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Trade Committee: new standards and support

Trade Committee: new standards and support
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Chairman of the Committee of Trade Aidar Abildabekov during a briefing held at the Central Communications Service under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, emphasised the importance of ongoing efforts to improve the legislative framework of the industry. The main emphasis was placed on standardisation and modernisation of various aspects of trade activities, press service of the Ministry of Trade and Integration reports.

According to Aidar Abildabekov, chairman of the Trade Committee, the work will standardise general requirements for trade services, small retail chains, markets, catering facilities and e-commerce, as well as for personnel in accordance with 9 national and 1 interstate standard.

An important step is the inclusion of criteria for a modern trade format and requirements for the use of the National Catalogue of Goods by domestic trade entities. The requirements for organising and holding fairs have been detailed, with local executive bodies approving the calendar of fairs and providing free trade places for producers of Kazakhstani products. Norms for holding tenders for allocation of places and routes for placement of non-stationary trade facilities have been established, as well as rules for the sale of discounted goods and the procedure for holding sales have been introduced.

New state support initiatives for the industry introduced in the Business Roadmap include measures to subsidise interest rates for the construction, reconstruction and working capital replenishment of retail facilities.

Intensive work continues on modernising the trade infrastructure to increase the share of modern formats to 33%. As part of this process, strict control is exercised over the compliance of markets with urban planning, sanitary and fire regulations. A Roadmap has been approved, the implementation of which is aimed at continuous monitoring and completion of the modernisation of markets, keeping them relevant and meeting high standards of service quality.

Considerable attention is also paid to stabilising prices for socially important food products. According to official statistics, since the beginning of this year there has been a 0.1 per cent decrease in the price index for socially important products, which is a significant achievement over the past 10 years.
 

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