ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 17. Kazakhstan produced 536 railway freight cars from January through July 2024, Trend reports, citing the country's Bureau of National Statistics.
Thus, compared to the same period in 2023, production volume increased by 496 freight cars, or 13.4 times.
Note that, in July alone, 74 freight cars were produced. Compared to July 2023, production increased 18.5 times (4 freight cars).
In addition to this, compared to June 2024 (20 freight cars), freight cars production in July increased 3.7 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.