OREANDA-NEWS. February 11, 2014. The Ministry of Finance does not fear the possibility of increasing the illegal turnover of Chinese alcohol.

This was announced by Deputy Finance Minister Ardak Tengebayev answering deputies’ questions during the presentation of the Law "On amendments and additions to some legislative acts of Kazakhstan on state regulation of production and turnover of ethyl alcohol and alcoholic producst" in the Majilis.

"If we strengthen control over the turnover of legal products, only legally imported alcohol from China may be put into use. We assume to achieve elimination of illegal turnover by this bill," A. Tengebayev said.

The bill, apart from timed restrictions and place of alcohol sale, provides a significant increase in license costs for producers and distributors of alcoholic products, imposition of restrictions on the minimum volume of production.