Analysis of the achievement of key tasks and indicators of state programs for the development of non-resource exports in Kazakhstan

Abstract

Export has been taking a key role in a shaping economic agenda for the development of the country and enhancing competitiveness of the industries. This article reviews key state programme documents of promoting export and analyses achievement of their target indicators. Indicators are compared along with budget resources allocated for export promotion tasks and operators that convey support instruments. All analyzed state programs included target indicators and initiatives to promote domestic non-commodity export. To achieve these targets various measures and initiatives proposed in the last two decades. However, indicators often remained unachieved, as statistics on the volume of exports of the manufacturing industry investigated in the context of the programs’ implementation period. The pool of main measures of state support for exports was formed during 2010s with minor changes in subsequent policy documents. It was revealed that the implementation of the programs was accompanied by a frequent change of operators for the provision of state support measures, which quite possibly had a negative impact on the failure to achieve target indicators.