Kazakhstan’s foreign trade turnover in 2018 comprised $93.5 billion, up by 19.7% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry reported.
The volume of export in the reporting period made $67 billion (+25.7%) and import was $32.5 billion (+9.9%). (Kazinform/Business World Magazine)
Although most forecasts indicate that Kazakhstan’s pig industry is heading for extinction, the Kazakh Union of Pig Farmers has recently adopted a development program targeting a significant increase in production capacities with export opportunities. In the plan, Russia and China would be the main targets of the exports. By 2025, the Kazakh Union of Pig…
In 2018, more than 400 trains were sent from Kazakhstan’s “Bolashak” border railway station to neighboring Turkmenistan, twice as much as in 2017, the press service of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan Railways) reported. Kazakhstan transports wheat, flour, milling products, barley, oats, and lentils. All products are exported to Turkmenistan, Iran and Afghanistan. Cargo traffic passes…
Air Astana will fly to New York and Shanghai, Minister of Industry and Infrastructe Development Zhenis Kassymbek said at the February 5 session of the government. “This year the ministry together with Air Astana will take steps to launch air communication with New York, Shanghai and other world’s big cities,” Minister Kassymbek told participants of…
Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev has set a new task to the domestic airlines at a governmental meeting. The President commissioned them (primarily Air Astana) to launch flights to the U.S. and Japan. He stressed this objective must be fulfilled till the year-end. Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Zhenis Kassymbek reported to the President…
Karaganda region has started its large-scale transition to green technologies. The 100 MW solar power plant, recognized as the largest in Central Asia, was put into operation in Saran. 307,000 voltaic panels are stretching over 164 ha to convert solar power into electrical energy. The solar panels can produce about 10-15 MW even on the…
In 2018, JSC Ak Bidai – Terminal (a subsidiary of the “Food Contract Corporation”) handled 818.4 thousand tons of grain through the grain terminal in Aktau port. In 2017, grain handling reached around 500 thousand tons. As reported by the company, last year, the growth was conditioned by an increase in grain exports, favorable weather…
In 2018 Passenger Transportation JSC carried 17, 719,000 passengers (including domestic and transit passengers), down by 500,000 passengers YoY. In 2017 Kazakhstan hosted EXPO 2017 international exhibition, the company’s press service reports. Three new routes were launched last year. Astana-Turkestan train bridges the capital with the new regional center of Turkestan region, the historical city…
Kazakhstan’s Civil Aviation Committee suspends all the flights operated by Sky Service airline. “Due to the recent crash of Eurocopter ES130 T2 in Almaty, the Civil Aviation Committee decided to suspend flights of Sky Service airline,” a press release reads. Besides, the Committee notified all air carriers and operators to strictly observe flight operations regulations…
A Turkish architect’s project won a competition in Kazakhstan, and would be carried out for a history and culture center in the city of Turkestan. Turkestan Architect Awards – which has five main categories and 15 sub-branches – was launched for the establishment of 15 public buildings in Turkestan. Mehmet Hilmi Sahin joined the competition…
Meat production in Kazakhstan in 2018 made 270,550 tons, up by 8% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry reported.
Milk production was 535,501tons (+10%).
The volume of flour made 4,036,460 tons (+0.7%), sugar – 283,134 tons (-23.9%) and cereals – 81,327 tons (+15%). (Kazinform/Business World Magazine)
In December 2018, food prices in Kazakhstan increased by 5.1% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of National Economy reported. Last year, baked goods, cereals, meat, fish and seafood, dairy products, eggs, oils and fats, sugar, confectionery, alcohol-free and alcoholic beverages rose in price, whereas fruit and vegetables became cheaper. Regarding cereal products,…
At least eight flights have been delayed due to poor weather conditions.
In particular, delayed were flights from Astana, Astrakhan, Moscow, Istanbul and Atyrau and flights bound for Aktobe, Atyrau, Almaty, Astana, Shymkent and Astrakhan, the press service of the Aktau International Airport informs. (Kazinform
The freight traffic in January-November made 542,366 ton-kilometer, up by 7.9% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry reports. In particular, rail freight turnover grew by 8.7% in the accounting period. Flow of traffic rose by 5.2% in January-November settling at 3,703 billion tons. The passenger turnover hit 257,181 billion passenger-kilometers in the…
The volume of power generation in Kazakhstan in January-November hit 97.043 billion kW-h, up by 4.4% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the National Economy Ministry of Kazakhstan reported. Heat production during the period under consideration made 73,395 million gigacalories, up by 4.8%, and water provision services reached 2,565 billion cubic meters showing a growth of…
Reaching 247,882 tons in January-November, meat production in Kazakhstan increased by 8.9% YoY, the Statistics Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan reported. During the period under consideration, 476,284 tons of milk (+8%), 3,692,140 tons of flour (+2.7%), 223,916 tons of sugar (-31%), and 75,028 tons of groats (+17.8%) were produced in…
Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev put on-stream the Burnoye solar power plant in Zhambyl region and the windmill farm in Mangistau region at the nationwide teleconference. “The 100 MW solar farm in Zhambyl region is the joint Kazakh-British project. It is the largest solar power plant in the CIS. The EBRD has also lent its…
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has given a green light to exports of camel and mare milk from Kazakhstan during the nationwide teleconference in Astana. These food products will be exported by Golden Camel Group LTD based in Turkestan. This is the only enterprise that produces camel and mare milk powder in Kazakhstan. 90% of…
Information and Communications Minister Dauren Abayev described the Astana Hub work. “On November 6 the Head of State attended the presentation of the Astana Hub International Technology Park. Two acceleration programs carried out there helped select more than 20 startup projects with investments attracted up to KZT 49 million,” the minister said. According to him,…
Foreign investments in the amount of $12.3 billion were attracted to the economy of Kazakhstan in the first half of 2018, This is 15.4% more than a year earlier ($10.6 billion). Interestingly, 92.4% of all investment flows to Kazakhstan in the six months accounted for only 10 countries. The absolute leader in investing to the…
In January-September the production volumes of flour in Kazakhstan totaled 3.05 million tons, up by 1.9% YoY, reported the Statistics Committee at the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. According to the announcement, Kostanay region produced the largest volumes of flour – 854.3 thousand tons, or 28% of the total volume, down…
In the three quarters of the current year Kazakhstan produced 466.2 million liters of beer, up by 5.7% YoY. The main producers were Carlsberg Kazakhstan and Efes – their combined share amounted to about 75% of total production in the country. In the regional context, Almaty and Almaty region accounted for 62.2% of total production…
Russia’s Ural Airlines plans to add four more new air routes to its network from Kazakhstan to Russia during the fall and winter 2018-2019, the Kazakh Civil Aviation Committee’s press service said. The flights will be operated by A319, A320 and A321 aircrafts. Ural Airlines will fly between Zhukovsky and Almaty five times a week…
Kazakhstan’s GDP grew by 4.1% YoY in January-October, Minister of National Economy Timur Suleimenov announced. “In January-October the economy of Kazakhstan maintained a positive growth trend. GDP growth in the period under consideration reached 4.1%. The major factors of economic growth were a high investment activity, slowdown in inflation, and a production increase in the…
For the first time ever Kazakhstan’s SCAT air carrier plans to launch a new airline route to the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, from Astana city, the company’s Facebook account reads.
Astana-Dushanbe-Astana flights will be performed twice a week on Fridays and Sunday by CRJ 200 craft from December 14 this year. (Kazinform/Business World Magazine)
The number of trains running through Kazakhstan by the longest freight-carrying railway between China and Europe (Yiwu-Madrid, Yixinou) in 2018 grew by 80%. “More than 90% of Yixinou’s trains, which is the longest freight-carrying railway between China and Europe, run through Kazakhstan, via Alashankou and Horgos gates. About 10% of Yixinou trains pass through Manzhouli,…
It is planned to construct 30 sports facilities in Zhambyl region within three years. “As of today, for residents of the region to regularly do physical exercises and sports there are 1,605 available sports facilities, including 517 in Taraz and 1,088 in districts,” said governor of Zhambyl region Askar Myrzakhmetov. According to the head of…
Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Timur Suleimenov has announced a forecast of the country’s social and economic development for 2019-2023. “The forecast is based on the statistical reporting data on GDP for 2017, the results of economic sectors in seven months of the current year, and the trends on world commodity markets,” said Timur…