Kazakhstan and Mongolia discussed trade, finance and logistics at the 10th Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation in Astana on 1 October. Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Trade and Integration said bilateral trade reached about USD 77 million in the first eight months of 2026. The meeting considered practical ways to expand those flows alongside tariff conditions, export promotion and transport. The ministry’s release describes larger trade ambitions and projects under discussion; it does not present them as completed results.

One instrument highlighted by the ministry was the Interim Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Mongolia. It entered into force on 22 July and provides preferential terms for 367 tariff lines. Kazakhstan said it sees room to increase exports of agricultural products, machinery, metals and chemicals. A Made in Kazakhstan trading platform is being prepared in Ulaanbaatar to display Kazakh products on a continuing basis. The initiative is proceeding under an agreement with Mon-Kaz Trade & Investment Hub. The ministry describes preparations for the platform, rather than an operating launch.

On financing, the Kazakhstan Export Credit Agency approved a USD 33 million limit for Mongolia’s Trade and Development Bank. Three transactions, worth about USD 21 million in total, are being worked on for the supply of Kazakh railway gondola cars under this mechanism. The release does not call these completed deliveries or exports; it says the transactions are in progress. Kazakhstan also proposed exploring reciprocal financing that could give domestic businesses more favourable terms when purchasing Mongolian goods. The discussions focused on using trade-finance tools to support flows in both directions.

A further step came on technical regulation before the commission meeting. On 28 September, Kazakhstan’s Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology and Mongolia’s Agency for Standardization and Metrology signed a memorandum. The ministry said the cooperation is intended to simplify procedures and reduce technical barriers to trade. The commission also discussed transport links between the countries. Kazakhstan supported Mongolian initiatives to improve routes, develop transport through China and lower logistics costs. The ministry reported a shared willingness to continue joint trade projects and provide support to Mongolian businesses in Kazakhstan, without announcing a new contract value or additional export result.