When detecting the supply of such goods through other countries (circumvention of sanctions), secondary sanctions may be applied against such countries.

Considering the close trade and economic relations with the Russian Federation, as one of our main trading partners, it is unacceptable not to take into account the risks that have arisen.

In order to promptly respond and prevent damage to the economy of Kazakhstan, the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan constantly monitors the import and export of goods included in the sanctions lists.

When exporting these goods from the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation, a mechanism has been implemented for the certification of an electronic invoice by the state revenue authorities, which allows determining the country of origin of the goods.

This control mechanism is also applied within the framework of the Protocol on Certain Issues of Import and Circulation of Goods in the Customs Territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (Burabai Protocol) in order to prevent the export of goods from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for which the rates of customs duties are lower than those established in the EAEU UCT, or the so-called «withdrawal goods».

Thus, the trade turnover with the Russian Federation in January-May did not show significant deviations relative to the same period last year.

At the same time, there is an increase in exports for certain commodity items, such as natural uranium, solid-rolled steel wheels and diesel fuel, i.e. for Kazakhstan-made goods that are traditional for export, including to Russia.

Thus, despite the growth of exports to the Russian Federation of certain groups of goods, the facts of re-export through the Republic of Kazakhstan of goods included in the sanctions list are not observed.