One Union, two markets, one specification
Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are both members of the Eurasian Economic Union, governed by the same technical regulations on food safety and labelling. For an exporter that reorganises the planning: not two packs, but one pack and a changed layer.
What differs is the language block and the name of the company placing the goods on that market; pack structure, declared composition, net weight, batch coding and the EAC mark stay as agreed. The papers used for European Union shipments belong to a different framework and have no role here.
Who holds the declaration, and what the supplier sends
The declaration of conformity is the importer's. The party placing the goods on the market keeps it with the supporting file, and we do not present ourselves as holding it.
From our side comes the material that file is built from, line by line: our technical specification, ingredients and allergens, net weight, batch analysis report, case and pallet data, tariff heading. Where a producer holds food safety, halal or kosher certificates, copies go with it — issued in our factory's name. Copies are available on request.
Kyrgyz and Russian on the same pack
Kyrgyz and Russian are both official languages, and mandatory information is planned accordingly: name of the food, ingredients, allergens, net weight, storage conditions, producer and importer details. Two language blocks is a typesetting decision rather than a translation errand, settled at the first draft, while the layout can still reserve room for the longest version of every field.
Kazakhstan reads from the same design with its own language layer, so reserving that space early saves reopening the file later. Nothing reaches the plate without your written approval of the text.
Check the product name before the plate is made
Two naming points cause more reprints than anything else here. The first is the coating: one made with vegetable fat cannot be called chocolate, it is a cocoa glaze and must be named as one. The quotation states, per line, which of the two it carries.
The second is the jar. Buyers often search for it under a word that translates as paste, and the expectation is corrected before artwork: what we supply is a spread, not a cream, and not a 100% patisserie paste for filling and flavouring. A pastry ingredient is a different product, confirmedbefore quoting.
A mixed container: minimums per line, and the temperature it travels at
The sales unit is a full container or a full truck, with no groupage. The minimum, though, is set per line and written into the quotation, not per container — which is why a first order can carry six or seven items in measured quantities, each line on its own pallet, under one packing list.
Temperature sorts the mix. Chocolate and chocolate-coated items travel at +18/+20 °C, so a refrigerated container is offered in hot months; if a dry container is preferred, the temperature risk passes to the buyer in writing, before loading. Lokum, sugared almonds and jelly sweets travel dry all year.
What to send
Treat the first specification as an asset for both markets: agree it once for Kyrgyzstan, and the same pack file is ready when the conversation moves to Kazakhstan.
For a written quotation within two working days, send the lines you want, the format for each, the destination city, whose details go on the pack, and whether the order is private label. Back comes the line-by-line file described above, with the minimum and the tariff heading against each item. The sequence is set out in how we work, the pack approval route in private label for Kyrgyzstan.
Do you hold the EAC declaration for Kyrgyzstan?
No. The declaration of conformity stays with the party placing the goods on the market, and the EAC mark belongs to that conformity work. Our part is to supply, line by line, our documents the file isbuilt from: technical specification, ingredients and allergens, net weight, batch analysis report, case and pallet data and the tariff heading.
Can the same pack be used for Kazakhstan?
Both countries are members of the Eurasian Economic Union and follow the same technical regulations, so one agreed specification can serve both. What changes is the language block on the pack and the details of the company placing the goods on that market. Plan the artwork for that from the first draft and the second market costs a layer, not a redesign.
Which languages go on the label?
Kyrgyz and Russian are both official languages, so mandatory information is planned for both: name of the food, ingredients, allergens, net weight, storage conditions and the producer and importer details. We prepare the label text from our technical specification, and nothing goes to print without your written approval.
