Export revenue from Kazakhstan’s oil and fat industry has grown fourfold over four years and reached 963 million US dollars. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin while opening the V International Oil and Fat Conference FOC 2026: Fats and Oils Conference in Astana.
In Astana, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin held a meeting with representatives of the business circles of Hong Kong and mainland China.
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin held talks with John Lee, Chief Executive of Hong Kong, who arrived in Astana leading a large delegation. The parties discussed prospects for expanding trade, economic, and investment cooperation, the development of financial partnership, as well as strengthening transport connectivity between Kazakhstan and Hong Kong.
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin held a working meeting with World Bank Country Manager for Kazakhstan Andrey Mikhnev and international experts of the organization.
At the 15th meeting of the Project Office for the Implementation of the Tax Code, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin, the next package of issues concerning tax administration and sectoral regulation was reviewed.
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin took part in the opening of the business forum “Economic Integration and Cooperation of the OTS Countries: New Opportunities in Industry, Agro-Industrial Complex, Logistics and Digitalization”.
The second meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Indonesia took place in Astana after a 13-year break. The Kazakh delegation was led by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin, and the Indonesian delegation by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto.
The results of work on the return of unused and illegally allocated agricultural lands to state ownership were reviewed at a regular meeting of the Republican Commission for Control over the Rational Use of Land Resources, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin.
At a meeting of the Project Office for the Implementation of the Tax Code, held under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin in an expanded format, the operation of new tax information systems, the payment of social contributions for self-employed individuals, and the introduction of a unified payment from the payroll fund were discussed.
A meeting on the implementation of the Register of Mandatory Requirements was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin. The meeting was attended by representatives of state bodies, the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs, and the business community.
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin met with UN Deputy Secretary-General and UNDP Deputy Administrator Haoliang Xu on the sidelines of the Regional Environmental Summit.
On the sidelines of the Regional Environmental Summit, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin met with Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD Fabrizia Lapecorella.
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin held a meeting with Karl Günter Papenburg, Head of the German industrial holding GP Günter Papenburg AG. The parties discussed plans for the development of Kazakhstan’s copper industry and possible areas of cooperation.
Constitutional reforms in Kazakhstan were one of the central topics during meetings held by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin with representatives of the Big Three rating agencies — S&P, Moody’s, and Fitch — in Washington.
Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin presented a new initiative during the roundtable “Kazakhstan Riding the Wave of Reforms” held at the World Bank headquarters in Washington.
During the Kazakhstan delegation’s visit to Washington, an agreement on financing the construction of the Karaganda–Zhezkazgan road was signed at the World Bank headquarters.
