Conference of founders of Kazakhstan exporters Association was held in Almaty

/Kazakhstan today, April 21, 03/ - Conference of founders of Kazakhstan exporters Association (KEA) was held in Almaty, informed the press-service of European industrial association (EIA). KEA's aim is representation of Kazakhstan exporters' interests in governmental authorities abroad and joint actions, including on working out of coordinated positions concerning matters of coordinated positions concerning the questions of foreign trade activity. The association was founded with direct participation of the minister of industry and trade of Kazakhstan. During the first conference there were elected president and executive director of KEA. They are vice-president of EIA Nikolai Radostovets and one of the leaders of EIA's representatives in Astana Vladimir Morozov. As was noted by Radostovets during his speaking, structural reforms in industry, which are regulated by budget, credit, tax, trade and scientific policy and also the system of government works are necessary in order to support and expand Kazakhstan export potential. For solving these tasks he offered to use direct government's investments гaimed financing, granting of preferential loans, making of contracts for development of new production and technologies, direct government's purchases of high technological equipment, tax preferences and discounts, rules and norms of Amortization, realization of aimed government programs. In the opinion of the vice-minister of industry and trade of Kazakhstan Galym Orazbekov, "most Kazakhstan enterprises, which have export potential, have famine of information about markets, terms of trade, legislative regulation of export-import operations. But, in order to promote their goods abroad, it's necessary to conduct exhibitions, presentation, forums". KEA's founders were Aluminium of Kazakhstan OJSC, SSOMPA, Almatinskiy margarine plant OJSC, Hamle LTD, Defense-industrial technologies OJSC and Shubarkol Komir OJSC. Besides, 10 more enterprises intended to become members of the association. [2003-04-21]