根据哈萨克斯坦总统纳扎尔巴耶夫签署的法令,座落于里海海岸的阿克陶港将从2003年1月起成为自由贸易港。政府将投入大量财力,以国际标准改善并新建贸易服务设施,制定和颁布新的贸易优惠政策,改善投资环境,以吸引外资投入,从而大幅度提高港口货物吞吐量,有效促进哈国进出 According to the decree signed by Kazakh President Nazarbayev, the Port of Atakau, located on the coast of the Caspian Sea, will become a free trade port from January 2003. The government will invest a large amount of financial resources to improve and create new trade service facilities based on international standards, formulate and promulgate new preferential trade policies and improve the investment environment so as to attract foreign investment so as to substantially increase the port cargo throughput and effectively facilitate the entry and exit of Kazakhstan