The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan the Voice of Kazakhstan Business

History 1959 The Chamber of Commerce of Kazakh SSR 1971 Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Kazakh SSR 1994 Regional Chambers of Commerce and Industry 2005 Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the RK

Legal status 2005 Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the RK Law “On Chambers of Commerce and Industry” No. 47 -3 dated 03. 05. 2005. Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a noncommercial, non-governmental, self-financing and self-governing organization, uniting on voluntary basis individual entrepreneurs and (or) legal entities of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and also their associations (unions) for building favorable conditions for development of business activity, protection of their rights and interests.

Structure The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Regional offices Total: Foreign representatives 16 Regional offices 6 Foreign representatives 72 Foreign CCI partners >1000 Member enterprises Foreign CCI partners Members of CCI

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Activities • • • Information services; Interaction with state authorities; Foreign economic relations; Exhibitions and fairs; Inspection services; Assessment services; Judicial services; Training for business; International cooperation.

Information Services • • • Providing information on potential partners; Marketing researches; Electronic catalogues of Kazakhstan producers; Register of reliable partners; Links to other information sites.

Interaction with state authorities • Participation in policy-making process; • Participation in expert councils under central and local state authorities; • Participation in inter-governmental commissions; • Implementation of governmental export promotion program.

Foreign economic relations • Trade missions, business forums; • About 60 trade missions per year; • Business Councils • 10 Business Councils – India, Turkey, Russia, Egypt, Italy, Jordan, Syria, U. A. E. , Southern Africa, Mongolia. • Representatives of CCI of RK abroad • 6 representatives – Germany, China, U. A. E. , Czech Republic, Russia, Israel.

Exhibitions and Fairs • Information support of international exhibitions; • Organization of distance participation of foreign companies in Kazakhstan’s exhibitions; • Organization of visits of Kazakhstan businessmen to international exhibitions and fairs abroad; • Reconstruction and management of Kazakhstan pavilion in Moscow Exhibition Center; • Organization of collective stand of Kazakhstan producers in International Exhibitions abroad.

Inspection Services • Expertise and inspection of quantity and quality of exported and imported goods; • Expertise of goods origin; • Definition of prices for goods; • Customs declaration of goods.

Assessment Services • Evaluation of real estate and incomplete constructions; • Evaluation of equipment and vehicles.

Judicial Services • Resolution of Economic Disputes in International Arbitration Court under CCI RK and Court of Arbitration under regional CCIs; • Testifying circumstances beyond reasonable control (Force Majeur).

Training for business • Education and training • Kazakhstan; • Abroad; • Joint projects with European Chambers – Training for trainers for business; • Austrian; • Czech.

International cooperation • 72 Cooperation agreements with foreign CCIs; • Memberships: – International Chamber of Commerce; – Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry; – ECO- Chamber of Commerce and Industry; – Council of the Heads of CCIs of CIS countries.

Plans • Kazakhstan Pavilion in Moscow Exhibition Center • Construction of 12 floor building in Almaty, as a Business-Commercial Centre under CCI RK

Contact information Office 503, Nurly Tau Business Centre 5, Al-Farabi Ave. , Almaty, 050059, Republic of Kazakhstan Tel. /Fax +7 727 2777005, 2777050, 2777028 E-mail: info@cci. kz www. cci. kz

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