| AHK | German Chambers of Commerce Abroad |
| AMNT | Aktau Marine North Terminal |
| ASCO | Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company |
| B2B | Business to Business |
| B2C | Business to Consumer |
| B2G | Business to Government |
| BRI | Belt and Road Initiative |
| BSEC | Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organisation |
| CAREC | Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation |
| CBC | Cross-border co-operation |
| CCI | French Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| CIC | Chamber of International Commerce |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CSN | Community Stakeholder Network |
| DAMU | Entrepreneurship Development Fund JSC |
| EAEU | Eurasian Economic Union |
| ECA | Export Credit Agency |
| ECO | Economic Co-operation Organisation |
| EPA | Export Promotion Agency |
| EU | European Union |
| FAL | Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic |
| IMO | International Maritime Organisation |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GTAI | Germany Trade and Invest |
| GVC | Global value chain |
| IATITR | International Association Trans-Caspian International Transport Route |
| IDF | Industrial Development Fund |
| INSTC | International North-South Transport Corridor |
| IRU | World Road Transport Organisation |
| ITC | International Trade Centre |
| ITF | International Transport Forum |
| IZ | Industrial zone |
| JSC | Joint Stock Company |
| KDB | Kazakhstan Development Bank |
| KMTF | KazMorTransFlot |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| KPPPC | Kazakhstan Public-Private Partnership Centre |
| KTP | Kazakhstan Trade Portal |
| KTZ | Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the national railway company |
| M&E | Monitoring and evaluation |
| MFA | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| MIID | Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development |
| MMT | multi-functional marine terminal |
| MNE | Ministry of National Economy |
| MOF | Ministry of Finance |
| MOJ | Ministry of Justice |
| MTI | Ministry of Trade and Integration |
| NES | National Export Strategy |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NTFC | National Trade Facilitation Committee |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OSCE | Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| OSS | One-Stop Shop |
| OTS | Organisation of Turkic States |
| PPD | Public-Private Dialogue |
| PPP | Public-Private Partnership |
| R4TCA | Ready4Trade Central Asia |
| SEZ | Special Economic Zone |
| SME | Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
| SPIID | Programme for Industry and Innovative Development |
| SPOC | Single Point of Contact |
| TEU | twenty-foot equivalent unit |
| TFE | Team France Export |
| TFI | Trade Facilitation Indicator |
| TITR | Trans-Caspian International Transport Route |
| TRACECA | Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| USD | United States Dollar |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
Diversifying Kazakhstan’s Exports
Institutions, Policies, Infrastructures
