BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 13. The value of mutual trade between Kazakhstan and other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) amounted to $7.7 billion from January through April 2022, which is 5.4 percent more compared to the same period of 2021, Trend reports with reference to the data of Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
Some $2.2 billion of the figure account for export (an increase of 1.2 percent), whereas $5.4 billion accounts for import (an increase of 7.4 percent).
Russia leads by the value of trade turnover with Kazakhstan in the structure of total trade turnover with EAEU countries (93.1 percent in the total share). Some 3.8 percent account for Kyrgyzstan and 3.1 percent account for Belarus.
Some 12 percent of the import volume accounts for mineral products, 20.7 percent of the total import machinery, equipment, vehicles, and tools category, while 17.3 percent accounts for metals and metal goods, 16.9 percent accounts for products of chemical and related industries.
Furthermore, 18.3 percent of the import account for products of animal and vegetable origin, including prepared food items. Lastly, 14.8 percent account for other imports.
In turn, 31.7 percent of the export structure accounts for mineral products.
Furthermore, 30.1 percent account for metals and articles of them, 18.8 percent account for products of chemical and related industries, 7.8 percent account for products of animal and vegetable origin, including prepared food items, 9.3 percent account for machinery, equipment, vehicles, and tools, and 2.3 percent account for other goods and products.
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