BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov.16
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The value of trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Belarus amounted to $485.5 million over the first nine months of 2020, compared to $555.6 million during the same period of 2019, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The share of Belarus in the total value of Kazakhstan’s trade turnover stood at 0.8 percent during the reporting period, compared to 0.8 percent during the same period of 2019.
Kazakhstan’s export to Belarus amounted to $46.2 million over the period from January through Sept. 2020, compared to $77.1 million during the same period of 2019.
Belarus’s share in the total volume of Kazakhstan’s export amounted to 0.1 percent during the reporting period of 2020 compared to 0.2 percent during the same period of 2019.
In turn, Kazakhstan’s imports from Belarus amounted to nearly $439.3 million over the reporting period, compared to $478.5 million during the same period of 2019.
Belarus’s share in the total volume of Kazakhstan’s import amounted to 1.6 percent during the reporting period of 2020 compared to 1.7 percent during the same period of 2019.
The total volume of Kazakhstan’s trade turnover amounted to $62.8 million over the period from January through Sept. 2020 which indicates a decrease from $72.09 million during the same period of 2019.
Kazakhstan’s export amounted to $35.3 million during the reporting period of 2020 ($43.1 million in the same period of 2019), whereas imports amounted to $27.4 million ($28.9 million in 2019).
During the reporting period, the main articles of Kazakhstan and Belarus trade turnover were food products, agricultural products, as well as products of the chemical industry.
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