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Retail trade indicators up in Kazakhstan

Business Materials 16 May 2021 13:38 (UTC +04:00)
Retail trade indicators up in Kazakhstan

AKU, Azerbaijan, May 16

By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:

The value of the retail trade in Kazakhstan amounted to 3.2 trillion tenge (approximately $7.7 billion) over the period from Jan. through Apr. 2021, which is 6.2 percent more compared to the same months of 2020, Trend reports with reference to the Committee of Statistics of Kazakhstan.

According to the data, the largest percentage in the total retail trade turnover accounts for individual entrepreneurs (32.5 percent) during the reporting month.

It is followed by small businesses (30.6 percent) and large businesses (24.6 percent). The least amount of retail trade turnover accounts for medium businesses (12.3 percent).

The largest share of the retail trade accounts for Almaty city. Some 32 percent of the total trade turnover accounts for this city and the value of trade turnover here went up by 12.2 percent during the reporting period, compared to the same month of 2020.

The major part of the retail trade turnover accounts for Nur-Sultan city (10.6 percent; volume increased by 7.2 percent), Karaganda region (9.6 percent; volume increased by 0.9 percent), and East Kazakhstan region (8.9 percent; increase by 2.7 percent).

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