North Kazakhstan formed a pool of 50 investment projects worth of KZT 287 billion. “Since the beginning of the year, KZT 119 billion has been attracted into the economy of the region, up by 18.8% YoY. The bulk of investments, more than 75%, falls on private investments. The volume of foreign investments made KZT 8.5…
The Kazakh Trade Minister, Bakhyt Sultanov, emphasized the importance of development of e-commerce, especially during the pandemic. Addressing the reporting meeting with the population, Sultanov noted that Kazakhstan’s e-commerce market’s value approached 700 billion tenge last year. It is said to stand at 432 billion tenge following the results of the first half of 2020.…
As part of his working trip to Karaganda region Kazakh PM Askar Mamin held a meeting on the development of the pharmaceutical industry, the PM’s press service informed. Industry and Infrastructure Development Minister Beibut Atamakulov, Vice Minister of Healthcare Lyudmila Byurabekova and others reported on the current situation and development of drug industry. Amid the…
Kazakhstan plans to increase farmed fish production to 9 thousand tons. Addressing a government session, Kazakh PM Askar Mamin noted that fishery had a great potential in the country and had been demonstrating a dynamic upward trend. According to him, the country seeks to increase farmed fish production to 9 thousand tons this year, which…
In January-July, seaports of Kazakhstan handled over 3.4 million tons of cargo, flat YoY, the Transport Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development reported. In the reporting period, container throughput grew by 16%, to 17,079 units. Commercial fleet of Kazakhstan carried 1.32 million tons of cargo between the ports on the Caspian Sea…
According to the Committee on Statistics of Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan, as of August 1 the stocks of grains and pulses declined to 2.957 million tons compared to 3.35 million tons in July, including in agricultural organizations – from 964.2 thousand tons to 844.6 thousand tons. In particular, as of the beginning of…
Buying train tickets online in Kazakhstan is temporarily unavailable due to a technical failure, the Kazakh Railaways’ press service reports. The company’s statement says ticket sales via bilet.railways.kz as well as online sources are temporarily not available. The company is slowly resuming work of its ticket offices. (Kazinform/Business World Magazine)