Kazakhstan’s economy attracted more than 1.3 trillion tenges in foreign investment in January-July, up by 25% YoY, Ranking.kz analytical service said in its report.
In July alone 181 billion tenges were injected into Kazakh economy, up by 5.3% YoY. However, foreign investments in fixed capital accounted only for 28% of total investments.
The highest share of foreign investment since 2014 was 46.8% in January 2015.
The main target of investments chosen by foreigners was the oil and gas industry.
More than 50% of all investments in Kazakhstan were placed in Atyrau region in this period. The least attractive to foreign investors are two other border regions – Kostanay region and North Kazakhstan region, which attracted less than 0.5% of total foreign investments in Kazakhstan. (Trend/Business World Magazine)