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Sagadiyev LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47703/ejebs.v68i3.416</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">ejebs-47</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>The Impact of Blockchain Technology on Logistics and Foreign Trade Turnover in Kazakhstan</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4511-4883</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bekmetova</surname><given-names>Aruna</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"/><email xlink:type="simple">bek.aruna@bk.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0553-9606</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Rakhimova</surname><given-names>Saule</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"/><email xlink:type="simple">saulesha_rahimova@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1533-1606</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Akhmetzhanova</surname><given-names>Nazym</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"/><email xlink:type="simple">a.n.a.78@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8376-1275</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Shilmanova</surname><given-names>Altynay</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"/><email xlink:type="simple">altynsh@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5392-0594</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Abdullayeva</surname><given-names>Bizhamal</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p> </p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">bizhamal.abdullaeva@narxoz.kz</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-5"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="en">Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi, Almaty, Kazakhstan<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="en">Astana International University, Astana, Kazakhstan<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-3"><aff xml:lang="en">NJSC Zhangir Khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian-Technical University, Uralsk, Kazakhstan<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-4"><aff xml:lang="en">Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-5"><aff xml:lang="en">NARXOZ University, Almaty, Kazakhstan<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>09</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>68</volume><issue>3</issue><elocation-id>82–94</elocation-id><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Bekmetova A., Rakhimova S., Akhmetzhanova N., Shilmanova A., Abdullayeva B., 2024</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Bekmetova A., Rakhimova S., Akhmetzhanova N., Shilmanova A., Abdullayeva B.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bekmetova A., Rakhimova S., Akhmetzhanova N., Shilmanova A., Abdullayeva B.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/47">https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/47</self-uri><abstract><p> </p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Logistics</kwd><kwd>Transit Transportation</kwd><kwd>Blockchain Technologies</kwd><kwd>Economic Growth</kwd><kwd>Supply Chain Management</kwd><kwd>Infrastructure Development</kwd><kwd>Kazakhstan</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Ahluwalia, S., Mahto, R. 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