The Deputy Industries and Trade Minister of Kazakhstan announced here on Tuesday that of 384 Iranian companies settled in Kazakhstan only 207 are active, reported Tehran Times on November 12.
Attending a Seminar in Tehran on Iran-Kazakhstan trade and investment opportunities, Edil Mamytbekov said that for enhancing bilateral trade relations it is necessary to expand activities of companies of each side in the other country.
Kazakh official added that the sides’ trade volume in last year exceeded US$ 2 billion of which less than $400 million was related to non-oil exports.
He went on saying that transportation, chemical, metals, oil and gas, food, and agriculture industries are the two countries’ major fields of cooperation.
According to IRNA, Trade Promotion Organization of Iran is hosting the seminar.
