Car import duties to fall by 13.3% in Kazakhstan

ASTANA. KAZINFORM The import duties on new cars will decline by 13.3% following Kazakhstan's accession to the World Trade Organization, the Committee of Industrial Development and Industrial Safety of the Investments and Development Ministry says.

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Presently, the average rates of import duties on new transport make about 27.9%. Upon Kazakhstan's entry to the WTO the rates will decrease by 13.3% while annual import duties will be lowered by 0.5-0.6% and will reach 10.8% at last, a press release reads. Meanwhile, the import duties on used cars will remain high (about 25% now) and will decrease stage-by-stage to 15%. As for buses and cargo vehicles their import duties will make 10% of their cost.