BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 23. Agreements and
contracts worth around $235 million were signed at the
Kazakhstan–Afghanistan business forum, the Ministry of Trade and
Integration of Kazakhstan reports.
The agreements were signed during a trade and economic mission
of Kazakhstan to Kabul from June 21 to 22, 2026.
"As part of the mission, large-scale B2B negotiations were held,
bringing together more than 50 Kazakh companies and over 300
representatives of Afghan business circles. A key event of the
mission was a specialized exhibition of Kazakh goods and services
aimed at promoting domestic products in the Afghan market,
featuring companies from the agro-industrial, food, textile,
chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors", the ministry said.
As reported, among the most significant outcomes was the signing
of a 10-year memorandum between Afghanistan’s Nesar Elyas Trading
LTD and Kazakhstan’s Turkestan Oil Factory LLP for the supply of
sunflower oil. Kazakhstan’s Shabyt LLP also signed a memorandum on
the supply of grain products under the Speranza brand worth $15
million.
The Union of Grain Processors of Kazakhstan and the Afghanistan
Chamber of Commerce and Investment agreed to cooperate on the
development of wheat flour exports and related processed
products.
Another outcome of the business program was the signing of a
memorandum of cooperation between Kazakhstan’s Samsar Holding,
registered at the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), and
Afghanistan’s Amo Tracks Trading and Logistics Company. The parties
also reached preliminary agreements on a joint project to build a
coal-fired thermal power plant with coke production and electricity
generation, with an estimated cost of $20–30 million. Technical
feasibility work is currently underway.
The results of the trade and economic mission confirmed growing
Afghan demand for Kazakh products and strong potential for further
expansion of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, laying the
foundation for increased trade turnover and new joint projects in
promising sectors.
