Issues of development of manufacturing industry discussed by senators in Atyrau region

The visiting meeting of the Senate Committee on Economic Policy, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship was held by deputies in the Atyrau region. The topic of the meeting was the discussion of the development of the manufacturing industry.

Opening the work of the meeting, the Chairman of the Committee Suindik Aldashev noted that it is necessary to develop the manufacturing industry focused on the domestic market with the involvement of innovations and high technologies.

“Today, at the meeting, together with central and local executive bodies, systemic problems of the manufacturing industry were considered and discussed. From the side of business representatives, specific questions and proposals were voiced, which I consider necessary to consider and take into account in the further legislative work of the Committee, including, if necessary, to prepare, together with the central state bodies, relevant amendments to the legislation,” Senator Aldashev said.

According to the Akimat of the Atyrau region, from January to April of this year, the volume of industrial production amounted to 3.7 trillion tenge and increased by 6.7% compared to the corresponding period last year. The manufacturing industry at the same time increased by 14.6% and amounted to 231.8 billion tenge.

In addition, within the framework of the meeting, Senator Sagyndyk Lukpanov raised the problematic issues of processing hydrocarbon raw materials necessary for the further development of the country's economy.

Also during the meeting, representatives of the Investment Committee and local entrepreneurs made their reports on the development of the manufacturing industry.

As part of the visiting session, the deputies visited a gas chemical complex, a combined-cycle gas turbine power plant, factories for the production of polymer and cable products, a livestock complex and a number of other industrial facilities in the region.