Diversifying Kazakhstan’s Exports
Institutions, Policies, Infrastructures
Kazakhstan’s trade performance has displayed remarkable resilience to recent economic
shocks, including Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing international
sanctions. However, connectivity remains one of the greatest challenges facing the
country: its trade integration is limited by low density of settlement and economic
activity, infrastructure bottlenecks, weaknesses in trade facilitation, and long distances
to major markets; its economy still depends on a limited number of export commodities
and a narrow range of trading partners.
This report summarises the analytical guidance and capacity-building on export diversification
in Kazakhstan provided by the OECD in 2022 and 2023. The report complements recent
OECD work on trade connectivity in Central Asia, by focusing on practical aspects
of export diversification identified in collaboration with the government of Kazakhstan:
(i) how to develop export promotion policies for SMEs; (ii) how to design a one-stop
shop for exporting SMEs; and (iii) how to improve cross-border co-operation in Kazakhstan’s
Caspian Sea ports.
Published on June 25, 2024Also available in: Russian