Expansion of the list of exemptions of Kazakhstan in WTO framework
The Department of Economic Integration of NCE RK "Atameken" informs that from 1st of December this year, the changes were introduced to the Order No. 58 of the Minister of the National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan of February 9, 2017 "On Approval of the List of Goods Subject to Import Customs Duties, Amount of Rates and Their Term of Effect" in respect of which reduced customs duties are applied in accordance with the obligations Republic of Kazakhstan to the WTO
Kazakhstan as a member of the World Trade Organization has undertaken to reduce import customs duties on a number of goods, according to which duties are reduced annually by expanding the List of Exemptions.
So, in 2016, in accordance with Council Decision No. 59 dated by 14th of October 2015, 1347 commodity items were imported by Kazakhstani entrepreneurs at a reduced rate, and since March of this year this list of exemptions was amended additionally with 567 items and amounted to 2,167 trade names.
At the same time, from 1st of December 1, 2017, this list of exemptions was additionally supplemented with 308 items, and in accordance with the new commodity nomenclature of the EAEU, it amounted to 2,475 items.
In its turn, DEI reminds that, along with the WTO obligations, Kazakhstan, as a participant of the Eurasian Economic Union, should ensure the traceability of goods included in the List of exemptions, as well as the prohibition of export outside the Republic of Kazakhstan of goods imported at undervalued rates.
In this regard, NCE asks businessmen to take into account the possibility of customs clearance at the WTO rates when goods are imported to the Republic of Kazakhstan, if the goods are used only in Kazakhstan.
In the event that the goods are planned for further export from the territory of Kazakhstan to the Member States of the Union, it is necessary to carry out its customs clearance at the rates of the Common Customs Tariff. At the same time, the availability of a shipping document is an obligatory condition for the export of goods from the List imported into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the rates of CCT of the EAEU.
At the same time, the regulatory and legal framework of the Republic of Kazakhstan provides for the registration of two shipping documents when carrying out mutual trade within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union-a customs declaration and an electronic invoice.
Along with this, we remind you of the need for domestic entrepreneurs that sell goods included in the List of exemptions of shipping documents in the following cases:
- when selling goods included in the List, previously imported from the territory of third countries;
- when the goods included in the List are imported into Kazakhstan from the territory of the member states of the EAEU;
- with the sale of goods produced on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the code of FEACN of EAEU and the names of which are included in the List;
- export of goods from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the territory of another member state of the EAEU, in connection with the transfer of such goods within one legal entity.
The above-mentioned changes to the Order were officially published on December 5 of this year. on the website of the Reference Control Bank of the regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan in electronic form (http://zan.gov.kz/#!/doc/116288/eng).
In addition, DEI recalls that all the necessary information, as well as the regulatory and legal framework on the use of lowered import customs duties by domestic businesses within the WTO, is posted on the official website of the Chamber www.palata.kz, in the WTO section "Kazakhstan's Tariff Obligations in the WTO" .
If you have any questions, please contact the Department of Economic Integration of NCE RK "Atameken" by phone (7172) 919 373 or send your questions to the e-mail address dei@palata.kz.
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