President Nursultan Nazarbayev has commented on replacement of senior executives of ministries and state agencies and the principles of staff policy in the diplomatic service. “The ambassadors who have come to retirement age will be dismissed and replaced with new persons. Embassies should pay special attention to the staff issue. Kazakhstan should create trade representation…
The gross grain harvest in Kazakhstan this year was 23.7 million tons, up almost by 4 million tons YoY. Kazakh farmers have also harvested 3.6 million tons of vegetables and 2.2 million tons of melons, exceeding last year’s produce yield by 511,000 tons. First Vice Minister of Agriculture Kairat Aituganov reported on the results and…
The Food Contract Corporation procurement prices for sunseed, rapeseed and linseed were adjusted upwards (on average by 6%). Procurement prices for soybeans were left unchanged. In October the Food Contract Corporation for the first time announced procurement of sunseed, linseed, rapeseed and soybeans. The measures taken by the corporation contributed to the formation of optimal…
Foreign direct investment in the country increased by 4.7% to 6 trillion tenge ($18.12 billion) in January-November, according to Kazakh Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev. “Realisation of industrial-innovative and infrastructural projects within the state program Nurly Zhol and the anti-crisis programs contributed to the growth. Since the beginning of the year, we have been…
According to the Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in November the production volumes of vegetable oils reached record figures – 34.7 thousand tons. During three months of 2016/2017 MY (September-November), the figure exceeded the production of vegetable oils in the same period last season by 18%, and totaled 99.5 thousand tons. A…
Kazakhstan took delivery of a new batch of Su-30SM multirole fighter jets, the press service of the Kazakh Defense Ministry announced. These are the 5th and 6th Su-30SM fighter jets delivered to the Kazakh Air Force, after the country ordered an undisclosed number of aircraft in February 2015. “One needs to have deep knowledge and…
Expected prerequisites for a sag in wheat and barley prices were seen in late November and early December. This was contributed to mostly by an increasing number of grain offers from growers who had to settle their liabilities due in the year’s end (loans, taxes etc.). To prevent a price drop and support growers, in…