Owing to Customs Union domestic manufacturers to get better access to foreign markets - Vice Minister of Industry and Trade
16:44, 1 December 2009
ATY. December 1. KAZINFORM /Daniyar Sikhimbayev/ Owing to the Customs Union the domestic manufacturers will get better access to foreign markets. Kazakh Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Timur Zhaksylykov has said at the Congress of Commercial Enterprises and added that the Customs Union creation will not influence the inflation.
According to Vice Minister, regulation of customs duties has always been measures on protection of own manufacturers and consumers. "Manufacturers want greater protection for their goods and higher fees. There is an agreement on that Kazakhstan maintains possibility of benefits on a number of key goods", he said.
"Talking about the benefit which the economy and state will receive from the Customs Union functioning, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev specificated this moment. We will receive big market, investment attractiveness and concessionary terms of our goods access to foreign markets. At present our goods are under transport discrimination", T.Zhaksylykov said.