Kazakhstan is an attractive location for foreign investment for several reasons: 1. It has substantial natural resources and ranks highly globally in reserves of minerals and mining. 2. The country has political stability and a good investment climate according to international rankings. 3. The government offers many support programs for investors, including tax benefits, customs privileges, and preferential treatment in special economic zones.

1. Why Kazakhstan is
attractive for foreign
investors?

2. Gross FDI inflows by sector
for the period from 2005 to 1-half 2014 billion. $
Gross FDI inflows in the economy of Kazakhstan
from 2005 to 1-half 2014: $ 196.2 billion.
7.9
12.1
19.4
21.3 21.4
22.2
23.5
27
24.1
12.4
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 1st half
of 2014
16.5
21.4
52
73.7
Wholesale and retail
trade
Processing industry
Mining and quarrying
Professional, scientific
and technical
activities
0.35
0.68
1.1
2.1
1.8
2.2
5.7
3.5
2.5
1.5
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 1st half
of 2014
Gross FDI inflows in processing industry
2005 and 1 half square. 2014: $ 21.4 billion.
Gross FDI inflows by country for the period 2005 to 1st half of
2014 billion. $
10.8
11.6
11.8
19.2
Netherlands 54.9
France
Switzerland
China
USA
FDI statistics

3. Kazakhstan in the world ranking for
reserves
11
8
5
2
12
8
1
3
10
5
4
11
19
10
12
1
11 12
3
9
21
10 11 10
Substantial natural resources
Kazakhstan in the world ranking for
mining

4. Political stability and good investment climate
China – 28
Kazakhstan – 50
rank
Russia– 53
Kazakhstan– 32 rank
Russia – 38
China – 63
Russia – 1
Kazakhstan– 2
rank
Belarus – 5
Competitiveness
Index
The Global
Competitiveness Index
Attractiveness
among the CIS
countries

5. Support for investors
Customs
privileges
Customs duties 0% on the
import of:
• equipment and its
components;
• spare parts;
• raw materials and supplies.
INVESTMENT
PREFERENCES
State in-kind
grants
Land plots, buildings,
machinery and equipment in
property.
Tax benefits
•CIT – 0 % 10 years
•Land tax – 0% 10 years
•Property tax– 0% 8 years
Investment
reimburseme
nt
Up to 30% of construction and
installation works and
equipment
Migration
benefits
The right to employ foreign labor
without quotas and permits
Visa-free travel for citizens of 10
countries

6. SEZ
SEZ
SEZ
SEZ
SEZ
SEZ
SEZ
SEZ
SEZ
SEZ
CIT – 0%
Land tax– 0%
Property tax– 0%
VAT* – 0%
*(on all goods completely consumed
in the production process)
Exemption from customs duties
for goods imported into SEZ
territory
Providing the land in the
territory of the SEZ for a period
of up to 10 years
Customs
privileges
Simplified procedure
for recruiting foreign workers
Other
privileges
SPECIAL ECONOMIC
ZONES
Support for investors
Customs
privileges

7. 0,6
Machinery Industry -
Construction materials - $1,3
bln.
MMC - $12,7 bln.
Foodstuffs - $3,8 bln.
Import
1,2 0,34
Domestic
production
Petroleum refining - $1,7 bln.
Domestic
production
Domestic
production
3,8
8,9
2,1
8,2
1,1
0,6
0,94
2,6
Domestic
production
0,4
0,05
0,6
1,1
Petrochemicals - $0,5 bln.
$10,3 bln.
Chemical Industry - $1,7
bln.
Industry niches
Domestic
production
Domestic
production
Domestic
production
Import
Import
Import
Import
Import
Import

8. Industries
•SKD assembly of motor vehicles
•CKD assembly of motor vehicles
Production of car parts and accessories :
Manufacture of electric motors, increasing Production of locomotives and localization:
wagons:
Production of equipment:
Production of equipment:
Production of helicopters: Production of combines and tractors:
Machinery
Automobile production
Railway machinery
engineering
Machinery for mining,
quarrying
Other industrial machinery
Chemical industry The production of chemical additives, sodium
hexametaphosphate industrial gases, sulphuric acid,
ammonia and ammonium nitrate:
The production of ethanol based on the processing of the
industrial gases, the production of bioethanol from spent
grain, mixing special chemicals for oil extraction and
refining:
Professional training, production of generic products: Professional training, production of generics and
original medicines:
Pharmaceutical industry
2010-2014 2015-2019

9. Market of the macro-region
Kazakhstan is a member of Customs Union with Russia and Belarus:
- free trading without customs duties
- access to population over 170 mln. people
1st level
Border regions of Russia
2nd level
 Russia
 Ukraine
 Belarus
3d level
Western regions
of China
5th level
 Iran
 Azerbaijan and other
Caucasian countries
4th level
 China
 Uzbekistan
 Tajikistan
 Turkmenistan
 Kyrgyzstan
Level of integration of the macro-region
High Low
2 1
4
3
5

10. CONSTRUCTION OF “WESTERN EUROPE-WESTERN CHINA”
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
143.5 mln.
KAZAKHSTAN
17 mln.
MONGOLIA
2.8 mln.
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
Lianyungang
Western Europe – Western China
corridor on the territory of
Kazakhstan (2 787 km)
OF CHINA
1.4 bln.
INDIA
1.3 bln.
BELARUS
9.5 mln.
IRAN
77.4 mln.
PAKISTAN
182.1 mln.
TURKEY
74.9 mln.
There is a territory with population of more
than 3.3 bln. people within a radius of 2 thsd.
km. from Kazakhstan
Western Europe – Western China
corridor (8 445 km)
St. Petersburg
Aktobe
Shymkent
Infrastructure

11. KAZNEX INVEST
Comprehensive assistance foreign investors
Conducting business forums
(road show)
Provide information about
the business / invest
projects and analytical
information
1
Maintenance of foreign
investors in the region
2 3
Accompanied by the National
Investment interactive online
resource
www.invest.gov.kz
Accompanying the
database of investment
projects
www.baseinvest.kz
Assistance in obtaining
government support
measures investors
4 5 6