-Ukrainian Business Council, an agreement was reached between the two countries on export-import cooperation, Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister – Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities stated at the 13th meeting of the joint interstate Ukrainian-Kazakh commission for economic cooperation. According to Zubko, the Development Bank of Kazakhstan is…
During the Innovation Summit within the Astana Economic Forum, Kazakh Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev said that Kazakhstan has removed all the trade barriers with China. “Of course, to enter the Chinese market it is not enough to have a desire only. We agreed with China for almost all the main types of agricultural products, except…