A duty-free trade zone may be created on the Kazakh-Uzbek border. The head of Mangistau region Nurdaulet Kilybay made a number of proposals on expanding trade and economic ties between the region and Uzbekistan at the joint interregional forum of the governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, held in Samarkand. Gazeta.uz reports.
A new highway from the center of Karakalpakstan to the country’s border was recently put into operation. This, as noted, will allow in the future to increase the volume of trade between Mangistau region and Uzbekistan.
According to Nurdaulet Kilybay, most of the food products, vegetables, fruits and dried fruits in the wholesale markets of the region come from the fields of Bukhara, Samarkand, Nukus and Syrdarya (RUz). About 250-300 trucks pass through Tazhen customs post every day, about 25-30 percent of which are sent to Mangistau region. This is approximately 11,000 tons of products.
