Kazakhstan-EU trade reaches $31.6 billion in January–August 2026

The 9th meeting of the Kazakhstan–EU Trade Cooperation Committee took place in Brussels, co-chaired by Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Trade and Integration Zh. Kushukova and I. Iruarrisaga, head of the European Commission unit covering the Southern Neighbourhood, Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Belarus and Central Asia. The report was published by Egemen.kz.

Talks covered implementation of the protocol from the committee's 8th meeting, the state of trade, economic and investment cooperation, and ways to remove barriers and restrictions to mutual trade. Trade issues under the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, sanitary and phytosanitary matters, technical regulation and standardisation, and EU-funded trade projects in Central Asia were also reviewed. The parties described the meeting as friendly and substantive.

Trade turnover between Kazakhstan and the EU reached $31.6 billion in January–August 2026, up 8.2% from $29.2 billion a year earlier. Kazakh exports to EU countries rose 12.2% to $25.3 billion. Main exports include oil and oil products, uranium, coal and natural gas, along with agricultural goods such as flaxseed, rapeseed, wheat and fish meat.