Enterprises of the mining sector of Kazakhstan’s Kostanay region produced goods for 361.7 billion tenge in 2018, up by 15.5%, governor of the region Arkhimed Mukhambetov said.
He also noted positive trends in all major macroeconomic indicators.
The head of the region said that industrial enterprises manufactured products for 871.7 billion tenge.
Mukhambetov touched on food products, noting that flour exports increased by 60,000 tons, to 939,000 tons last year. Exports of cereals increased almost 7-fold, vegetable oil – 6.2-fold, dairy products – 4-fold, and eggs – 2.5-fold.
“New enterprises commissioned within the framework of the State program of Industrial-Innovative Development had a significant effect on the development of the manufacturing sector of the Kostanay region,” Mukhambetov said.
77 facilities worth 115.8 billion tenge were put into operation and more than 4,000 new permanent jobs were created within the first five-year plan for the Industrialization Map implementation.
The governor added that active work was being carried out on the implementation of investment projects of the second five-year plan for the Industrialization Map implementation, which included 24 projects for 326.5 billion tenge with the creation of 5,000 jobs. (Trend/Business World Magazine)
