External trade turnover for January-May 2023 amounted to 851.6 million US dollars (an increase of 1.6 times, in January-May 2022 - 530.8 million US dollars), including exports - 249.4 million US dollars (an increase of 3% in January-May 2022 - 242.1 million US dollars), imports - 602.2 million US dollars (an increase of 2 times, in January-May 2022 - 288.75 million US dollars).
The balance of foreign trade turnover for January-May 2023 was negative: - 352.8 million US dollars (in January-May 2022 it was negative: -46.7 million US dollars).
In the structure of exports, the main share is occupied by: wheat (34.3%), bearings (15.7%), flax seeds (10.2%), barley (4.5%), flour (4.5%), rape seeds (1.9%).
In the structure of imports, the main share is occupied by: land transport means (13.2%), plant protection products (4.4%), iron or non-alloy steel bars (3%), ethylene polymers (1.9%), petroleum products (1%).
Table 1
Export of products of Akmola region
| Name of product | In value terms for January-May,thousand US dollars | % | In kind for January-May,tons, pieces, liters | % | ||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023. | 2022 | |||
| wheat | 85 526,5 | 106 654,9 | 80,2 | 331 345,3 | 371 622,4 | 89,2 |
| barley | 11 266,6 | 5 920,2 | 190,3 | 44 337,6 | 23 899,9 | 185,5 |
| milk and cream | 76,0 | 74,8 | 101,6 | 168,0 | 198,5 | 84,6 |
| cattle and poultry meat | 1 475,7 | 568,2 | 259,7 | 389,6 | 159,5 | 244,3 |
| bearings | 39 073,6 | 32 409,9 | 120,6 | 8 889,9 | 9 653,6 | 92,1 |
| plastic pipes | 955,2 | 3,6 | 26766,0 | 58,2 | 7,0 | 827,9 |
| rape seeds | 4 830,2 | 9 178,1 | 52,6 | 13 314,2 | 12 414,1 | 107,3 |
| flax seeds | 25 352,4 | 28 977,1 | 87,5 | 54 474,8 | 35 810,0 | 152,1 |
| sunflower seeds | 2 406,7 | 1 923,1 | 125,1 | 4 924,3 | 3 541,0 | 139,1 |
| fresh flowers | 0,0 | 0,0 | - | 0,0 | 0,0 | - |
| coal | 48,2 | 29,6 | 162,8 | 248,0 | 1 064,0 | 23,3 |
| beverages | 2 033,3 | 2 510,4 | 81,0 | 1 288,7 | 2 074,9 | 62,1 |
| chicken eggs | 1 660,4 | 1 323,7 | 125,4 | 1 400,0 | 1 481,2 | 94,5 |
| flour | 11 222,6 | 15 171,4 | 74,0 | 37 892,8 | 37 913,4 | 99,9 |
| bags and packaging bags | 818,3 | 1 223,3 | 66,9 | 378,9 | 511,0 | 74,2 |
| natural uranium | 0,0 | 0,0 | - | 0,0 | 0,0 | - |
Table 2
Import of products of Akmola region
| Name of product | In value terms for January-May,thousand US dollars | % | In kind for January-May,tons, pieces, liters | % | ||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||
| bars of iron or non-alloy steel | 17 834,7 | 16 505,0 | 108,1 | 19 149,2 | 18 930,2 | 101,2 |
| ethylene polymers | 11 523,7 | 11 557,2 | 99,7 | 8 231,5 | 6 503,2 | 126,6 |
| oil products | 4 387,3 | 3 536,6 | 124,1 | 1 142,0 | 1 277,4 | 89,4 |
| plant protection products | 26 694,9 | 14 672,7 | 181,9 | 3 659,3 | 1 417,1 | 258,2 |
| means of ground transportation | 79 690,0 | 34 632,1 | 230,1 | 11 277,7 | 23 441,2 | 48,1 |
| milking machines | 464,1 | 8,8 | 5 253,2 | 8,3 | 0,1 | 7 761,9 |
Table 3
EAEU (Customs Union)
| January-May 2023thousand US dollars |
January-May 2022 thousand US dollars |
||||
| export |
import |
turnover |
export |
import |
turnover |
| - |
- |
- |
41,5 |
- |
41,4 |
| 1 173,9 |
14 367,3 |
15541,2 |
22,5 |
17 977,0 |
17 999,6 |
| 1 343,9 |
114,6 |
1 458,5 |
1 212,7 |
159,0 |
1 371,7 |
| 78 687,4 |
172 215,4 |
250902,8 |
55 706,5 |
176 294,1 |
232 000,6 |
| 81 205,2 |
186 697,3 |
267902,5 |
56 983,2 |
194 430,1 |
251 413,3 |