State to reimburse up to half of transportation costs for Kazakh producers

The Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan has updated the package of state incentive measures for domestic manufacturers. The key changes relate to compensation of transportation costs within the country and support for entering international markets. For enterprises in the agro‑industrial complex and processing sector, this opens new opportunities to reduce production costs and expand distribution geography.

For the first time in national practice, a mechanism for reimbursing the costs of transporting goods by railway within Kazakhstan is being implemented. According to the updated rules, the government is prepared to compensate producers of priority goods for up to 50% of logistics costs.

The upper limit of payments is set at 10,000 monthly calculation indices (MCIs), which in monetary terms amounts to 43.25 million tenge. The ministry emphasizes that this measure is aimed at neutralizing the impact of transportation costs on the final price of products and increasing the competitiveness of Kazakh goods in the domestic market.

Significant changes have also been made to instruments aimed at promoting products abroad. The limit for reimbursing costs for obtaining international certification has been increased fivefold. Previously the cap was 3,000 MCIs, but now enterprises can claim compensation of up to 15,000 MCIs (about 65 million tenge). The presence of recognized international certificates is a critical condition for participation in supply chains of transnational corporations and tender procedures of large foreign customers.

In addition to financial incentives, the criteria for access to state support under labor productivity improvement have been simplified. Previously, an annual increase in tax contributions was a mandatory condition for receiving assistance, with an exception only for companies younger than three years. Now this “preferential age” has been extended to seven years, providing broader access for enterprises in the stage of establishment and investment in production.

The functions of the operator providing these support measures are assigned to QazIndustry. Practice shows strong demand for such instruments among businesses: in 2025, costs of about 60 small and medium enterprises were reimbursed by the state for a total amount exceeding 1.43 billion tenge.

The introduction of these new rules is expected to increase interest from processed goods manufacturers, allowing them to optimize operational costs amid market volatility.