ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 11. Kazakhstan has begun construction of a new Wildberries logistics distribution center with an area of over 100,000 square meters in Almaty, Trend reports, citing the government.
This is one of two similar projects being implemented in the country: the second center will be built in Astana.
At the current stage, 12.9 billion tenge (about $27 million) have already been invested in the project. Thanks to this project, it is planned to create 4,000 jobs.
The launch of a logistics distribution center in Almaty will reduce the costs for entrepreneurs in logistics, expand the range, and increase sales.
This is the first Wildberries' project of this kind outside Russia.
Meanwhile, the volume of industrial production in Kazakhstan amounted to 15.5 trillion tenge (about $35 billion) from January through April 2024, according to the country's Bureau of National Statistics.
In the mining industry, production amounted to 7.16 trillion tenge, or about $16.1 billion (46.1 percent of the total), and in the manufacturing industry, it was 7.06 trillion tenge, or about $15.9 billion (45.4 percent).