In the Almaty region, industrial growth amounted to 15.8%
“At the end of the half-year, the Almaty region notes growth in terms of key economic indicators.So, in industry, the growth was 15.8% and reached 683.3 billion tenge, in agriculture – 1.3%, the volume of construction work increased by 6.2%, retail turnover – by 3.1%”, – the press service of akim of Almaty region reports.
According to the regional department of economics and budget planning, 506 thousand square meters were commissioned in the region. meters of housing or 105.8% of the corresponding period last year. Attracted 258 billion tenge of investments with an increase of 3.6%, created 36 thousand jobs. State budget revenues amounted to 349 billion tenge, including local – 173 billion tenge, which is 32% more than last year. In general, 65 investment projects for 110 billion tenge are being implemented in the region. Of these, in the first half of the year, the cement plant “Alatsem” with a capacity of 1.2 million tons, the feed mill “Feed Mills” with a capacity of 60 thousand tons and the “Pure Pack” plant for the production of 100 million liters of soft drinks per year were launched.
In addition, it is planned to commission an enterprise for the production of gas and electric stoves “Almaty tormystyk tekhnika zauyty”, a fruit storage “Frosko” for 7.2 thousand tons and a solar power plant for 50 MW. Thus, it is expected that by the end of the year the volume of industrial production in the Almta region will reach 1.3 trillion. tenge, the volume of attracted investments will amount to 811 billion tenge.