ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 18. The volume of industrial production in Kazakhstan amounted to 23.5 trillion tenge (about $49.2 billion) from January through June 2024, Trend reports.
The country's Bureau of National Statistics' data shows that in the mining industry, production amounted to 10.75 trillion tenge, or about $22.5 billion (45.7 percent of the total), and in the manufacturing industry, it was 11 trillion tenge, or about $23 billion (46.1 percent).
At the same time, from January through May 2024, the industrial production index (IPI) in Kazakhstan amounted to 102.8 percent.
An increase in production volumes was recorded in 15 regions of the country; a decrease was observed in Atyrau, Zhambyl, Kostanay regions, Almaty, and Shymkent cities.
Furthermore, in the mining and quarrying industry from January through June 2024, the IPI amounted to 100.3 percent, which is due to an increase in the production of natural gas (103.8 percent), metal ores (105.8 percent), and services in the mining industry (108.4 percent).
In the manufacturing industry, the IPI from January through June 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, was 105.1 percent. Growth was noted in the production of the chemical industry by 5.3 percent, basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceuticals by 14.8 percent, metallurgy by 8.3 percent, finished metal products, except machinery and equipment, by 30.3 percent, mechanical engineering by 9.4 percent, and other finished products by 1.8 times.
Meanwhile, the volume of industrial production in Kazakhstan amounted to 46.4 trillion tenge (about $102.5 billion) from January through December 2023. Compared to 2022, production increased by 4.3 percent.
Thus, production volume in the mining and quarrying industry amounted to 21.7 trillion tenge (about $47.9 billion), which is 4.6 percent more than in 2022. In addition, production in this area accounted for 46.9 percent of total industrial production.
At the same time, production in the manufacturing industry increased by 4.1 percent compared to 2022 and amounted to 21.6 trillion tenge (about $47.7 billion). The manufacturing industry, in turn, covered 46.6 percent of total industrial production.