From July 9 to July 11, 2014 the visit of the Belarusian businessmen to Pavlodar region took place.

The event was organized by the Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Pavlodar region together with Minsk department of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Today we can safely state the dynamic development of cooperation between Kazakhstan and Belarus. One of the most important trends is the development of regional relationships. The Pavlodar region has already achieved a success in this direction. The turnover between the Pavlodar region and the Republic of Belarus has tripled over the past three years: from 10 to 30 million US dollars.

The Belarusian delegation was represented by large enterprises from different regions. According to the representative of the Minsk department of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Elena Azarova, Kazakhstan is a stable business and economic partner of the Republic of Belarus. Last year the turnover between these two countries exceeded $ 1 billion.

The representatives of the Republic of Belarus spent two days in the Pavlodar region. The events schedule was set up minute by minute. In the framework of the visit a business matchmaking session, B2B talks, plant trips, briefing on the conduct of foreign trade activities with the participation of immigration, tax authorities and experts in the field of state procurement took place.

This briefing was a logical continuation of bilateral talks aimed at mutual cooperation development. The representatives of the Belarusian companies studied investment opportunities of the Pavlodar region, conditions for resident status obtaining, tax and customs preferences, as well as showed their interest in the creation of joint projects.