Trade turnover b/w Pavlodar region and Belarus increased threefold

PAVLODAR. KAZINFORM - Today Pavlodar is holding the Day of the Kazakh-Belarusian business cooperation, this has been informed by Dina Shakenova, spokeswoman for the regional chamber of entrepreneurs.

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Representatives of large enterprises in Belarus have arrived in Pavlodar. Today there were carried out negotiations in B2B format. It is scheduled to hold meetings with representatives of immigration and tax authorities, as well as the experts in the field of public procurement on foreign trade regulations. According to Elena Azarova, member of the Minsk office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce, last year's trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Belarus exceeded USD 1 billion. "One of the most important areas of cooperation is the development of regional relationships. Within last three years trade turnover between Pavlodar region and Belarus increased 3-fold, from USD 10 to 30 million", noted E. Azarova. Acting director of Pavlodar chamber of entrepreneurs Gomar Kazhkenov noted that the signing of the Eurasian Economic UnionTreaty became a historic event in the development of the Kazakh-Belarusian bilateral relations.