哈萨克斯坦工业与贸易部部长加雷姆·奥拉兹巴科夫2007年6月25日在政府工作会议上说,建议政府取消水泥5%的进口关税,扩大从中国进口水泥的数量并将水泥确定为必须在商品交易所销售的商品。他说,尽管哈国现在也从俄罗斯、吉尔吉斯斯坦、乌兹别克斯坦进口水泥,但进口量十分有限,因为俄罗斯自身正处于建设高峰期, Minister of Industry and Trade of Kazakhstan Garem Orazbakov said at the government working meeting on June 25, 2007 that the government proposed to abolish the import tariff of 5% of cement, expand the amount of cement imported from China and cement It is determined that it must be sold on the commodity exchange. He said that although Kazakstan is currently importing cement from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, the import volume is very limited, because Russia itself is at its peak.