Almaty Hosts the Kazakhstan–Lithuania Business Forum and Business Council Meeting

On October 1, 2025, Almaty hosted the Kazakhstan–Lithuania Business Forum and the meeting of the Kazakhstan–Lithuania Business Council. The event became a key platform for discussing the prospects of bilateral cooperation, attracting investments, and developing logistics routes.

During the meeting, it was noted that by the end of 2024, trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Lithuania amounted to USD 152.6 million. Kazakhstan exports mineral resources and manufacturing products to Lithuania, while Lithuania supplies machinery, equipment, chemical products, and light industry goods to Kazakhstan. The parties emphasized the importance of strengthening export–import potential through data exchange and digitalization of services across all key sectors of the economy.

Special attention was given to the investment project of Kazakhstan’s HILL Corporation to construct a lubricants plant in Lithuania. In addition, several Lithuanian companies successfully operate in Kazakhstan, including the railway transportation leader LTG Cargo, IT company Sigma Telas, beverage producer Libella Bottlers Almaty, as well as enterprises in logistics, construction, financing, and services.

Chairman of the Board of the Chamber of International Commerce of Kazakhstan, Murat Karimsakov, highlighted: “In the context of global logistics transformation and geopolitical challenges, Lithuania remains one of Kazakhstan’s key partners in Europe. We support the intensification of cooperation and express our readiness to initiate a permanent dialogue platform between businesses and government bodies of both countries, not only in transport and logistics but also in such sectors as the green economy, industry, digitalization, agriculture, tourism, and others.”

Murat Karimsakov also underlined Lithuania’s strong interest in using the Port of Klaipėda as the “European gateway” for Kazakhstan’s exports. This proposal aligns with the development of Kazakhstan’s ports of Aktau and Kuryk on the Caspian Sea, which are transforming into multimodal logistics hubs along the “West–East” and “North–South” corridors. Thus, in the first eight months of 2025, 11.6 thousand tons of cargo were transshipped through Kuryk port towards Lithuania (8 months of 2024 – 10,021 tons).

Particular attention was also given to the growth of transit cargo transportation by road from Lithuania through the territory of Kazakhstan. In the first half of 2025, the volume increased more than threefold and reached 9.5 thousand tons (compared to 2,909.3 tons in the same period of 2024). In 2024, the volume of transit shipments also rose more than three times compared to 2023, amounting to around 8 thousand tons (7,943.8 tons vs. 2,678.7 tons).

Following the meeting, the parties expressed their readiness to continue a systematic dialogue between business and government authorities of both countries, with a special focus on developing transport corridors and creating joint investment projects.