Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Finance, together with the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NBRK), has amended the Rules for the Implementation of Export-Import Currency Control to strengthen oversight of residents’ currency repatriation obligations and support closer operational integration between the NBRK and the State Revenues Committee of the Ministry of Finance. The changes postpone the daily transmission of extended datasets to the State Revenues Committee from goods declarations, applications for the import of goods and payment of indirect taxes, and electronic invoices from 2025 to 2026. A new basis allows deregistration of export or import currency contracts where outstanding debt is below USD 50,000 (or equivalent), and state revenue authorities are granted access to the NBRK information system for currency control. Monitoring procedures for obligations under export or import currency contracts are updated within the framework of separate accounting, and authorised banks must transfer data on payments under contracts valued between USD 10,000 and USD 50,000 where the total amount under such contracts exceeds USD 100,000 (or equivalent) during the reporting month. The amendments take effect on January 1, 2025, and were registered with Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Justice under No. 35559.

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