IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPORT STRATEGIES OF AGRICULTURAL BORDER REGIONS OF KAZAKHSTAN

The purpose of the study is to study the export strategy of Kazakhstan in the development of cross-border trade. 14 regions of Kazakhstan border the territories of Russia, China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. The economy of all border areas of the country is characterized by insufficient use of natural resource and tourism potential, single-profile structure, weak activity of small and medium-sized businesses in the use of cross-border factors, generally weak integration with the international economic system. One of the main sectors of the economy of border areas is agriculture, the share of which in the structure of the economy is 31.6%. The paper looks at factors affecting a country's place in the global food market. The research methodology is based on generalization, analysis and synthesis, statistical methods, SWOT analysis characterizing the current economic situation, the geopolitical position of Kazakhstan as a border country and the problems of developing the export strategy of the agro-industrial complex. The practical significance of the research results is determined by the possibilities of using the results obtained to develop important decisions aimed at forming an agricultural export strategy for the development of border regions