Baku, Azerbaijan, August 3
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Kazakhstan has withdrawn foreign goods from public procurement to stimulate development of the Economy of Simple Things program, Trend reports with reference to press office of the national chamber of entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan Atameken.
Thus, in March 2019, the Government supported the initiative of Atameken to introduce restrictions to all Roadmaps for the development of the ‘Economy of simple things’. At present, the National Chamber together with the business identified a list of goods of light and furniture industries, building materials, and the experts are preparing the relevant justifications.
“The business has repeatedly applied to government agencies with a proposal to increase the share of Kazakhstani products in the public procurement system since 2015,” said Director of the Department of Manufacturing Industry of the Atameken Arman Mambetaev.
"First of all, we should protect the domestic market and support local production. Imposing a ban on the procurement of imported goods is an international permitted mechanism. In 2018, together with the National Chamber, business and government agencies, we managed to include a provision for the introduction of exemptions in the Roadmap for local content development," Arman Mambetayev said.
In addition, at the suggestion of business in 2018, the Law "On Public Procurement" includes the right to establish exceptions to the national treatment for a period not exceeding two years to protect the domestic market, the development of the national economy, and support domestic producers.
It should be noted that since the end of July, Kazakhstan has introduced an instrument of removal of foreign cars, transformers, and cables from public procurement procedures. At present, the business actively submits proposals for ban of other goods.
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