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Saturday, 30 July 2011 08:57

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

www.cci.kz

 

THE HISTORY OF CREATION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF KAZAKHSTAN

The chambers of commerce and industry traditionally appear as the integration of enterprises and associations, which are dealing with trade, production and services. Predecessors of the chambers were guilds of medieval trades people and handicraftsmen. The common objective of the chambers in the whole world is the protection of the business interests and assistance to its development.

The Chamber of Commerce of the Kazakh SSR was founded in 1959 year by the Decree of the Ministers Board of the KazSSR. The Chamber has had the functions to develop economic ties with foreign countries, to accomplish examination of the import goods, to issue advertising materials and to carry out translations. The exhibition of the national economy’s achievements was under the jurisdiction of the CCI.

In 1972 year the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic has become a member of the CCI of the USSR and has been renamed as the Chamber of commerce and industry of Kazakhstan. The functions of the CCI have been enlarged from the moment of transferring under its jurisdiction of regional bureaus of goods examination, which belonged before to the Ministry of Trade.

The Charter of the CCI was adopted in 1985 and stipulated the expansion of services in foreign commerce, including the attestation of certificates of origin, goods examination, organization of exhibitions abroad, information services development, assisting to patenting and etc. The Chamber has begun to represent Kazakhstan at the international trade fairs.

In 1995 the CCI of the RK has passed the re-registration in accordance with the Law of the RK “On public associations”.

The fundamental change of the organizational structure has taken place in 1999 – the branches of the CCI were re-organized into regional chambers of commerce and industry in the form of public associations. Territorial chambers (14 region and 4 municipal chambers) have founded the Union of the CCI of the RK as the coordinating organ and as the union of non-profit organizations. As a result the effective system of chambers in Kazakhstan was created in order to work in new economic conditions.

With acceptance of the Law of the RK “On the chambers of commerce and industry” dated May 3, 2005 the CCIs have obtained the independent legal form of non-profit and non-state organization.

 

AIMS AND PURPOSES

The purposes of the CCI of Kazakhstan are determined by the Law of the RK “On the Chambers of Commerce and Industry”:

- Protection and representation of the interests of entrepreneurs in state and local bodies as well as abroad;

- Assistance to economic development;

- World economic integration, growth of production and export services of the RK;

- Forming the modern industrial and commercial infrastructure;

- Creating of favourable conditions for entrepreneurs;

- Reduction of transaction expenses with the purpose of competitiveness growth.

- Acceptance of the independent Law about CCI comes as important step in development and - strengthening of the CCI of the RK.

 

The new law gives to the CCI the following functions:

- To get a special status of the independent legal form of non-profit organization;

- To assign legality to each chamber a separate territory for their activity;

- To expand the functions of CCI system;

- To execute in full measure functions of the representative and interest protection of entrepreneurs as well as of small and medium business;

- Join to international standards of activity in the world for CCIs, and to work on the basis of special legislation and customs of business practice.

 

Prerequisites for the further successful CCI development are the following:

- The republican system of chambers has been created in all regions and main cities;

- Formed personnel base of professional and high qualified experts, inspectors and estimators;

- Functioning of international board and court of arbitration;

The regional CCIs have already obtained steady group of clients among entrepreneurs in regions.

 

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

The Union of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry has become a member of the International Chamber of Commerce, Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry, CCIs of the countries of the Organizations of economical cooperation, International Council on CCI’s cooperation “Business Caspiy” and  since 2002 – the member of the International Council of the CIS’s chambers’ leaders. This steps were taken by the Union of the CCI in order to help to the entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, for representations of their interests abroad as well as for expansion of its possibilities. 

The Union of the CCI of the RK has signed 68 agreements with chambers of commerce of other countries. The representative offices were opened in 9 countries. There is business information exchange, organization of the trade and economical missions, exhibitions, presentations in the context of the concluded agreements. There are regular meetings of the Business Councils of Kazakhstan with India, Turkey and other countries. Annual meetings are being conducted with economical councils of foreign embassies, certified in Kazakhstan. The Union of the CCI of the RK stirs up its activity in the framework of CIS in the following directions: the creation of the sole portal of the CCIs in CIS for information exchange, in work with annual international exhibition “CIS EXPO” and participation in standard development of the Sole system “CCI Expert CIS”.

Visiting of the foreign market by form of trade missions of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the reliable and economically profitable way for business development. Professionally organized and managed business meetings by the CCI’s personnel gives the opportunity within the one visit to achieve great results than several meetings organized independently. Particularly, in 2004 delegations of entrepreneurs from different Kazakhstan oblasts have visited 5 first-rate international exhibitions in China.

Trade and economical missions held in regions of the republic give excellent results in the search of partners.  Just in 2004 there were 47 missions, where more than 4 000 entrepreneurs from all over the Kazakhstan have taken part. For example, at t he mission held in 2004, October 5, which was dedicated to the Russia Year in Kazakhstan, 22 Russian and 12 Kazakhstani companies were represented. 170 negotiations were conducted, 6 contracts and 53 letters of intension were signed by the preliminary mission results. Thus, more than the third part of business contracts, organized and prepared by the CCI, were effective.

 

 

SERVICES OF THE CCI RENDERING TO ENTREPRENEURS 

The Chamber of commerce and industry renders a number of expert and inspection services, advice on foreign-economic activity, customs broker services, examination of origin, services on estimation of  the customs good cost. The list of services is maximum full and in fact appears as the entire spectrum of services for business:

- Examination of the quantity, quality and complexity of the imported and exported goods, materials and equipment;

- Examination of the goods origin;

- Confirmation of the market cost of the imported and exported goods for customs and taxation;

- Determination of the good’s code by the international standards of the foreign-economic activity;

- Preloading inspection;

- Independent estimation of quality of the damaged and out-of-date assets;

- Examination of the fact of industrial processing;

- Witnessing of the force-majeure circumstances;

- Witnessing about the belonging to the domestic producers;

- Running of the register of reliable enterprises;

- Confirmation of the invoices, foreign trade documents;

- Estimation activity (real estate, equipment, transport means, caused damage, intellectual, business and etc.);

- Development and assisting in trade mark registration;

- Translation services;

- Visa support;

- Assisting in organizing of exhibitions, fairs, business-forums and conferences, diplomatic missions, seminars;

- Information services on business partner search, goods and services search among Kazakhstani and foreign enterprises;

- Participation at virtual exhibitions, issuing of the information bulletin, “Kazpal” magazine;

- Marketing research;

- Products certification;

- Interaction with local and central organs;

Consulting services on organization of  business and its conducting, considering of arbitrage disputes.

 

New services:

Further expansion of the business functions and possibilities of the CCI are being planned:

- Creation of the support centers for small-scale and medium-scale business as well as legal support centers in all regions of the country;

- Creation of the information system for entrepreneurship support, system of the distance consulting on the basis of support centers;

- Acceptance of the system Carnet ATA for the temporary import of the goods for exhibitions, professional equipment and other purposes as well as other international  pared-down commercial procedures;

- Improvement of the system of control and protection of the consumer from the import of low-quality products and infringing merchandises;

- Services on introduction of the management quality system at enterprises, state organs and national companies;

- Creation of the particularized enterprises and structures of the CCI of Kazakhstan to accomplish the inspection fairs and information activity, that act according to the international standards.

 

The Chamber of commerce and industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan endows sizeable contribution to coming-to-be and development of the economics of the country.

Within 2004 there were rendered services to 40 000 enterprises, were organized 48 diplomatic business missions for 2157 Kazakhstani and 727 foreign enterprises, was fulfilled the examination of the number of legislative acts of the RK, were conducted seminars for more than 1500 people in Kazakhstan, 32 managers from domestic enterprises have studied and passed the practice at the leading European enterprises by the CCI.

The CCI has given a good account of itself as the convenient supplier of professional services for enterprises of different spheres  as well as the reliable counteragent for foreign chambers-partners. The activity of the CCI involves all regions of Kazakhstan and is provided with enough organizational and personnel recourses. 

The CCIs submit the information on partners search, commercial information on trade, references on prices, information about exhibitions, held in Kazakhstan and abroad, consulting on import-export and other issues.

Membership at the chambers in Kazakhstan is voluntary. Members of the chambers have the right to take part in general meetings, to elect and to be elected to the managing organs of the chambers, to obtain help from the chamber in matters, concerning its activity, to make use of chamber’s services free of charge or on preferential terms.

The regional CCIs actively take part in projects on support of small-scale businesses as well as in projects of international organizations on entrepreneurship development.  For example, the Karaganda CCI has issued the package of methodical recommendations on business creation and running. The North-Kazakhstani CCI jointly with Omsk CCI has issued the series of collections – methodical recommendations on boundary trade for businessmen of both countries.

The participant of the foreign-economical activity needs to be protected and to get a legal help in time when conducting operations on the external market. The chambers help entrepreneurs to carry out the independent examination of the goods received from foreign counteragents. The expertise results can be used for the claim for reimbursement, connected with non-execution of the agreement obligations. The area of application of this services is expanded recently, namely, the expertise is carried out for tax, customs, insurance purposes and currency control. The certified experts of the system are engaged to this work. Names of the experts are included to the national register “CCI Expert” and to the international register “CCI Expert CIS”. Today 230 people work at the CCI of Kazakhstan, who is known as highly qualified experts with appropriate certificates and licenses, including international.

Services on witnessing of force-majeure circumstances, verification of different documents on foreign trade, submitting of certificates about including to the Register of reliable partners for foreign partners have a great significance for entrepreneurs.

International court of arbitration and the arbitration tribunal attached to the Union of the CCI of the RK consider disputes and conflicts, which appear in the process of economic activity, including foreign trade and other international interaction. The disputes are considered if there is an arbitral stipulation in the contract or there is a separate agreement between parties about the delivering to the Board of arbitration.

Objectivity and candour are the main principles of the lawyers’ work of the Union when considering of the international and internal economical disputes.

The chambers take an active part in work with the state organs. The UCCI of the RK has signed the memorandum on expertise of the goods origin with the Customs Control Committee, the agreement on expertise of the goods origin with the Gosstandard organ. The CCI takes an active part with the Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Industry and Trade in the area of foreign-economic ties.

The Union of the CCI of the RK is the member of the Commission under the Government by the matters of small-scale and medium-scale business and the member of the Advisory Council by the customs policy under the Customs Control Committee. Regional Chambers cooperate with the Departments on small-scale business development, on external affairs and trade under the Akimats of oblast and cities.

 

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