BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 14. The volume of oil extraction in Kazakhstan amounted to 61.9 million tons from January through September 2022, which is 1 percent less than during the same months of 2021, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
Industrial manufacturing in the country increased by 2.1 percent compared to the reporting period of 2021.
Thus, the manufacturing of copper ore amounted to 99.8 million tons, which is 8.5 percent more compared to the reporting months of 2021. Manufacturing of petrol amounted to 3.7 million tons (increase of 5.7 percent compared to the same period of 2021).
Manufacturing of Portland cement was 9.7 million tons, which is 0.4 percent more than during the same period of 2021. Manufacturing of metal constructions was 58,000 tons (decrease by 8.1 percent), of electricity to 83.2 billion kWh (decrease by 1.2 percent).
The value of products manufactured in Kazakhstan stood at 35.9 trillion tenge ($75.3 billion) over nine months of 2022, of which 18.8 trillion tenge ($39.4 billion) accounted for the mining industry, and 15.2 trillion tenge ($31.9 billion) for manufacturing.
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