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据哈萨克斯坦总理网站10月27日消息，第一副总理纳利巴耶夫主持公路行业改革工作组会议，国家公路公司ҚазАвтоЖол董事长依马纳舍夫汇报阶段性成果，会议讨论了筑路材料供应、轴载与尺寸管控、技术监督和道路沥青质量。该工作组于10月14日成立，总理要求12月1日前提出包括立法措施在内的深化改革建议。

据哈萨克斯坦总理网站10月23日消息，哈萨克斯坦副总理兼国民经济部长塞里克·日乌曼加林会见德国新任驻哈大使海克·派奇，双方讨论工业合作、吸引投资和运输走廊建设。消息称，去年哈德贸易额为45亿美元，增长13.4%；自2005年以来德国累计对哈投资达80亿美元，在哈德资企业超过1100家。

据哈萨克斯坦总理网站10月20日消息，哈萨克斯坦总理奥尔扎斯·别克捷诺夫在杜尚别出席上海合作组织成员国政府首脑理事会会议。他表示，哈萨克斯坦与上合组织成员国跨境支付中本国货币的占比已接近百分之七十；哈方提议就“一带一路”倡议与地区现有和规划中的运输走廊对接建立系统性对话。会议签署了包括上合组织国际多式联运货运数字平台构想在内的一批文件。

据哈萨克国际通讯社和Zakon.kz十月二十七日报道，关于批准哈中两国政府《关于保障霍尔果斯国际边境合作中心安全与法律秩序的协定》的法律草案已在哈萨克斯坦“开放法规”门户公布，征求意见至十一月十八日。哈萨克斯坦政府第七九三号决议所附协定文本显示，两国主管机关将在合作中心内协作预防、发现、制止和调查违法行为，并可就公共秩序、交通管理和基础设施维护开展磋商。

欧亚经济联盟将对一批服装、截止阀门、大功率电动机和特种相机临时上调进口关税，执行到2027年9月30日。据欧亚经济委员会理事会决定全文，服装类改按货值15%征收，并设每公斤1.5至2.25欧元的最低税额，按两种算法中较高的一种缴纳；阀门、电机和相机适用5%的临时税率。对向哈萨克斯坦出口这几类商品的中国企业，报关成本会直接变化。

On October 19 Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry put up for public comment, until November 4, a draft order removing petroleum bitumen (code 2713 20 000 0) from the ban on exports outside the EAEU customs territory. The current Order No. 175-n/k bans such exports from July 1 to December 31, 2026; shipments to EAEU members are allowed. The ministry cites seasonal demand, idle capacity and refinery loading. Four plants can make about 1.6 million tonnes a year against 2026 demand of about 1.1 million. Caspi Bitum, a 50/50 KMG-CITIC venture in Aktau, now has 750,000 tonnes of bitumen capacity.

According to Kazakhstan's State Revenue Committee, Pinduoduo paid KZT 6.8 billion ($15.1 million) following tax administration, while Claude developer Anthropic paid KZT 1.2 billion ($2.6 million) for prior periods after camera audit notices. The UK-registered operator of Farfetch did not comply with a notice, and access to the platform in Kazakhstan has been restricted. The Tax Code allows such blocks for foreign online platforms that ignore tax notices.

On October 13 Deputy PM Serik Zhumangarin said Kazakhstan will keep the Tax Code’s regime split, with B2B on the general regime and B2C on special regimes, and will not lift the ban on deducting costs paid to simplified-declaration suppliers (Article 286, subparagraph 16); the code needs at least another 18 months. Nine-month tax receipts reached KZT 19.3 trillion, up 18.2%, with VAT up 37.3%. He said the reform has yielded KZT 3 trillion, expects at least KZT 3.6 trillion for the year, and said about 37,000 more companies are now VAT-registered. Atameken’s 8% B2B rate idea is on hold.

On October 16 China's commerce and science ministries proposed adding 40 technologies to the export control catalogue: 23 in AI, 12 in solar, 5 in biomedicine; 14 to be banned, 26 licensed. Comments close November 15. Pre-export registration already applies, including deals not yet closed. Products are excluded and API or SaaS access is not a model export, but local deployment abroad is; solar production-line exports need a licence. Kazakhstan, a founding member of the World AI Cooperation Organization, may get promised facilitation; the rules are unpublished.

On 16 October, at the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings, Kazakhstan joined the World Bank Group's Metals and Minerals Compact, the first Central Asian country to do so, according to the government. The 2026-2030 compact aims to mobilise up to $20bn for mining and metals by 2031, mostly company money, with the bank providing finance, advice and guarantees. Targets include exploration spending of $90 per sq km by 2029 and 1.2mt a year of copper by 2030; Subsoil Code amendments and a fiscal review are possible. The compact is not legally binding, and a results framework is due within six months.

At an October 13 government meeting reviewing nine-month results, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov handed out a set of instructions. The foreign and national economy ministries have ten days to prepare an action plan for a fundamental overhaul of the 'investment order' mechanism, while the transport and finance ministries are to cut border-crossing times for cargo, remove administrative barriers and introduce unified digital accompanying documents. These are instructions, not regulations.

Finance Minister Madi Takiyev said on October 14 that Kazakhstan's 2027 budget deficit will be about 4.6 trillion tenge and that the country could borrow $1.5-2 billion abroad, looking mainly to China. More panda bonds, and possibly dollar eurobonds, are being considered. This year it has sold two sovereign panda deals worth RMB 10 billion: RMB 3.4 billion at 1.90% in May, then RMB 5 billion of three-year paper at 1.82% and RMB 1.6 billion of five-year paper at 1.95% in September. Government debt is 20.9% of GDP against a 32% ceiling. Size and timing for 2027 have not been announced.

Kazakhstan’s Order No. 235-NK amending the Internal Trade Rules takes effect on 19–20 October. Category 1–4 stores must keep at least 30% of shelf space for Kazakh-origin goods separately in every subcategory, every category and the store as a whole, placed mid-section at eye level. Online marketplaces must rank “Made in Kazakhstan” products first in non-personalised search results. For Chinese brands supplying imported goods to Kazakh retail chains and platforms, shelf and search visibility gets tighter, while companies producing locally may gain.

Under Announcement No. 29 issued on October 12 by China's Ministry of Finance and State Taxation Administration, the VAT export rebate on new energy vehicles falls from 13% to 9% from April 1, 2027, based on the export date on the customs declaration; consumption-tax treatment is unchanged. The annex lists 67 tariff lines for complete vehicles, including electric buses and trucks, plug-in hybrids and battery-electric cars, with no component codes. Kazakh import charges are unaffected; dealers and assemblers should review post-April 2027 contracts and kit classification.

Using a hypothetical Chinese-owned logistics company, this report walks through the taxes it must file in Kazakhstan, the filing and payment deadlines, and the main compliance risks under the Tax Code No. 214-VIII of July 18, 2025, in force since January 1, 2026: structure, permanent establishment, VAT, withholding on payments to China and tax arrears. Standard VAT is 16%, the VAT registration threshold is 10,000 MRP (KZT 43.25 million in 2026), and standard CIT is 20%. The 2027 amendments are still a draft and are not treated as law. This is general information, not legal or tax advice.

On 21 September the EEC Board adopted Decision No. 124, suspending the anti-dumping measure on Chinese titanium dioxide pigments (EAEU code 3206 11 000 0) until 10 August 2027 inclusive. The decision took effect on 3 October; until then, EAEU customs do not collect the 14.27–16.25% duty. Kazakh paint, plastics and paper makers buying the pigment from China benefit. The measure is suspended, not repealed: a review is still under way, and Shandong Dawn Titanium has been removed from the list of price undertakings.

Kazakhstan's Consul General in Shanghai, Nurlan Akoshkarov, met with Shanghai Mayor Zhu Zhongming. Both sides expressed willingness to strengthen friendly ties and expand mutually beneficial cooperation between Kazakhstan's regions and the Yangtze River Delta, including Shanghai as well as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui.

At the “Aqmola Invest” platform in Astana, the Aqmola Region akimat, Kazakhstan’s TauKen Group, and China’s Changzhou Chenwei International Trading (Chenwei Group) signed a trilateral cooperation memorandum to advance Chinese companies’ investment projects in Kazakhstan. The cooperation builds on documents signed in June 2026 and covers 8 joint projects.

The World Bank approved a loan to Kazakhstan to support the creation, commercialization, and scale-up of technology startups, aiding productivity-driven growth and economic diversification. The project is implemented by Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development with Astana Hub and other partners.

On 6 October the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) extended the anti-dumping duty on Chinese seamless oil and gas well pipes until 5 October 2031 inclusive, at 12.23% to 31.00% of customs value depending on the producer. On 29 September the EEC Board terminated the price undertakings of Neway Valve (Suzhou) on steel wedge gate valves, so from 30 October all of the company's valves face a 25.57% duty. On 8 September the duty on Chinese stainless steel welded pipes was extended to 7 September 2031. Kazakhstan is an EAEU member, so the measures apply to imports into the country.