According to FITA, public agencies and most of the companies and banks are open from 0900 hrs or 1000 hrs to 1700 hrs or 1800 hrs with one hour lunch break between 1200 hrs and 1500 hrs for banks and between 1200 hrs and 1400 hrs for administrations. Some offices are open only in the morning.

Food stores and bakeries are open every day (including Sundays) from 0900 to 2000h with a break at noon. Supermarkets are open 24 /24 hrs and 7/7 days.

National Bank
Offers information on monetary and banking policies.

Banks
A listing of banks in the country provided by Qualisteam.

ATF Bank
Bank in Kazakhstan

BankTuranAlem
Bank TuranAlem - leading financial group, present in all segments of the market: corporate and retail banking, trade financing, fund market, credits, SME development, leasing, mortgage lending, pension funds and many more.

JSC Bank CenterCredit
JSC Bank CenterCredit is one of the top five commercial bank in Kazakhstan in terms of assets and total deposits.

Citibank Kazakhstan
Citigroup has maintained its presence in Kazakhstan since 1994 when it opened a representative office. In 1998 Citibank Kazakhstan, a 100% subsidiary of Citigroup with a full banking license from the National Bank of Kazakhstan, opened its doors to corporate customers. Today Citibank Kazakhstan is a major lending, transactional and investment bank to Kazakhstani corporations and financial institutions, as well as Kazakhstani subsidiaries and representative offices of leading international firms.

Demir Kazakhstan Bank
Demir Kazakhstan Bank provides the full commercial banking services both in national and foreign currency.

HSBC Kazakhstan
The HSBC Group, one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations, had its beginnings in Asia more than 130 years ago. The Group has some 9,500 offices in 79 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa.

Kazakhstanskii Tsentr Mezhbankovskikh Raschetov
The main activity of KISC is the realization of interbank payments via the Interbank System of Money Transfer and Interbank Clearing. Payments for services from clients are the main source of revenue for KISC.

TexaKaBank: Bank of Texas and Kazakhstan
TEXAKABANK is joint Kazakhstan-American bank working successfully since 1993. To date TEXAKABANK is one of the most dynamically developing banks with foreign participation.

The World Bank Group in Kazakhstan
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world.

Business and trade

Kazakhstan's top import commodities 2007 to 2008

 

HS Code	4-digit heading of Harmonized System 2002	Value (Million US$)		Unit value			SITC code
		2007	2008	2007	2008	Unit
	ALL COMMODITIES	32756.4	37815.4
2709	Petroleum oils, crude	1826.4	2772.9	0.2	0.4	US$/KG	333
8703	Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for transport	2392.1	1228.3	6.1	7.9	thsd US$/unit	781
2710	Petroleum oils. other than crude	1063.9	1563.4	0.5	0.7	US$/KG	334
9999	Commodities not specified according to kind	...	781.9				931
7305	Other tubes and pipes (for example, welded, riveted or similarly closed)	343.8	1358.5	1.5	2.4	US$/KG	679
7304	Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron)	585.1	712.2	2.0	2.4	US$/KG	679
8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	738.1	385.0	21.2	28.2	thsd US$/unit	782
3004	Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06)	504.5	597.8	23.4	27.4	US$/KG	542
8802	Other aircraft (for example, helicopters, aeroplanes); spacecraft	518.8	752.3	4.7	5.6	min US$/unit	792
7308	Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06)	364.1	741.8	2.6	4.6	US$/KG	691

Source: Comtrade

Kazakhstan's major imports include: machinery and parts, industrial materials, oil and gas, and vehicles. Kazakhstan's import partners are mostly from among its export partners with the addition of Turkey. Kazakhstan's total import for 2000 is estimated at $6.9 billion, 8.2 billion for 2001. Russia, Bermuda Islands, Virgin Islands, Italy, China, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine, U.S.A., Uzbekistan, and Great Britain are among the major importers of Kazakh products. Source: AngelFire

Country Trading Profiles
Sector Expertise: Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank provides very useful information about Communications and infrastructure, Available risk cover, RSA exports - recommended terms, Foreign exchange , Trade general, Documentation, Other documentation, Marking of goods and packages, Communications and infrastructure.

EIA country analysis
This site provides a country analysis from an energy perspective.

Freight forwarders
A comprehensive list of freight

Chambers of Commerce
Listing of local Chambers of Commerce.provided by the World Chambers Network. This link will take you to a search page. Enter the 'Kazakhstan' to get a listing of Chambers in that country

Export Navigator
Find free market surveys on the web.

Doing business in Kazakhstan
This page shows summary Doing Business 2009 data for the selected economy. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 181 economies) and the rankings by each topic. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Kazakhstan Risk analysis
Ducroire/Delcredere country risk analysis.

Trading across borders in Kazahkstan
These tables list the procedures necessary to import and exports a standardized cargo of goods in Kazahkstan. The documents required to export and import the goods are also shown..

Business Environment
Provided by FITA, this gives a detailed break-down of business in Argentina.

The Internationalist
International Business, Trade and Investment - The Kazahkstan section of this website .

KASE
Kazakhstan Stock Exchange.

Kazakhstan Investment and Business Guide
Kazkommerts Securities . Kazakhstan Investment and Business Advisor. Read business economic and financial information on Kazakhstan.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Astana
This site is in Russian only.

Kazakhstan Export, Import and Trade
Analysis by Economy Watch.

Exporters/Importers Directories

Global Export/Import directory
Kazakhstan section of this website.

Trade Fairs and other events

ITECA
Exhibitions and conferences in Kazakhstan.

Business events
The Almaty expat site.

Trade Shows in Kazakhstan
Up-to-date lising of trade shows in Argentina with a brief description of the show, the name of the show, dates and location.

Legal issues

The Eurasian Patent Organization
To perform administrative tasks relating to functioning of the Eurasian patent system and grant of Eurasian patents, the Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPC) established the Eurasian Patent Organization with the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) acting as its executive body. All Contracting States are members of the Organization.

Eurasian Patent Information System
EurAsain PATent Information System (EAPATIS) developed by the Eurasian Patent Office is an information and search system providing access to world, regional and national collections of patent documentation. Collection in Russian consists of patent documentation of EAPO, Russia, national patent offices of the Eurasian region including documentation from Eurasian Patent Convention Contacting States. The System offers various types of searching. The following DBs are presented in English: Eurasian Patents (since 1997), patent documentation from the regional disc CISPATENT (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Russia and the Eurasian Patent Office), patent documentation of countries included to PCT-minimum documentation (WIPO, EPO, USA, Japan, Canada and etc.).

Import regulations
Supplied by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service.

International Trade Attorneys, Lawyers & Law Firms in Kazakhstan
Find a local attorney, lawyer, law firm specializing in International Trade.