ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 25. From January through July 2025, investments in Kazakhstan’s trade sector increased by 37 percent, reaching 438 billion tenge (approximately $832.2 million), said Kazakhstan’s Minister of Trade and Integration Arman Shakkaliev, Trend reports via the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
According to him, the volume of trade also rose by 8.6 percent during the same period.
“More than 800,000 business entities are involved in trade, providing jobs for over 1.5 million people,” Shakkaliev added.
He also emphasized that the Government of Kazakhstan is carrying out systematic work to strengthen the position of domestic producers, increase non-resource exports, and support small and medium-sized businesses.
At present, transparent rules for doing business are being established in the country, domestic trade is being developed, and infrastructure is being created to help Kazakh products access foreign markets
