Diversifying Kazakhstan's Exports

Kazakhstan's trade performance has displayed remarkable resilience to recent economic shocks including Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing international sanctions. However connectivity remains one of the greatest challenges facing the country: its trade integration is limited by low density of settlement and economic activity infrastructure bottlenecks weaknesses in trade facilitation and long distances to major markets; its economy still depends on a limited number of export commodities and a narrow range of trading partners.