On February 7, 2022, USAID’s Trade Central Asia activity hosted its inauguration meeting in Nur-Sultan.
Representatives of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan and JSC “QazTrade”, as well as other government agencies, leading private sector associations and international organizations attended the event.
Deputy General Director of JSC “QazTrade” Nurlan Kulbatyrov informed about the trade policy in the Central Asian region, measures to activate regional trade processes in the region, as well as ongoing work to simplify trade procedures.
The goal of USAID’s Trade Central Asia activity is to improve region-wide trade connectivity to accelerate economic growth and increase economic opportunity in Central Asia through harmonization of customs and border procedures, increasing public-private dialogue on trade and investment, improving cross-border firm-to-firm connectivity, and addressing gender-relevant trade issues.
Within the framework of cooperation with the USAID project, a pilot export strategy of the Almaty region was developed last year, as well as a methodology for developing an export strategy for the regions of Kazakhstan.
This year, JSC “QazTrade” acts as a partner for the implementation of this pilot project.
