ASTANA, Kazakhstan, November 15. Kazakhstan’s foreign trade turnover increased by 2.4 percent and amounted to $102 billion from January through October, said Minister of National Economy Alibek Kuantyrov, Trend reports.
Exports amounted to more than $57 billion, including exports of processed goods - $18 billion, imports of goods - more than $44 billion.
The positive trade balance of Kazakhstan is $13 billion.
According to the minister, the growth rate of investment in fixed capital of Kazakhstan reached 12.6 percent.
The influx of investments increased in such areas as transport and warehousing - by 58 percent, healthcare - by 40 percent, trade - by 38 percent, education - by 18 percent, agriculture - by 8.7 percent, industry - by 8.3 percent.
Kazakhstan’s foreign trade turnover in 2022 reached a historically high level of $134.4 billion. The trade surplus amounted to $34.3 billion, which is 82 percent better than in 2021 and four times more than in 2020.
Export volumes amounted to $84.4 billion. By 2021, foreign sales volumes had increased by 40 percent, and by 2020, they had increased by 78 percent. Import volumes to Kazakhstan reached $50 billion for the first time, updating the 2013 record ($48.8 billion).
At the end of 2022, the gross inflow of foreign direct investment into Kazakhstan amounted to $28 billion, which is 17.7 percent more than the results of 2021 ($23.8 billion). This is a record figure over the past 10 years - in 2012, the volume of FDI reached $28.9 billion.