To date, the country has seen an uncharacteristic increase in consumption of "national" AI-92 gasoline and diesel fuel.
Thus, according to the Financial Monitoring Agency, the monthly volumes of "gray" exports and fuel flows under the guise of "cover goods" reach 10 thousand tons, which is due to the price difference – in Kazakhstan, fuel prices are lower than in neighboring countries by 17 - 107%.
Moreover, within the framework of the Agreement on the Supply of Oil and Petroleum Products, the Republic of Kazakhstan is forced to import petroleum products on duty-free terms and, accordingly, the requirements of the Russian side to ban the re-export of petroleum products outside the EAEU are taken into account.
Thus, it is necessary to strengthen control over the export of petroleum products under the guise of "cover goods".
In connection with the above, a draft joint order has been prepared by the Ministries of Energy, Trade and Integration, Finance and National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Amendments to the Order of the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 24, 2023 No. 118 "On Approval of the List of petroleum products prohibited or Restricted for Export from the Republic of Kazakhstan outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union" (hereinafter – the draft order).
The draft order provides for the extension of the ban from December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2026 on the export of certain types of petroleum products from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union in accordance with the annex to the order.
The ban on the export of petroleum products outside the EAEU will allow:
to load the inactive capacities of Kazakhstani refineries and, accordingly, reduce the shortage of gasoline in the country;
to fulfill the conditions of duty-free supplies and exclude the re-export of imported petroleum products until the formation of common markets for oil and petroleum products of the EAEU;
The draft order is published on the Open NPAs website.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/energo/press/news/details/870565