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Trade Agreements: Kazakhstan

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to publish the UK-Kazakhstan critical minerals agreement.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
11 Mar 2026
Target answer date
16 Mar 2026
Answer
16 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to publish the UK-Kazakhstan critical minerals agreement.

  2. 16 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The UK-Kazakhstan Memorandum of Understanding on Critical Minerals Cooperation has not been published and there are no plans to do so. However, it is referenced in UK's Critical Minerals Strategy published in November 2025.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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