The Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan plans to extend the current ban on the export of coal by road from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The ban is being extended in order to avoid a shortage of coal for the population during the heating season.
The ban is extended from November 26 this year. for a period of six months.
In particular on:
— hard coal, pulverized or non-pulverized, but not agglomerated (HS code 2701);
— lignite, or brown coal, agglomerated or non-agglomerated, except jet (HS code 2702).
The feasibility of establishing a ban on the export of coal by road from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan was considered and supported at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Foreign Trade Policy and Participation in International Economic Organizations (IEC) on September 20, 2023.
Press service of the Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan
