ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 17. The volume of retail trade in Kazakhstan amounted to 4.04 trillion tenge (about $9 billion) from January through March 2024, which is 4.9 percent more than the level of the corresponding period in 2023, Trend reports.
The country's Bureau of National Statistics' data shows that retail sales of goods by trading enterprises amounted to 3.11 trillion tenge (about $6.93 billion), which is 9.1 percent more than the level of the corresponding period in 2023.
Food products make up 29.3 percent of the entire retail trade volume, while non-food products account for 70.7 percent.
As of April 1, 2024, the volume of inventory of trading enterprises (by reporting enterprises) in retail trade amounted to 1.57 trillion tenge (about $3.5 billion), in trading days of 70 days (as of April 1, 2023, the volume of inventory in retail trade amounted to 1.52 trillion tenge (about $3.39 billion), in trading days of 71 days).
The largest share in the total volume of retail trade of the country from January through March 2024 falls on the cities of Almaty (31.3 percent), Astana (12.1 percent), as well as Karaganda (8.3 percent), and East Kazakhstan (6 percent).
In addition to this, the index of physical volume of the trading industry from January through March 2024 compared to the corresponding period last year amounted to 103.3 percent (from January through March 2023, 111.5 percent).
A significant share of the total industry volume falls on wholesale trade, the share of which is 67.8 percent; retail trade is 31.8 percent.