BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 14. Kazakhstan’s agriculture, forestry, and fishery gross output amounted to 8.1 trillion tenge ($17.3 billion) over the period from January through October 2022, which is 8.2 percent more compared to the same period of the last year, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
Some 8.07 trillion tenge ($17.2 billion) accounted for agriculture alone, including 5.1 trillion ($11.02 billion) accounting for plant growing, and 2.9 trillion tenge ($6.2 billion) - for animal husbandry.
The increase in the agriculture, forestry and fishery gross output during the reporting period was due to the increase in eggs output by 4.9 percent, milk by 1.8 percent, plant growing by 12.7 percent.
North Kazakhstan region leads by the total value of agriculture, forestry, and fishery gross output, which reached 1.02 trllion tenge ($2.1 billion) from January through October 2022, showing a 12.8-percent increase compared to the same months of 2021.
This includes 793.3 billion tenge ($1.6 billion) worth of plant growing output and 223.7 billion tenge ($479.1 million) of animal husbandry output.
Second and third places accounted for Akmola and Turkestan regions.
The value of agriculture, forestry, and fishery gross output in the Akmola region amounted to 976.6 billion tenge ($2.09 billion), which is 18.6 percent more than during the same period of last year.
This includes 708.09 billion tenge ($1.5 billion) worth of plant growing output and 264.2 billion tenge ($565.8 million) of animal husbandry output.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishery gross output in the Turkestan region amounted to 950.6 billion tenge ($2.03 billion), which is 2 percent more than during the same period of 2021.
This includes 623.5 billion tenge ($1.3 billion) worth of plant growing output and 321.2 billion tenge ($687.8 million) of animal husbandry output.
An increase in agriculture, forestry, and fishery gross output were observed in 16 Kazakh regions during the reporting period.
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