BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jun. 13
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Kazakhstan’s agriculture, forestry and fishery gross output amounted to 934.4 billion tenge ($2.3 billion) over first five months of 2020, which is 2.2 percent more compared to the same period of the last year, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
Some 923.2 billion tenge ($2.2 billion) accounted for agriculture alone including 44.4 billion ($110.2 million) accounting for plant growing, and 878.5 billion tenge ($2.1 billion) - for animal husbandry.
The increase in the agriculture, forestry and fishery gross output during the reporting period was due to the increase of slaughter volumes of livestock and poultry in live weight by 3.2 percent, and yield of raw cow's milk by 3.1 percent.
Almaty region leads by the total value of agriculture, forestry and fishery gross output, which reached 146.8 billion tenge ($363.9 million) over first five months of 2020, showing 2.2-percent increase compared to the same period of 2019.
This includes 9.5 billion tenge ($23.6 million) worth of plant growing output and 135.7 billion tenge ($336.4 million) of animal husbandry output.
Second and third places accounted for Turkestan and East Kazakshtan regions.
The value of agriculture, forestry and fishery gross output in Turkestan region amounted to 140.05 billion tenge ($347.2 million), which is 2.1 percent more than during the same period of last year. This includes 22.5 billion tenge ($56.02 million) worth of plant growing output and 116.2 billion tenge ($288.2 million) of animal husbandry output.
In turn, agriculture, forestry and fishery gross output in East Kazakhstan region amounted to 113.3 billion tenge ($280.9 million), which is 1.8 percent more than during the same period of 2019. This includes 1.06 billion tenge ($2.6 million) worth of plant growing output and 111.05 billion tenge ($275.3 million) of animal husbandry output.
Increase in agriculture, forestry and fishery gross output was observed in all 14 Kazakh regions during the reporting period.
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