Kazakhstan’s airlines have reported a 1.5-time drop in their revenues in the first six months of the year, with passenger transport continuing to make up 95% of the revenues. During the first half of 2020, the country’s airlines have carried 2.3 million passengers, down by 35.8% YoY. In June, 480.6 thousand passengers were serviced, up…
From August 10 Kazakhstan plans to resume flights to Thailand and Georgia, Sairanbek Barmakov, Chairman of the Roads Committee under the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development, has announced. “It is planned to resume flights to Thailand and Georgia starting on August 10”, Sairanbek Barmakov said at a briefing at the Central Communications Service in…
Nur-Sultan mayor Altay Kulginov has inspected the construction site of the mosque that will be the largest mosque in the country and Central Asia. The country’s largest mosque, which is under conduction, sits between Kabanbay batyr and Mangilik El Avenues. After construction, the mosque will be able to receive 30 thousand people at once and…
According to the Committee on Statistics at Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the country increased the export of sunflower meal to 64 thousand tons over the 10 months of 2019-2020 MY, 2-fold YoY. Particularly, the export of sunflower meal to Uzbekistan (the key importer) almost tripled to 30 thousand tons. The…
Head of Turkestan, Umirzak Shukeyev, has inspected the progress of several sports facilities construction, Kazinform reports with the reference to the regional Akimat. In order to develop the sports infrastructure in Turkestan, a number of new and modern buildings are being built. The head of the region visited the construction sites of new sports facilities…
There are more than two thousand online stores in Kazakhstan, Bakhyt Sultanov, Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, has announced at a Government meeting. “COVID-19 pandemic leads to a significant growth in online shopping. The increase in sales through B2C (Business-to-Consumer) channels is especially noticeable in online trade of medicines, household…
Separate households of North Kazakhstan Region started to harvest spring crops last week that was the earliest time for this region. Particularly, the field works were started by two agricultural households, which carried out the spring planting campaign one month earlier than others due to the warm spring. They started to harvest barley last week…
Baiterek Holding through its subsidiaries – KazakhExport and the Development Bank of Kazakhstan – continues to actively support Kazakh exporters. Over six months of 2020, the export insurance company KazakhExport provided insurance support to 49 exporters (13 of which received support for the first time) in the amount of KZT 26.4 billion. In 2019, the…
Another plane with a medical cargo with a total weight of 34 tons has arrived in Almaty from India. The pharmaceuticals were purchased at the expense of the Almaty city Akimat to form the stabilization fund. The medical cargo contains such medicines, as anticoagulants – enaxoparin, heparin; antibacterial ofloxacin; anti-inflammatory medicines – prednisone, dexamethasone; antibiotics…
According to the results of the first half of 2020, Kazakhstan’s GDP has decreased by 1.8%, while the forecast was -1.5%. This is due to the downturn in the service sector, despite the relaxation of quarantine measures and the opening of trade and catering facilities from mid-May. According to the National Bank, such industries, as…