JSC “Caspian Commodity Exchange” continues its series of analytical reports and presents a new material — a comprehensive review of the oil products markets in Kazakhstan and Russia, their key features, pricing mechanisms, regulatory environment, and interconnections with international market trends.

The report covers:

Global trends in oil and oil products, including forecasts from OPEC, IEA, and EIA.
Current state and prospects of Kazakhstan’s oil products market: production, consumption, export, and import.
Pricing mechanisms and the role of government regulation.
Development of exchange-based trading of oil products in Kazakhstan.
Specifics of the Russian oil products market and the application of the price-damping mechanism.
Comparative analysis of the markets of Kazakhstan and Russia.
Key global challenges — energy transition, digitalization, geopolitics — and their impact on national markets.
Recommendations for developing exchange trading and increasing market transparency.

The report is based on official statistics from government agencies, analytics from international energy organizations, data from leading commodity exchanges, as well as publications from reputable news agencies and specialized journals.