Abstract
The article deals with the issues of international trade and the impact of global trade trends on the foreign economic and export activity of the Republic of Kazakhstan using graphical, tabular and comparative methods. The dynamics of the volume of international trade, the structure of international trade in the context of industries and goods, as well as the changes that have occurred in it over the past ten years, were analyzed. The features of regional trade in the structure of general world trade were outlined. Trends in the growth of international trade volumes, changes in its structure towards an increase in the share of high value-added goods, as well as regionalization of international trade while maintaining the leading positions of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region and the European Union were revealed. The authors analyzed the changes in the foreign trade turnover and export of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the dynamics of the main exported Kazakhstan’s goods, the geographical structure of the country's foreign trade turnover. The article reflects the indices of the intensity of Kazakhstan's foreign trade. Calculations of its efficiency from 2014 to 2022 were made. The article is based on a large amount of materials, both from domestic and foreign databases. In general, based on the analysis, the influence of global trade trends on the export activity of the Republic of Kazakhstan was determined.