ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 27. About 730.1 billion tenge of investments have been attracted to the Kazakhstan's Pavlodar region since the beginning of the year, Trend reports.
According to the official data, this figure exceeds the same period in 2022 by 28.2 percent.
Regional authorities are working on a pool of 127 investment projects worth 2.1 trillion tenge (about $4.57 billion) with the creation of 9,700 new jobs.
In 2023 alone, 28,600 new jobs were created, of which 21,100 were created through private initiatives. This is about 73 percent.
In addition, 195 projects were implemented within the framework of national projects.
Pavlodar region produces 42.5 percent of the country's electricity and almost 60 percent of the country's coal.
Meanwhile, 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.
