Kazakhstan and France to sign agreements worth USD 530 mln

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakh and French companies are expected to sign 15 commercial contracts worth USD 530,3 mln as part of the Kazakh-French Business Forum in Astana.

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Above 250 delegates are to take part in it, the press service of the Investments and Development Ministry said. For the past nine months the sales between the nations reached USD 4,7 bln. Kazakhstan imports French industrial equipment, pharmaceuticals, cars, foodstuff, air and spacecraft. The gross volume of direct investments of France in Kazakhstan hit some USD 10,8 bln for the past nine years.