According to the analysis of data by the Bureau of national statistics of Kazakhstan, conducted by Cementinfo.Ru, in 3 months (January - March) 2018 the foreign trade with countries outside CU zone is like follows:
- import of galley, gravey, crush (HS code 2517) has made 6.19 thousand MT (111.49% compared to the same period in 2017)
- import of portlandcement, cement (HS code 2523) has made 25.14 thousand MT (102.66% compared to the same period in 2017), export - 265.41 thousand MT (264.12% compared to the same period in 2017)
- export of asbestos (HS code 2524) has made 52.32 thousand MT (114.20% compared to the same period in 2017)
- import of refractory cement (HS code 3816) has made 5.32 thousand MT (84.61% compared to the same period in 2017), export - 0.03 thousand MT (96.67% compared to the same period in 2017)
Export and import of Kazakhstan with main countries outside CU zone in 3 months 2018
| Group | Commodity | Country | Export | Import | ||
| Weight (MT) | Volume (1000$) | Weight (MT) | Volume (1000$) | |||
| 2517 | galley, gravey, crush | 6186 | 399 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 5525 | 65 | ||||
| China | 632 | 314 | ||||
| 2523 | portlandcement, cement | 265407 | 11011 | 25141 | 1756 | |
| Uzbekistan | 265407 | 11011 | ||||
| Germany | 1074 | 612 | ||||
| Iran | 23684 | 887 | ||||
| 2524 | asbestos | 52320 | 15271 | |||
| Turkmenistan | 675 | 222 | ||||
| Uzbekistan | 21930 | 6661 | ||||
| Ukraine | 2486 | 980 | ||||
| India | 17258 | 4524 | ||||
| China | 4393 | 1063 | ||||
| Sri Lanka | 5191 | 1684 | ||||
| 3816 | refractory cement | 29 | 24 | 5324 | 7509 | |
| Austria | 906 | 2563 | ||||
| Germany | 811 | 1564 | ||||
| India | 408 | 444 | ||||
| Spain | 136 | 153 | ||||
| China | 2117 | 1910 | ||||
| Poland | 578 | 455 | ||||
| Slovenia | 117 | 101 | ||||
| Turkey | 163 | 156 | ||||
| France | 60 | 53 | ||||