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Kazakhstan doubles floor prices for strong alcoholic beverages
Earlier the country’s Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov announced plans to increase floor prices for alcoholic beverages three times by 2016.
05 February 2014
Kazakhstan to coordinate Customs Union import duties with WTO
Kazakhstan’s Vice Minister for Economic Development and Trade earlier announced that the average import duty rate within the WTO is 7.9% higher than that currently in place within the Customs Union.
27 January 2014
Toyota spare parts traders refuse to import goods from Russia
Almaty Toyota spare part traders say that the scheme proposed by official Toyota brand representative in Kazakhstan is cost-inefficient .
16 December 2013
Eurasian integration should be equally advantageous for all participants: Akhmetov
Kazakhstan's Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov believes it especially important that all the member countries equally benefit from the Eurasian integration.
20 November 2013
Armenia ready to sign up for Customs Union in February 2014
Yerevan expect to be ready for signing of the treaty to join the Customs Union and Common Economic Space in February 2014.
19 November 2013
Nazarbayev proposes liquidating EurAsEC, but Putin opposes
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed to dissolve EurAsEC because "two overlapping organizations with similar rules are not needed".
25 October 2013
Kazakhstan’s President suggests granting Turkey admission into the Customs Union
When speaking at the sitting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Minsk, Nazarbayev also suggested dismissing the EurAsEC.
25 October 2013
Nazarbayev to visit Minsk for CU and CIS meetings
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is going to visit Minks, Belarus this week.
21 October 2013
Creation of CES energy market discussed in Astana
Customs Union countries are mulling establishment of a common energy market within the Common Economic Space.
15 October 2013
Kazakhstan and Belarus airlines exempt from tax on imported aircrafts
Air fares may go 15-20 percent in Russian airlines starting from January 2014, but not in Kazakhstan or Belarus ones.
30 September 2013
CU poised to unify duties on oil products
The Customs Union countries - Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus - are working to align duties on oil products to tackle corruption.
23 September 2013
Kazakhstan is second largest CIS investor: EDB
Kazakhstan is the second largest investor in the CIS with the investments volume of $5.6 billion.
10 September 2013
Kazakhstan to lower corporate income tax
Kazakhstan mulls lowering corporate income tax from 20 to 15 percent in 2014.
06 September 2013
Armenia-EU free trade deal blocked: Lithuania
Armenia has blocked its chances of signing a free trade deal with the European Union by choosing to join the Russia-led customs union.
04 September 2013
Kazakhstan supports Armenia's decision to join Customs Union
Armenia intends to ascend the Customs Union and take part in establishment of the Eurasian Economic Council.
04 September 2013
Armenia to join Moscow-led customs union
Armenia said Tuesday it would join the Russia-led customs union to help promote close integration among neighbours.
04 September 2013
Kazakhstan to simplify obtainment of work permits for labor migrants from neighboring states
The current regulations in place prevent Kazakhstan’s individuals from hiring labor migrants. Consequently, most of migrants from other Central Asian states work in Kazakhstan illegally: migration police official.
21 August 2013
Nazarbayev to meet with Putin and Lukashenko
Presidents of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan will arrive to Astana on May 29.
28 May 2013
Kazakhstan’s exports have slanted towards low value-added commodities: Vice Minister of Economic Affairs and Budget Planning
With the Customs Union launch, the negative balance of trade in trade ties with Russia in 2012 totaled $ 10.365 billion, 58.4% up against 2010.
24 May 2013
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