Foreign trade

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 474.

The main business partners are the CIS and Baltic countries. Russia is the largest business partner. Kazakhstan has effective trade relations with Germany, Turkey, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Italy, China, the U.S.A, Great Britain, South Korea, etc.

For the first quarter 2010 current account surplus operations amounted to about $ 3 billion compared to a deficit of $ 1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2009, in relation to GDP has developed in 11.3%, indicated in the issued today a press release of the National Bank Republic of Kazakhstan.

The trade balance for the first quarter of 2010 was formed with a positive surplus of $ 8.2 billion, compared to the first quarter of 2009 at 4 times (in the first quarter of 2009 - $ 2.0 billion), and relatively 4th quarter of 2009 - 32.2%.

Exports of goods in January - March 2010 amounted to $ 13.6 billion, an increase of 66.9% compared to the same period in 2009. Official exports totaled $ 13.5 billion, including $ 8.6 billion (more than 63%) on the export of oil and gas condensate (first quarter of 2009 - $ 4.6 billion). The value of exports of ferrous metals increased by 32%, non-ferrous metals - 69%. In this case, quantitative supply of oil and gas condensate were almost the level of the first quarter of 2009. Increased exports of ferrous metals due to increased volumes of quantitative and non-ferrous metals - increase in contract prices.

Imports of goods valued at $ 5.4 billion, a decrease of 11% Compared with the first quarter last year. Official import was $ 5.3 billion (for the first quarter of 2009 - $ 6.0 billion). In this case, mainly due to a decrease in imports reduced imports capital goods by 35%. For the remaining product groups basic nomenclature, an increase of imports. Import of goods intermediate industrial use, in the accounting quarter, the largest share in the value of imports increased by Compared to the first quarter of 2009 by 17%, consumer goods - 5%. In the structure of the total imports of consumer imports food and non-food consumer products increased by 9% and 2% respectively.

January - March 2010 the deficit of services is estimated at $ 1.4 billion, compared to the same period in 2009 - 28.9% ($ 1.1 billion).

The trade balance. The volume of foreign trade of residents of Kazakhstan in 2001 amounted to $ 17.3 billion increase over 2000 of 7.5% was achieved through increased imports by 20% with a slight decrease in exports by 2% .. The main increase in turnover occurred in the first half of 2001, while in the second half of the year there was a significant slowdown in the growth of imports, which led to a decline in foreign trade (relative to the second half of 2000, the foreign trade turnover decreased by more than 5%).

The positive balance of trade, taking into account the cost of repair of goods and goods procured in ports by carriers, made in 2001 to $ 896 million against 2,440 million in 2000. Three times it was due to the decrease in negative changes in the dynamics of officially trading. According to official statistics, net exports of goods in 2001 amounted to $ 2.3 billion, which is 40% lower than in 2000. At the same time, the shuttle trade deficit remained at the previous year - $ 1.7 billion

As a result of the fall in commodity prices and external demand The value of exports to these countries decreased by 7% compared to 2000. In conjunction with the growth of imports, the volume of which for the year increased by 28%, this has reduced by one-third of the positive balance of foreign trade - up to $ 2.5 billion from $ 3.7 billion in 2000. Consolidated turnover for the Republic's foreign trade in 2002 amounted to $ 12.7 billion consolidated turnover of foreign trade for 9 months. 2003 was $ 16 billion, an increase of 25.1% relative to the base period.