"Identifying Promising Suppliers"... KOIMA Hosts Business Forum in Kazakhstan

140 Korean and Kazakh Companies Participate
Over 200 Business Consultations Held

The Korea Importers Association (KOIMA) announced on the 28th that it held the "Korea-Kazakhstan Business Forum and One-on-One Business Meeting" on the 27th at the Intercontinental Almaty Hotel in Kazakhstan, with the goal of diversifying global supply chains and establishing a stable import base.

This event was organized to expand economic and trade cooperation with Kazakhstan and to identify promising local suppliers. It followed previous events in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The initiative aims to promote private-sector cooperation between the two countries in advance of the Korea–Central Asia Summit scheduled for September.

On the 27th, representatives of Korean importing companies and Kazakhstani supplying companies held consultations at the Intercontinental Almaty Hotel in Kazakhstan. Korea Importers Association

The event was attended by Youngmi Yoon, chairman of KOIMA, as well as Taewook Ha, Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Almaty, Aidarkhan Abildabekov, Vice Minister of Trade Integration of Kazakhstan, Olzhas Smagulov, Vice Mayor of Almaty, and Gyekwon Cho, Director General of KOTRA Almaty. From Korea, more than 100 representatives from 70 KOIMA member companies participated, while 70 companies took part from Kazakhstan.

During the business forum, Director General Gyekwon Cho of KOTRA Almaty and a representative from the Kazakhstan Investment Promotion Agency introduced the local investment environment and collaborative opportunities by industry sector. At the subsequent one-on-one business meetings, B2B (business-to-business) matchmaking between Kazakhstani suppliers and Korean importers resulted in more than 200 consultations.

KOIMA plans to continue expanding private-sector economic cooperation with major trading partners, including those in Central Asia, in conjunction with key diplomatic and economic events such as the upcoming summit.

Chairman Youngmi Yoon stated, "I hope this event will serve as an opportunity to uncover new business opportunities between companies from both countries and to explore practical avenues for cooperation." She added, "KOIMA will continue to contribute to domestic supply chain stability and price stability by discovering promising overseas suppliers and diversifying import sources."

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