REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES[1]

Notification under Article 7.3 of the Agreement
on Import Licensing Procedures (2024)

Kazakhstan

The following communication, dated 10 February 2025, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Kazakhstan.

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Modifications and additions compared to the 2023 licensing regime are highlighted in bold in the text for easy reference for other WTO Members.

Table of contents

1   OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES. 2

2   PLANT PROTECTION CHEMICALS. 5

3   HAZARDOUS WASTE. 8

4   NARCOTICS SUBSTANCES, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND THEIR PRECURSORS. 12

5   TOXIC SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE NOT PRECURSORS OF NARCOTIC AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES. 15

6   RADIO-ELECTRONIC MEANS AND/OR HIGH-FREQUENCY DEVICES OF CIVIL USE, INCLUDING THOSE BUILT-IN OR COMING WITH OTHER COMMODITIES. 17

7   SPECIAL TECHNICAL MEANS INTENDED FOR COVERT OBTAINMENT OF INFORMATION.. 20

8   ENCRYPTION (CRYPTOGRAPHIC) MEANS. 23

9   HUMAN ORGANS AND TISSUES, BLOOD AND ITS COMPONENTS, SAMPLES OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS. 27

10   SERVICE AND CIVIL WEAPONS, ITS MAIN PARTS (COMPONENTS) AND CARTRIDGES THERETO.. 30

11   CERTAIN TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 33

12   MEDICAL PRODUCTS. 36

13   WILD LIVE ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 40