From September 2025 to August 2026, Kazakhstan imported goods under HS code 844250 (Printing plates, cylinders and printing components): 2,194 shipments by 36 companies. Import shipments were down 22% on the same months a year earlier. Main supplier countries (share of imports): Switzerland 32.4%, China 19.4%, Turkey 18.1%. Exports: 1,689 shipments by 7 companies.
Official description: Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes, for example, planed, grained or polished Heading 8442: Machinery, apparatus and equipment for preparing or making printing plates, cylinders or other printing components; printing plates, cylinders and other printing components prepared for printing purposes
Switzerland sends the most shipments · Share
Switzerland
32.4%
China
19.4%
Turkey
18.1%
Germany
18%
Poland
6.9%
Germany receives the most shipments · Share
Germany
40.9%
Turkey
24.8%
Poland
17.2%
Uzbekistan
15.7%
Switzerland
1%
Longer national HS code subcodes inside code 844250 and their share of imports and exports combined.
Other plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes
Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes, with images thereon
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