In the first half of the year, the volume of investment in fixed capital in Kazakhstan increased by 9.6%. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
According to the government press service, the share of private capital in the total investment structure reached 87%. Investment activity is growing at a high pace, especially in the information and communications sector. The volume of investments in this area increased by 2.3 times.
Growth was also recorded in construction (+38.7%), manufacturing (+33.3%), agriculture (+24.6%), and transport (+11.6%). The domestic trade sector also showed high results: in the first half of the year, its volume increased by 15.3% to 36.2 trillion tenge. Wholesale trade grew by 6.6%, retail trade by 3.8%.
The positive trend was also strengthened in foreign trade: in January-May, the republic's trade turnover amounted to $56.3 billion, while imports reached $26 billion. As a result, a stable positive trade balance of over $4.4 billion was maintained.