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Kazakhstan's trade with EAEU countries up

Business Materials 16 March 2020 17:45 (UTC +04:00)
Kazakhstan's trade with EAEU countries up

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar. 16

By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:

The value of mutual trade between Kazakhstan and other countries of Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) amounted to $1.4 billion in Jan. 2020, which is 3.4 percent more compared to the same month of 2019, Trend reports with reference to the data of Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.

Some $421.6 million of the sum account for export (increase of 0.4 percent), whereas $996.4 million account for import (increase of 4.8 percent).

Russia leads by value of trade turnover with Kazakhstan in the structure of total trade turnover with EAEU countries (92.5 percent in the total share). Some 4.1 percent account for Kyrgyzstan and 3.3 percent account for Belarus.

The largest part of imports (24.2 percent)accounts for mineral products, 21.7 percent of the total import machinery, equipment, vehicles and tools category. Some 15.6 percent account for metals, 12.2 percent account for products of chemical and related industries.

Furthermore, 15.4 percent of the import account for products of animal and vegetable origin, including prepared food items, 24.2 percent account for mineral products. Lastly, 10.9 percent account for other imports.

In turn, major part of the export structure (48.3 percent) accounts for mineral products. Furthermore, 21.6 percent account for metals and articles of them, 9.5 percent account for products of chemical and related industries, 9.3 percent account for products of animal and vegetable origin, including prepared food items, 8.5 percent account for machinery, equipment, vehicles and tools, and 2.8 percent account for other goods and products.

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