Kazakhstan - How To Get An Exemption From Customs Duties?

April 1, 2024 by Rohin Pujari

As investment opportunities have been mapped out over the past years, a number of barriers have been in the way of potential investors in Kazakhstan’s market, with investment sails becalmed by customs duties. Imagine having to wade through a maze of laws, both local and regional, just to import the necessary components for your path-breaking project.
This article focuses on the legal landscape and looks into the regulations in the Eurasian Economic Union and Kazakhstan in particular. Follow along as we sort through the complexities and bring to light the way that investors must take to obtain incentives and advance their projects.

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Ayana Unerbayeva – Partner, Unicase Law Firm,
ayana.u@unicaselaw.com

About

Ayana is a Partner at Unicase and a Head of Tashkent office. She has more than 10 years’ experience in advising corporate practice clients, including mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international corporate finance, IPOs, private equity, joint ventures, public takeovers, corporate governance, restructuring, and insolvency. Ayana has a profound track record in many industries such as corporate law and M&A, finance and securities.

Ayana has significant experience in conducting complex due diligence of oil and gas and mining companies, implementing acquisitions and disposals, including transactions governed by foreign law. She works across a wide spectrum of corporate issues, advising on optimal investment and corporate vehicles to meet Clients’ particular needs and protect their interests. Recently, Ayana has been advising clients in energy, PPP and infrastructure projects related to the Uzbekistan jurisdiction.

Ms Unerbayeva is a member of Kazakhstan Bar and Kazakhstan Lawyers’ Associations, with a brilliant LLM in Banking and Financial Law from Boston University, MA, and an outstanding LLB from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.