ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 16. The volume of trade turnover between Kazakhstan and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries amounted to $13.3 billion from January through May 2024, which is 11.7 percent less than for the same period in 2023 ($15.1 billion), Trend reports.
Data from the country's Bureau of National Statistics shows that exports to the CIS countries for the above period amounted to $5.7 billion, which is 16.4 percent less year-on-year ($6.8 billion).
In addition, the volume of imports from the CIS countries from January through May 2024 decreased by 7.8 percent and amounted to $7.6 billion. For the same period in 2023, this figure was $8.2 billion.
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan's trade turnover with the CIS countries amounted to $35.5 billion from January through December 2023. The volume of trade turnover decreased by 4.1 percent compared to the same period in 2022 ($37.1 billion).
At the same time, in the structure of trade turnover, exports to the CIS countries for the above period amounted to $15.9 billion, which is 2.4 percent more than from January through December 2022 ($15.5 billion).
Moreover, imports from the EU countries from January through December 2023 decreased by 9 percent and amounted to $19.6 billion. In 2022, imports amounted to $21.5 billion.