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28 Mar 2025 Bakytzhan Sagintaev: "The Commission works on creating a common digital space of the EAEU, filled with the best technology solutions" Bakytzhan Sagintaev, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, took part in the plenary session of the International Economic Forum of the CIS Member States "New Impulses for Developing the Greater Eurasian Partnership. Science and Technology and Innovative Cooperation". Welcoming the event participants, Bakytzhan Sagintaev noted the relevance of the plenary session topics of the Forum for all countries, including the Eurasian Economic Union. Scientific, technological and innovative development is one of the effective tools for further growth of the Eurasian Economic Union economies. All Eurasian Five Member States have approved strategic and program documents that ensure progressive science and technology development. At the supranational level, tasks are being tackled to integrate the EAEU into the global architecture of economic relations, increase exports, attract investment and technology. During the functioning of the Eurasian Economic Commission about one hundred memoranda of cooperation with third countries and international organizations have been signed, allowing sharing experience, including in terms of advanced innovative developments. "Given the high pace of digital transformation in all areas of the economy, the Commission actively works on the creation of a common digital space focused on simplifying interaction between government agencies, businesses and citizens," reported the Head of the EEC Board. "Our task is to make all processes faster, more convenient and safer. The implementation of technology solutions is based on the Digital Union concept". Bakytzhan Sagintaev spoke about the successful functioning of the integrated information system within the EAEU. Its development creates a supranational infrastructure that allows five different systems to be in the same ecosystem. Digitalization is currently developing dynamically in a number of areas of the economy. The measures taken in the transport sector will make it possible to ensure seamless transportation, creating a sustainable transport and logistics framework within the Union. In the energy sector, one of the most important tasks is to diversify the structure of power generation. In the agricultural sector it is promising to further establish cooperation in the production of knowledge-intensive goods. According to Bakytzhan Sagintaev, innovations and accelerated assimilation of scientific and technological advances largely determine the competitiveness of each national economy. Dialogue and effective interaction between integration structures will contribute to implementing this task.
28 Mar 2025 Maxim Ermolovich: "Developing exchange trade within the EAEU ensures fair competition and unimpeded mutual supply of goods" At a specialized international forum in Moscow, Maxim Ermolovich, Minister in charge of Competition and Antitrust Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, urged the exchange business community of the Eurasian Economic Union countries to cooperate actively in the development of regulatory acts to create a common exchange market of the EAEU. The event participants discussed the prospects for developing exchange markets of oil and petroleum products, natural gas, timber, mineral fertilizers, energy carriers, metals and a number of others. "The development of exchange trade in the EAEU space ensures fair competition and creates an institutional environment for seamless, unimpeded mutual supply of goods in the common market of the Union," Maxim Ermolovich noted. The EEC Minister spoke about the Commission's work on the draft Program for developing exchange trading in the common exchange (organized market) of goods within the EAEU. He announced the establishment of the EEC Advisory and Exchange Committees in 2025–2026. The importance of the exchange forum as a discussion platform in developing competition and increasing the transparency of the EAEU economic environment was emphasized. The annual international forum Exchange Commodity Market has been held in Moscow since 2015. It is organized by the St. Petersburg Exchange, the largest commodity exchange in Russia, uniting more than 7,000 companies. The event is positioned as the main expert platform for companies participating in the commodity exchange market, regulators and exchange specialists. 
EAEU to maintain current procedure regarding certificates for securing customs transit 28 Mar 2025 EAEU to maintain current procedure regarding certificates for securing customs transit After April 1, 2025, the Eurasian Economic Union will continue applying the current procedure to issue certificates for securing customs transit. This procedure is stipulated by the Agreement on Some Issues of Securing Payment of Customs Duties and Taxes Regarding Goods Transported under the Customs Transit Procedure, Specifics of Recovery of Customs Duties and Taxes and the Procedure for Transferring the Collected Amounts Regarding Such Goods dated May 21, 2010. The Agreement will apply until the implementation of a common process within the EAEU starts, which will ensure the exchange of security certificates and information from them between the customs authorities of the Union Member States. This provision is enshrined in Article 444 of the EAEU Customs Code. EEC Decision No. 151 dated October 24, 2023, entering into force on April 1, 2025, will become applicable once the said common process is launched.
28 Mar 2025 Arzybek Kozhoshev discussed transport integration in CIS and Greater Eurasia Arzybek Kozhoshev, EEC Minister in charge of Energy and Infrastructure, participated in the panel session on transport and economic integration in the CIS and Greater Eurasia within the framework of the International Economic Forum of the CIS Member States. In his speech, the EEC Minister noted the importance of integration processes in the transport sector, which have a positive impact on ensuring steady growth of the economies and improving the quality of life of the population. "Creating a common infrastructure by developing and modernizing EAEU transport corridors and logistics will reduce the time and costs of transportation and improve access to markets," Arzybek Kozhoshev said. The Minister also shared that today the infrastructure for direct interaction with one of the key partners of the EAEU, which is the CIS, has been established. "Creating a common infrastructure by developing and modernizing EAEU transport corridors and logistics will reduce the time and costs of transportation and improve access to markets," Arzybek Kozhoshev said.
28 Mar 2025 Commission reviewed final edition of requirements for AEO accounting system At the Eurasian Economic Commission's headquarters, Alexander Titov, Director of the Department of Customs Legislation and Law Enforcement Practice, chaired a meeting of the working group on developing the authorized economic operator (AEO) concept in the Eurasian Economic Union states, which was attended by about 50 representatives of government agencies and businesses of the Eurasian Economic Union countries. At the meeting, the draft standard requirements for the goods accounting system that AEOs should have in place were generally approved by experts. The wishes of businesses for a transition period to adapt their systems have been taken into account. This project envisages the establishment within the EAEU of a specific goods accounting system for customs purposes, based on the accounting system that will ensure traceability of information and simplify customs formalities for AEOs.    Such approaches will form the basis for national requirements and promote their convergence. This, in turn, contributes to a level playing field for businesses in the EAEU countries and makes it possible to apply simplifications throughout the customs territory of the Union. In addition, the meeting discussed business initiatives on new simplifications for AEOs to expand business opportunities and reduce costs, which will be further addressed by the working group together with government agencies of the parties. Another issue raised was law enforcement practice related to the cancellation of a release of goods when employing an application for release prior submitting a declaration (simplified declaration for AEOs) in certain cases. The meeting participants agreed that it was necessary to address the need to amend the Procedure for filling in such an application. The Authorized Economic Operator concept is an internationally recognized standard of the partnership program. The AEOs are specially designated persons granted with simplifications during customs operations and customs control as persons meeting specified requirements. The Working Group for developing the AEO concept in the EAEU Member States was established in 2014. It elaborates proposals to improve and develop the Authorized Economic Operator concept in the Union.
28 Mar 2025 Naira Karapetyan: "The EAEU countries' contribution to developing the global agricultural market is increasing" Naira Karapetyan, Director of the Agricultural Policy Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission, spoke about the development trends of the Eurasian Economic Union and its role in the global agricultural market at the special session "Russian–Indian Dialogue in Agriculture and Food Security" of the international conference "Russia and India: Toward a New Bilateral Agenda". The session discussed the issues of stability of trade in food products, prospects for the establishment of joint agricultural and food enterprises, as well as the exchange of experience and transfer of innovations in the agricultural sector. "The EAEU states, like India, are committed to the effective development of the industry and are already making a significant contribution to food security at the global level. External supplies of agricultural produce from the Union countries have reached a qualitatively new level over ten years, having increased more than twofold," Naira Karapetyan noted. The event was attended by government and public figures, representatives of business circles, scientific and expert community of Russia and India. "India's growing population, changes in its income level and consumption patterns, successful steps taken by the country's government to transform the agricultural sector, as well as new transportation corridors and financial chains being built open up broad prospects for increasing trade in agricultural produce and food between the EAEU countries and India," Naira Karapetyan summarized.
27 Mar 2025 Arzybek Kozhoshev: "Modern challenges in the energy sector require not only objective assessment, but also forward-looking decisions for the development of the EAEU common gas market" On March 26, a meeting of the scientific and expert council on energy issues was held at the Eurasian Economic Commission's headquarters in Moscow under the chairmanship of Arzybek Kozhoshev, Minister in charge of Energy and Infrastructure. During the event, representatives of relevant ministries, scientific and expert organizations discussed the prospects for the development of the EAEU common gas market, taking into account changes in global energy markets, as well as market mechanisms for gas trading in the EAEU common gas market, including the organization of stock trading. "In recent years, the energy industry has faced significant challenges and shocks, global in nature. Taking into account these changes and in the interests of sustainable development of the Eurasian Economic Union, we should outline further steps and prospects for developing the common gas market with a timeline up to 2030," Arzybek Kozhoshev noted. According to the members of the Scientific and Expert Council, among the promising areas of the EAEU common gas market are the development of infrastructure, exchange mechanisms, the gas fuel market and implementation of joint projects in the field of gas chemistry and low-carbon agenda. "Today, in difficult economic conditions, it is important to join the efforts of the EAEU Member States to use the advantages of Eurasian integration efficiently," Arzybek Kozhoshev emphasized.
27 Mar 2025 EEC and People's Republic of Bangladesh discussed possibilities to intensify trade and economic cooperation The priority issues of trade and economic cooperation were discussed during a meeting of the joint working group on interaction between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The March 26 meeting was held at the EEC headquarters and co-chaired by Eldar Alisherov, EEC Minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics, and Ayesha Akhter, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce of Bangladesh. "The EEC is actively developing dialogue with the governments of third countries and appreciates Bangladesh's interest in deepening practical interaction with the EAEU to intensify trade and economic cooperation," the EEC Minister stated, emphasizing the traditionally close economic ties between all EAEU countries and Bangladesh. Eldar Alisherov noted that since the conclusion of a Memorandum of Cooperation in 2019, the trade turnover between the EAEU Member States and Bangladesh has been on an upward trend, and as of year-end 2024, the growth of trade turnover exceeded 5%, against the background of the EAEU GDP growth rate of 4.2% and Bangladesh GDP growth rate of 5.7%, which are higher than the global average. According to him, the traditional export items of the EAEU countries to Bangladesh are agricultural produce, energy resources, metals, machinery and equipment, while textiles, clothing and footwear prevail in the EAEU imports from Bangladesh. "An important task is to raise awareness of the parties about each other's trade and economic opportunities and search for new promising areas to expand cooperation," Eldar Alisherov mentioned, commenting on the plans for joint work by the EEC and Bangladesh. In turn, Ayesha Akhter noted that the parties have possibilities and resources to unlock the potential of trade and economic cooperation qualitatively. Bangladesh values the long-term nature of interaction with the EEC and EAEU Member States and invites entrepreneurs from the Union countries to utilize its capacious internal market (180 million people) to a fuller extent regarding such goods as food, agricultural raw materials, agricultural machinery, as well as to develop Bangladeshi food processing and storage infrastructure. The two sides discussed in detail the expansion of food grain supplies to Bangladesh, exchanged information on organizing labor migration and proposals on trade facilitation. The importance of developing transport and logistics supply chains of agricultural produce and food, including new logistics routes, was noted. The Bangladeshi party confirmed its interest in the establishment of a free trade area between the EAEU and Bangladesh. In their turn, the EEC representatives spoke about potential advantages for Bangladeshi exporters within the EAEU Unified System of Tariff Preferences. The meeting participants called on the businesses of the EAEU countries and Bangladesh to strengthen and institutionalize interaction and establish business dialogue. The EEC invited representatives of Bangladeshi official and business circles to attend the Eurasian Economic Forum 2025 in Minsk. It was determined that the next meeting of the joint working group would be held in 2026. A Memorandum of Cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was signed on May 31, 2019 in Moscow.
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