BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 12
Trend:
As of the first quarter, a high indicator is observed in all sectors of the manufacturing industry in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Beibut Atamkulov said, Trend reports referring to Kazinform news agency.
"The engineering industry shows stable growth at the level of 121.8 percent due to the production of vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, machinery and equipment, the production of other vehicles, computers, electronic and optical equipment, electrical equipment, repair and installation," Atamkulov said during the governmental meeting.
“A positive trend is observed in the non-ferrous metallurgy,” the minister said. “The volumes of refined gold, refined silver, gold bullion, refined copper have been increased.”
The physical volume index was 100.1 percent in ferrous metallurgy. The production volumes of pig iron, carbon steel and ferrosilicon manganese increased.
"The production volume increased by 9.1 percent in the pharmaceutical industry,” the minister said. “In general, the growth occurred due to an increase in demand among the population for medicines and medical products."
"The production volume in light industry increased by 3.1 percent due to an increase in the production of clothing and leather goods,” the minister said. “An increase in demand for disinfectants and mineral fertilizers, chromium oxide pigment, finely ground phosphorus raw materials contributed to an increase in the production of the chemical industry. The production of building materials amounted to 130.1 percent through an increase in the production of heat-insulating materials, Portland cement, gypsum, bricks."