BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 11. The volume of production in Kazakhstan increased by 4.6 percent as a result of the first nine months of 2022, Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan Alibek Kuantyrov said during the government meeting, Trend reports citing Kazakh government.
He noted that the positive growth is recorded in 16 regions. The largest increase is seen in Jambyl, East-Kazakhstan and Kostanay regions as well as in Almaty city.
In the context of manufacturing industries, there was growth in production of mechanical engineering by 7.6 percent, including automotive industry - by 17.8 percent, production of electrical equipment - by 11.5 percent as well as in food production - by 3.7 percent, beverages - by 7 percent, plastic products - by 4.9 percent, finished metal products - by 2.5 percent, products of chemical industry - by 10.7 percent, clothes - by 7.3 percent.
According to Kuantyrov, the output in mining industry increased by 0.1 percent. In the context of industries, production increased in the provision of services in the mining industry - by 18.4 percent, coal - by 2.1 percent, gas and metal ore extraction - by 0.6 percent. A decrease of 8.9 percent was recorded in the extraction of other minerals.