ASTANA. March 17. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ "Accession to the Customs Union is, first of all, beneficial for our consumenrs", Kazakh First Deputy Prime Minister Umirzak Shukeyev said in the interview to mass media.

According to him, the majority of our population is consumers and the main thing that they are interested in is what would happen with goods after accession to the Customs Union.

"Earlier their demands were served only by entrepreneurs and businessmen of Kazakhstan. Now Russian and Belarusian businessmen got an opportunity to serve the demands of our population on equal rights with Kazakh manufacturers", he said.