Publicat pe 06/10/2025

Astana, October 6, 2025: The President of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIR), Mr. Mihai Daraban, had an official meeting on October 6 with Mr. Murat Karimsakov, President of the Atameken International Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The discussions highlighted both parties’ desire to intensify bilateral cooperation, with emphasis on the transport, agriculture, and energy sectors, taking into account the existence of a traditional economic relationship between companies from Romania and Kazakhstan.

During these discussions, CCIR President Mr. Mihai Daraban emphasized that “there are several Romanian companies working in Kazakhstan as subcontractors for the KazMunayGas company, but it is difficult to quantify the exact value of trade exchanges between the two states, as long as Romanian products are present on the Kazakhstan market in finished form, thus entering into other states’ accounting. Together with the President of Atameken, we established as a priority for developing bilateral trade exchanges accessing the Black Sea on the East-West axis, which will facilitate Kazakh entrepreneurs’ access to European markets. Additionally, another economic opportunity worth exploiting by the business environments of the two states is the food industry, through opening lines for processed products. Once the military conflict in this area ends, it is very possible we will witness a decrease in grain prices. It is very important that, going forward, businesspeople from Romania and Kazakhstan have as many business-to-business contacts as possible, the most efficient exchanges of information that will thus confer a high degree of mutual trust.”

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