An investment priority project is an investment project:
purposed for creation of a new manufacture (production facility) or business on investments implementing by a legal entity in the amount of at least two million times the amount (KZT 3450) of the monthly calculation index established by the law on the republican budget and effective on the date of filing an application for the provision of investment preferences;
when creating new investment activity project in spheres of food and light industry, the amount of investments of a legal entity must be at least a million times the monthly calculation index established by the law on the republican budget and valid on the date of filing an application for the provision of investment preferences;
when creating facilities that can satisfy the needs of a tourist in priority tourist areas, the amount of investments of a legal entity must be at least two hundred thousand times the monthly calculation index established by the law on the republican budget and valid on the date of filing an application for the provision of investment preferences;
for the expansion and (or) renewal of existing production facilities, which provides for the implementation by a legal entity of investments in the amount of at least five million times the monthly calculation index established by the law on the republican budget and valid as of the date of filing an application for the provision of investment preferences in changing fixed assets, including updating ( renovation, reconstruction, modernization) of existing production facilities that produce products.
An investment priority project to create new industries or expand and (or) upgrade existing industries is carried out by a legal entity for certain priority types of activities, the list of which is approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.