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Export Market

Kazakhstan

ISO: KZ / KAZ

Country Profile

Capital Astana
Population 20.4M
GDP $291.5B (2024)
GDP per Capita $14,155
Income Level Upper-Middle Income
Currency Kazakhstani tenge (KZT ₸)
Language Kazakh
Timezone UTC+05:00
Region Asia · Central Asia

Trade Partners

Kazakhstan Exports To

  • China 16.0%
  • UK 15.0%
  • Russia 10.0%
  • Turkey 6.0%
  • Italy 5.0%

Key exports: crude petroleum, gold, radioactive chemicals, refined copper, copper ore (2023)

Kazakhstan Imports From

  • China 28.0%
  • Russia 24.0%
  • The 4.0%
  • Turkey 4.0%
  • USA 4.0%

Key imports: garments, cars, broadcasting equipment, vehicle bodies, packaged medicine (2023)

Economic Overview

upper-middle-income Central Asian economy; robust growth due to rising oil production, expansion in manufacturing and services, rising domestic demand, and infrastructure investments; however, rapid growth contributing to high inflation rate; declining unemployment and poverty rates

Government: presidential republic

UK Trade Status

No FTA

There is currently no free trade agreement between the UK and Kazakhstan. Standard WTO terms apply.

Geographic Region

Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Trading Bloc Memberships

Kazakhstan is a member of the following trade agreements and economic blocs.

EAEU Eurasian Economic Union Economic Union CIS Commonwealth of Independent States Economic Union

Export Guidance

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Also in This Region

🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇬🇪 Georgia FTA 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇲🇩 Moldova FTA 🇷🇺 Russia 🇹🇯 Tajikistan

Official Resources

Government export support for Kazakhstan.

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