This year Kazakhstan will export 60,000 tons of wheat bran to China, Vice Minister of Agriculture Gulmira Issayeva reported during a briefing in Kazakh government on April 3. “Signing of the protocol means that our countries’ border checkpoints will receive a certificate that authorizes delivery start. In fact, we can start delivery already today. The…
Kazakh National Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna plans to invest 121 billion tenges in the development of growing companies in 2017 to catalyze new industries and contribute to modernization of the economy. It is envisaged by the fund’s Development Plan for 2017-2021 approved by the Board of Directors of Samruk-Kazyna, the fund said in a message on…
In the course of the working trip to Aktobe region, Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev acquainted himself with a pilot project on construction of a quickly erectable low-rise credit housing under the Nurly Zhol program. Sagintayev was informed on the course of housing construction in Nur Aktobe micro-district, the peculiarities of the project and the quality…
Kazakh barley exports turned down again in January. 89.8 KMT of this commodity was shipped for export in January against 148 KMT in January 2016 (down by almost 40%). Thus, Kazakhstan exported 27% less barley in the five months of the current season compared to the same period a year ago (445 KMT against 609…
Housing construction considerably increased in Kazakhstan in 2016. As much as 89,400 new apartments were built in the country in the past year. It is the highest level in all the 25 years of Kazakhstan’s independence. The previous highest rate in housing construction was recorded in 1991, when 84,500 apartments were built in Kazakhstan. The…
In January-February the grain terminal JSC Ak Biday Terminal, the subsidiary company of National Company Food Contract Corporation JSC, exported 101.4 thousand tons of grains through its grain terminal in the Aktau port, the press-service of Food Contract Corporation reported. According to the announcement, in the same period of 2016 the shipped volumes totaled over…
Kazakhstan’s oil production increased by 4.4% in January-February compared to the same period of 2016, the Kazakh Statistics Committee said. During the period, oil and gas condensate output hit 13.69 million tons (11.47 tons of oil and 2.23 tons of gas condensate). In the mentioned period, oil production increased by 3.8% and gas condensate production…