 Business in Kazakhstan,
Astana
Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Kazakhstan.
Astana
- Introduction to the Republic of Kazakhstan (Central Asia)
- Kazakh Economy
- Economic Profile of the Regions of Kazakhstan
- Doing Business in Almaty and Astana
- Foreign Trade (Import, Export) of Kazakhstan (Import, Export)
- Economic Integration with Russia and Belarus
- Special Economic Zones in Kazakhstan
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Kazakhstan
- Business Opportunities in Kazakhstan
- Kazakh Petrol sector
- Metal Sector
- Food and Agriculture Sector
- Case Study: KazMunayGasm KEGOC
- Access to the Kazakh market
- Business Plan for Kazakhstan
Economic Corridors related to Kazakhstan- Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
- Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (Silk Road)
- International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
- International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
- Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
- China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
- Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
- Access to the:
- China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
- India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor
- Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea)
- Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
- Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI
-ECO)
Kazakh preferential access and trade agreements
- Kazakhstan and the Central Eurasian Economic Area
- Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc)
- Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)
- Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
- Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO)
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
- Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Programme
- Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with Armenia and Georgia
- Free trade agreement between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan
- Serbia-Kazakhstan Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
- Collaboration and Cooperation Agreement with the European Union
- Iran-Pakistan-Turkey Transit Transport Framework Agreement (TTFA)
- Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States
The objectives of the Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of Kazakhstan” are the following:
- To analyse the Kazakh Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
- To know the business opportunities in the Republic of Kazakhstan
- To explore the Kazakh trade relations with the country of the student
- To know the Kazakh Trade Agreements
- To examine the profile of Kazakh companies
- To develop a business plan for the Kazakh market
Sample of the Subject - Doing Business in Kazakhstan:

Description of the Subject: Doing Business in Kazakhstan.
The Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Kazakh population: 17.6 million people
- 63.6% are Kazakh
- Kazakh Area: 2,724,900 square kilometres (the ninth largest country, two time zones)
- Borders of Kazakhstan: China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
- Kazakhstan is a landlocked country
- Official language of Kazakhstan: Kazakh and Russian
- Kazakh Capital: Astana (835,153)
- Largest city of Kazakhstan: Almaty (1,552,349)
- Type of Government: Unitary dominant-party Presidential Republic
- Kazakh Independence: 1991 (URSS)

Main religions in Kazakhstan:
- Sunni Islam (70% of the Kazakh, Hanafi school)
- Orthodox Christianity (26%)
Kazakhstan belongs to the Central Eurasian Economic Area (Islamic Civilisation).
- Kazakhstan belongs to the Sunni - Turkic area of the Islamic Civilisation

Kazakh Economy.
- Kazakhstan is a Frontier Market
- Petrol and gas areas: 72% of Kazakhstan
- 3% of the total petroleum reserve in the World
- Kazakhstan is a Middle-income country (WB)
- Kazakh GDP: 225.619 billion USD
- Manufacturing: 35% of the GDP
- Services sector: 58% of the GDP
- Kazakh GDP per capita: 12.496 USD
- The main sectors of the Kazakh economy are mining and quarrying (33%), wholesale and trade, manufacturing industry,
transportation, building, and agriculture
- Kazakhstan is near to three BRICS Countries (Russia, China, and India)
- EXPO-2017 in Astana
- Ranking in the Ease of Doing Business (WB): 41
- Investor protection
- Kazakh Currency: Tenge
- Kazakhstan is part of the Great Silk Way


Foreign Trade of Kazakhstan.
- The main Kazakh exports are petroleum, other mineral resources, and raw materials
- The largest Kazakh export markets
are Italy, the Netherlands, China, Russia, Switzerland,
and France
- The main Kazakh providers are Russia, China, Germany, the United States, and Italy
- The largest investors in Kazakhstan are the Netherlands, the United States, Switzerland, China, and France
- Customs union with Russia and Belarus since 2010
- The Common Economic Space (Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan) was set-up in 2012
- The Eurasian Economic Union (Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus) in 2014
- In 2015, Kazakhstan joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- Access to the Eurasian Land Transport Initiative


Economic Organisations. Kazakhstan is a member of...
- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
- Islamic Development Bank
- Organisation for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD)
- World Customs Organisation
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
- Customs Convention on Containers (CCC)
- Boao Forum for Asia
- Kazakhstan - Middle East (AMED)
- Kazakhstan is Beneficiary of the European Investment Bank
- Economic Commission Europe (UNECE)
- Africa-Asia Strategic Partnership (NAASP)
- United Nations (UN)
- World Bank
(WB)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- International Monetary Fund
(IMF)





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