(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 23. The volume of
investments in fixed capital in Kazakhstan amounted to 1.8 trillion
tenge (about $4 billion) from January through February 2024,
Trend reports.
According to figures from the country's Bureau of National
Statistics, this is an increase of 7.9 percent compared to the same
period in 2023.
Significant growth was noted in the Kyzylorda region (64.4
percent), Astana city (57.9 percent), Turkestan region (53.8
percent), Zhetysu region (46.9 percent), Almaty region (45.5
percent), West Kazakhstan region (34.8 percent), and North
Kazakhstan region (32.4 percent).
At the same time, the Atyrau region accounts for a sizeable
portion of investments (19.1 percent).
The predominant sources of investment financing remain the own
funds of business entities, whose volume amounted to 1.439 trillion
tenge (about $3.18 billion), or 79.6 percent of the total
volume.
Budget funds amounted to 7 percent of the total investment in
fixed capital, while compared to the same period in 2023, they
decreased by 10.2 percent.
The share of the banking sector in financing the real sector of
the economy in the total volume of investments in fixed capital is
4 percent.
In addition, the main share of investments in fixed capital from
January through February 2024 falls on industry (48 percent),
including mining and quarrying (30.7 percent), the manufacturing
industry (11.5 percent), real estate transactions (21.3 percent),
transport and warehousing (13.3 percent), and agriculture,
forestry, and fisheries (3.9 percent).
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