According to the Minister of National Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev, Kazakhstan’s economy grew by 0.4% in January-September. The inflow of foreign investment in Kazakhstan’s economy increased 4.4-fold YoY. “Net inflow of foreign investment amounted to $5.7 billion in the reporting period, which is a 4.4-fold increase versus the same period of last year, which was $1.3…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Kazakhstan’s national gas operator KazTransGas have agreed to join forces in supporting the country’s drive towards a green economy, the bank reported. According to a Memorandum of Understanding signed in Astana on October 26, the two partners will explore ways to promote energy efficiency in the…
In 2015/2016 total exports of Kazakh wheat reached 3.57 MMT, up by 11.5% YoY (3.2 MMT in 2014/2015). Key importers of the season traditionally were Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Exports in the destination of Iran tripled to 290 KMT. Exports doubled in the destination of China – to 283 KMT against 126.4 KMT in 2014/2015. EU…
Forty-five water reservoirs in Kazakhstan are in a dangerous condition and require repairs, Kazakh Agriculture Ministry has said. In total there are 309 water reservoirs in Kazakhstan. The state owns 83 of them. Regional municipalities own 191 reservoirs and 35 reservoirs are privately owned. The biggest reservoirs in Kazakhstan are Bukhtarma reservoir in the east…
According to regional agricultural departments, as of October 21, agrarians harvested grains throughout 15.312 million ha, or 99.7% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. As of the reporting date, agrarians produced 23.521 million tons of grains, up by nearly 5.5 million tons YoY. The average yield totaled…
As of October 1, the registered carry-over stocks of oilseeds in Kazakhstan totaled 562.4 thousand tons, including nearly 72 thousand tons in farming households, the Statistics Committee at the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. In particular, sunflower seed stocks totaled 70.6 thousand tons, flaxseed – 243.4 thousand tons, soybeans –…
According to official data, as of October 17, grain crops had been threshed from 15.283 million ha, which was 99.5% of the plan. 23.442 MMT was harvested with the average yield of 1.53 MT/ha. On the same date of 2015, 17.775 MMT of grain had been harvested from 13.973 million ha with the average yield…