On July 15, at a Government meeting, Minister of Trade and Integration Arman Shakkaliyev reported on the results for the first half of 2025 in the field of trade. Following the results of the six months, the volume of trade increased by 8.4%, exceeding the planned figures (8%), and the total trade turnover amounted to 31.4 trillion tenge. Including wholesale trade increased by 9.2% and reached 21.2 trillion tenge, retail trade increased by 6.6%, amounting to 10.2 trillion tenge.

The growth was driven by nine major product groups, which account for more than 45% of wholesale trade. Among them are oil and petroleum products, gas, household appliances, cell phones, pharmaceutical products, mechanical engineering, grain and tobacco products. The projected volume of sales of these goods by the end of the year is 26.4 trillion tenge, while special attention will be paid to ensuring this volume by increasing the share of domestic production.

“All regions of the country have demonstrated positive dynamics in the first half of the year. The main contribution to the growth was provided by Almaty, Astana, Shymkent, Atyrau and Karaganda regions, which account for 72% of the total trade turnover,” said Arman Shakkaliyev.

The leaders in terms of growth rates were Turkestan region (+69.3%), Akmola region (+45.4%) and Pavlodar region (+22.3%).

The Ministry is systematically working to develop trade in three key areas. The first is the development of modern trade formats. Incentive mechanisms have been introduced and legislation has been amended. This year, 5.2 billion tenge is provided for the support of domestic trade entities. Active attraction of investments in fixed assets continues with a plan for 1,220 billion tenge. A nationwide pool of investment projects in the field of trade has been formed from 33 facilities for a total amount of 168.4 billion tenge. In parallel, the modernization of retail markets is being completed.

The second direction is the development of electronic commerce. In the first half of the year, the volume of the e-commerce market grew by more than 10%, amounting to 1.5 trillion tenge in the retail segment. Of these, 1.3 trillion tenge is provided by the six largest marketplaces in the country.: Kaspi.kz , Hayk market, Forte, Jusan, Ozon and Wildberries. In the second half of the year, the drivers will be the launch of four dark store centers, the completion of the construction of two fulfillment centers, as well as the launch of a network of multimodal logistics centers of Kazpost.

In addition, it is planned to launch an electronic B2B platform in the direction of Kazakhstan-China (in partnership with Kaspiy and Kazpost).

The third direction is the reduction of shadow trade. The Ministry consistently implements measures for cataloging and traceability of goods. The National Classification of Goods (OCTRU) is being introduced, and the list of labeled product items is expanding. Together with the Ministry of Finance and Kazakhtelecom JSC, the integration of the national catalogs of CNT and ECT is being completed. The Digital Bazar project is being implemented in partnership with second-tier banks, aimed at digitalizing market turnover and increasing transparency of cash flows.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mti/press/news/details/1034558?lang=kk