Kazakhstan: key region for your business in Central Asia. Advantage Kazakhstan Ltd: key partner for your business in Kazakhstan. www.advantagekazakhstan.com
Kazakhstan: Big Picture 1. One of the key countries in world mining unique assess to commodities 2. #35 in Doing Business Ranking, ahead of many European countries 3. Exceptional state support for investors and manufacturers 4. Kazakhstan can be the key partner for expansion on markets in Central Asia & CIS St. Petersburg RUSSIAN FEDERATION 143.5 mln. BELARU Aktobe KAZAKHSTAN S 17 mln. MONGOLIA 9.5 mln. Shymkent 2.8 mln. TURKEY 74.9 mln. PEOPLE S REPUBLIC Lianyungang IRAN 77.4 mln. PAKISTAN 182.1 mln. INDIA 1.3 bln. OF CHINA 1.4 bln. Western Europe Western China corridor (8 445 km=5 247 miles) Area: 2,724,000 km 2 (1,051,742 sq.miles), 9 th largest. Population:17,476,141. Official language: Kazakh, Russian. Capital: Astana. The Kazakhstan s geographical position makes it a natural crossroads for major transit corridors from East to West, from North to South. The transcontinental automobile road corridor Western Europe Western China passes through the territory of Kazakhstan. The corridor will allow to deliver freights from China to Europe in 10 days. There is a territory with population of more than 3.3 bln. people within a radius of 2 thsd. km (1,243 miles) from Kazakhstan. The flight time from most European destinations is five hours. Western Europe Western China corridor on the territory of Kazakhstan (2 787 km=1 732 miles) 2 2
EXEMPTION FROM CUSTOMS DUTIES Customs duties 0% up to 5 years on imported: major equipment and spare parts to it; accessories, raw materials and (or) materials. FREE ENTRY INCENTIVES Visa-free entrance for citizens of Australia, Hungary, Italy, Monaco, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Germany, Finland, France, Switzerland, and Japan for the period from 16 July 2015 till 31 December 2017 if the stay does not exceed 15 days (general application). In 2017, Kazakhstan plans to abolish visa requirements for citizens of the 34 member states of the OECD STABLE LEGISLATION* Kazakhstan: state support IN-KIND GRANTS In-kind grants of not more than 30% of the total investment in fixed assets. NEW INCENTIVES (since 2014) FREE WORK PERMITS Free land, buildings, structures, machinery and equipment, etc. *Criteria for investment projects: provided to a legal entity of Kazakhstan, implementing a project matching the List of Priority Activities (approved by the Government). Visa-free entrance Stability of tax legislation for all taxes except VAT and excise (subject to investment contract) Without permit Foreign labor for the duration of construction + 1 year after commissioning of the investment project for those with investment contracts INVESTMENT SUBSIDY Reimbursement of up to 30 % of actual costs of construction and installation works and purchase of equipment TAX EXEMPTIONS:* Corporate income tax (10 years) Land tax (10 years) Property tax (8 years) 0 % STRONG PROTECTION OF INVESTOR S RIGHTS* Ombudsman s Office To protect the rights and legitimate interests of investors Investors Service Centre Provides 363 public services for investors in one office on the basis of the Investment Committee of the MID of the Republic of Kazakhstan *Criteria for priority investment projects: provided to a newly established legal entity (the state registration of such legal entity has been completed not earlier than 24 months before filing an application for the investment preferences), implementing a project matching the List of Priority Activities (approved by the Government); investments not less than two-million-fold rate of MCI. 3 3
Kazakhstan: economy DOING BUSINESS 2017 4
Kazakhstan: economy GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX RANKINGS Source: Global Competitiveness Report 2017 5
World Trends There is an increase in percentage of companies wishing to change manufacturing source and re-focus the supply chain to the countries with low cost production 6
World Trends Governments in developing countries create industrial clusters; The drivers of growth of industrial clusters low production costs and/or substantial regional market; The current trend is the creation of production capacity in countries for reducing transaction costs due to the preferences of the authorities, lower-cost natural and labor resources. * We consider the map of aviation clusters 7
Kazakhstan: success stories 8
Advantage Kazakhstan Ltd Mission of Advantage Kazakhstan is to be the key integrator of Kazakhstan international industrial collaboration and to contribute to sustainable development of industrial companies, regions and the country in general. Advantage Kazakhstan provides to international companies: Analytical vision of the prospects of localization of production in Kazakhstan in order to expand into the market of Kazakhstan, Central Asia and neighboring countries, Turnkey organization of industrial cooperation with Kazakhstan companies, Promotion of products on the market of Kazakhstan, Central Asia and neighboring countries. We would be pleased to represent your company in Kazakhstan and can organize it in the most beneficiary way: we are experienced in CIS world market industrial collaboration and we can cover all the issues from initial market analysis to step-by-step project management; we are aimed on success fee and our retainer fee is covering overhead costs only; we are hosted in Astana and Almaty, two main Kazakhstan cities, and your company will save business trip expenditures and negotiation costs; we value your time and your executives are coming to Kazakhstan to meet decision-makers and/or sign documents only; we are always online and you track our progress any time. 9