Kazakhstan Introduces Export Controls on Electronics, Chips to Russia, Report Says

Kazakhstan is placing export restrictions on 106 types of military-related items in order to better comply with Western sanctions against Russia, Russian news agency Interfax reported Oct. 19. The report, citing Kazakhstan’s Vice Minister of Trade and Integration Kairat Torebaev, said the controls will impact spare parts for drones, special electronics chips and more. Exports of those goods are now “completely limited," Torebaev said.

Officials in the U.S. and other countries have warned exporters, forwarders and others that Kazakhstan is a potential transshipment risk for export-controlled goods to flow to Russia (see 2309110049). Some of those officials have traveled to Kazakhstan to urge the country’s government and industry to be vigilant for Russian sanctions evasion efforts (see 2304240014 and 2304270069).