World Bank2017-06-022017-06-022012-07-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26850This report is structured as follows. Chapter one analyzes the performance of Kazakhstan s trade. Chapter two presents an overview of recent developments in Kazakhstan regional and international trade integration. Chapter three examines in detail key issues related to market access, focusing on non-tariff measures and trade facilitation and logistics. Chapter four examines the services sector and offers a roadmap for actions to enhance its competitiveness. Chapter five addresses building institutional capacity for the trade and competitiveness agenda. The report s recommendations are summarized in the following table. In order of the four main messages of the report, they cover balancing regional and international integration efforts, measures to improve access to inputs and export markets by reducing non-tariff barriers and through trade facilitation measures, raising the quality and efficiency of the services sector, and strengthening institutional capacity to implement an effective trade policy and competitiveness agenda.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADVANCED COUNTRIESADVANCED ECONOMIESAGREEMENT ON TRADEAGRICULTUREAIRAPPARELBARRIERS TO ENTRYBARRIERS TO TRADEBENCHMARKBORDER CROSSINGBOTTLENECKSCARRIERSCOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCOMMODITY EXPORTCOMMODITY EXPORTERSCOMMODITY PRICESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITION FRAMEWORKCOMPETITIVE INDUSTRIESCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPETITIVENESS OF GOODSCONNECTIVITYCURRENCYCURRENT ACCOUNTCURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCESCUSTOMSCUSTOMS BROKERSCUSTOMS CLEARANCECUSTOMS UNIONCUSTOMS VALUATIONDATA AVAILABILITYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDOMESTIC ECONOMYE-COMMERCEE-TRADEECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC RESEARCHECONOMIES OF SCALEEFFICIENT TRANSPORTELASTICITYEMERGING MARKETSENERGY EXPORTEXPORT BASEEXPORT BASKETEXPORT COMPETITIVENESSEXPORT GROWTHEXPORT MARKETEXPORT MARKET SHAREEXPORT MARKETSEXPORT PATTERNSEXPORT PERFORMANCEEXPORT PRODUCTSEXPORT PROMOTIONEXPORT REVENUEEXPORT SECTOREXPORT SECTORSEXPORT VALUEEXPORT VOLUMESEXPORTERSEXPORTSEXPOSUREEXTERNAL SHOCKSEXTERNAL TARIFFEXTERNAL TARIFFSFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL SERVICESFLEETSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN FINANCINGFOREIGN INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTORSFOREIGN MARKETFOREIGN MARKETSFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AGREEMENTSFREIGHTFUELFUELSGAS SECTORGDPGDP PER CAPITAGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL INTEGRATIONGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHARMONIZATIONHEAVY RELIANCEHUMAN CAPITALIMPORT PRODUCTINCOMEINCOMESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSURANCEINTERMEDIATE IMPORTSINTERMEDIATE INPUTSINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSINTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVENTORYINVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIESJOB CREATIONLIBERALIZATIONLIVING STANDARDSLOW-INCOME ECONOMIESMARGINAL PRODUCTSMARKET ACCESSMARKET DEMANDSMARKET SHAREMARKET SHARE CHANGESMARKET SHARESMETAL PRODUCTSMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIESMIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIESMOBILE PHONEMUTUAL RECOGNITIONMUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTSNATIONAL INCOMENATURAL RESOURCENATURAL RESOURCESNEW MARKETSNEW PRODUCTSNON-TARIFF BARRIERSOPENNESSPATTERN OF SPECIALIZATIONPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLITICAL STABILITYPORTFOLIOSPOSITIVE EFFECTSPRICE-SENSITIVEPUBLIC OWNERSHIPRAILRAIL CORRIDORSRAPID GROWTHREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL TRADEREGULATORSREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTRISK MANAGEMENTROADROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD TRANSPORTROLLING STOCKROUTESKILLED LABORSODIUMSPECIFIC COMMITMENTSSTRUCTURAL CHANGESUSTAINABLE GROWTHTARIFF BARRIERSTARIFF POLICIESTARIFF POLICYTARIFF PROTECTIONTAXTECHNICAL REGULATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONSTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTOTAL OUTPUTTRADE AGENDATRADE AND INVESTMENT POLICYTRADE BALANCETRADE BARRIERSTRADE COMPETITIVENESSTRADE COSTSTRADE DEFICITTRADE FACILITATIONTRADE IN SERVICESTRADE INTEGRATIONTRADE MORETRADE NEGOTIATIONSTRADE PATTERNTRADE PERFORMANCETRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRADE POLICY ANALYSISTRADE SURPLUSTRANSACTION COSTSTRANSITTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORTTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT EQUIPMENTTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENTTRANSPORTATION SERVICESTRUEUNSKILLED WORKERSVALUATIONVALUE ADDEDVALUE OF EXPORTSVOLATILITYWAGESWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORSWORLD MARKETWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOReportWorld Bank10.1596/26850