Kazakhstan Trade
Kazakhstan trade restrictions
Belarus and Kazakhstan have turned down a Russian proposal to restrict imports to the Customs Union from Ukraine, unidentified officials close to the negotiations said, the Vedomosti business daily reported Monday. Ukraine on Friday signed the second part of a landmark association agreement with the EU that envisions, among other things, the cancellation or reduction of import duties between the two sides. Russia is worried that the deal may allow cheap European goods to make their way into the CIS free trade zone, of which Ukraine remains a member…
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Image caption Mr Nazarbayev cast his ballot to loud cheering in the capital Astana, saying he was sure that the people of Kazakhstan would support his campaign Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a widely expected crushing election victory, with early results showing he has won 97.7% of the vote. The country s Central Election Commission said that there had been a record turnout of 95.11% for the poll. The result, giving 74-year-old Mr Nazarbayev a fifth consecutive five-year term, had never been in doubt. The president has promised economic…
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ITC is the joint cooperation agency of UNCTAD and WTO for business aspects of trade development. According to its mandate ITC implements several projects in Kazakhstan. The Concept of the Regional Program on Export Development in the Republic of Kazakhstan (RK), the Russian Federation (RF) and the Republic of Belarus (RB) has been drafted in 2011. As a preparatory stage of the bigger project ITC is carrying out a study to promote exports of agricultural products from RK, RF and RB to the world market. The outcome of the proposed study will be published…
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Expats’ Impressions of Kazakhstan – the Good and the Bad Recently I did an online survey using Web Survey Master and 27 of my expat friends responded. I must have sent out to 50 people so I got over a 50% return rate. 12% have lived in KZ for less than half a year, 23% for one year, 23% for 2-3 years, 8% for 4-5 years, 12% for over 5 years and 8% over 10 years and another 14% had various answers. These were comments at the end of survey most of the 27 were American friends of mine but also some from Canada, U.K., Australia, Netherlands and other…
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Kazakhstan is a country with a rich historical and cultural past. Its geographical and geopolitical situation has played a significant role in promoting the development of Kazakhstan. Being located in the center of Eurasia, Kazakhstan has long been at the intersection of ancient world civilization and at the crossroads of major transport arteries. Thus it has been a site for a negotiation of social and economic, cultural and ideological relations between East and West, North and South, between Europe and Asia. At different stages in history, Kazakhstan…
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Parts of this article (those related to map coloring of Croatia) are outdated . Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. European Union–Kazakhstan relations are the international relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the common foreign policy and trade relations of the European Union. Since 2002, the EU has grown to become Kazakhstan s largest trading partner, being the destination of 40% of its exports. Those exports were primarily, 80%, oil and gas in 2007. In 2007 EU imports of goods from…
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Main problems faced by children in Kazakstan: The prevention of abuse and sexual abuse remains insufficient and lacks professional attention. Such punishments are tolerated in foster homes, military schools and in the workplace. Schools are the only place in which corporal punishment is prohibited. Although mistreatment is becoming rarer, it remains a regular occurrence in boarding schools, foster homes, prisons and detention centres. Furthermore, children who are victims of such violence do not have easy access to adequate complaint mechanisms…
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Kazakhstan is located in the heart of the Eurasian continent. Its territory occupies 2, 724, 900 square kilometers (1, 049, 150 square miles). It is the CIS’ second and world’s ninth largest country. The Kazakhstan territory is larger than the twelve countries of the European Union! Kazakhstan borders with China, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. The total length of the borderline is 12, 187km. Kazakhstan stretches for more than 3, km (covering two time zones) from the lower reaches of the Volga in the west to the foothills of the…
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In 2007 the Central Asia Consortium Project coordinated by EI/ETUCE was launched with a view to promote changes in teachers trade unions in Central Asia from government functionaries to more democratic, independent, transparent, strong and sustainable organisations. The key objectives of workshops amongst others are to create good governance and transparency at all levels of organisation; to effectively address the problems of education in the era of market economy and decentralisation; to train the leaders to deal with the local government; to…
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Please choose a year in which you want to find trade shows in Kazakhstan for Apparel, Clothing, Fashion, Ready-to-Wear: After selecting the year in which you search for trade shows in Kazakhstan for Apparel, Clothing, Fashion, Ready-to-Wear, you get a hit list with all trade shows in Kazakhstan for Apparel, Clothing, Fashion, Ready-to-Wear taking place there in the respective year. The hit list of trade shows in Kazakhstan for Apparel, Clothing, Fashion, Ready-to-Wear gives an overview of all trade shows with the trade show s name and its business…
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Trademark Refusal Procedure in International Trademark Registration Procedure under Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol in Kazakhstan I. Trademark Refusal Procedure in Kazakhstan - the Deadline for Responding to an Official Refusal The time limit for the response to a refusal is three months starting from the date of the official refusal. The applicant can obtain an extension of time to reply to the opposition. The limit of these extensions is one extension for a period of six months (one six-month request or six one-month requests). II. Trademark…
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Before making his way to Russia for the Victory Day celebrations, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a one-day stopover in neighboring Kazakhstan. The Central Asian state is of growing diplomatic and strategic importance to China, a fact reflected in Beijing’s attention on the region in recent years. Kazakhstan is crucial to getting China’s Silk Road Economic Belt off the ground, which is why Xi first announced that initiative during a visit to Astana in September 2013. Since then, Kazakhstan has become a major site of Chinese investment. During…
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BACKGROUND : Instead of the expected free flow of goods across the Kazakhstani-Russian border as of January 1, we got what many rushed to call a trade war between the two countries. Media has been full of stories about the seizure of tons of beef, poultry meat, milk, chocolate, and other foodstuffs crossing to Kazakhstan from Russia allegedly for “not meeting technical regulations.” Russia reciprocated by refusing to let tons of Kazakhstani cheese and other dairy products into Russia for “not meeting quality and safety requirements.” On March 5…
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By Moldir Nurazkhan draws us for many reasons. It keeps us healthy and fit, teaches responsibility, gives us competition, excitement, creates communities… The list is endless! Kazakhstan is no exception for a sports community, so in this blog I’d like to share with my foreign friends about Kazakhs sports culture. I think every Kazakh citizen would agree that the most popular sport in our country is soccer (we call it football though). I assume, the other reason, besides it’s fun, is that soccer requires lesser equipment than any other sports. Anyways…
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Of the 11 border crossings between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, six are currently closed, Kyrgyz customs agents say, and Kazakhstan has imposed tightened restrictions at two more. Fifteen kilometers east at Ak-Tilek, a simple printed sign taped to a shuttered gate indicates that this key freight crossing is closed. In addition to locally produced goods, huge amounts of consumer products transiting Kyrgyzstan from China were once transited here, feeding local economies on both sides of the border. “All that traffic is now diverted to Kordai and is…
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