ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 11. Investments in fixed capital of the Akmola region amounted to 530 billion tenge (about $1.15 billion), including private investment of 435 billion tenge (about $946.7 million) from January through November 2023, said the head of the region Marat Akhmetzhanov, Trend reports.
He made the remark in talks with the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
As he noted, for the above period, 154 projects were implemented and 1,500 jobs were created.
Since the beginning of 2023, the manufacturing of products such as vegetable oil, processed meat, milk, butter, cheese, and cottage cheese has increased.
The commissioning of the third stage of the Makinsk poultry farm and the gradual expansion of the capacities of Ak-Dala Agro LLP allowed the region to become one of the leaders in the country in poultry production.
In addition, the head of the region noted that a draft master plan for the development of Kokshetau city has been developed.
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.
By industry, the largest volume of investments was directed to the mining industry: $12.1 billion (+25 percent), manufacturing: $5.6 billion (+3 percent), wholesale and retail trade: $5.08 billion (+36 percent), professional, scientific, and technical activities: $1.1 billion (2.1 times increase), transport and warehousing: $1.1 billion (+14 percent), construction: $698 million (-3 percent), financial and insurance activities: $650 million (-60 percent), electricity and gas supply: $635.6 million (an increase of 2.8 times), etc.