Serik Zhumangarin made a working trip to the Zhetysu region

On November 12, 2022, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin visited the Zhetysu region on a working trip. Here, the Deputy Prime Minister held meetings with citizens, businesses and representatives of the public, during which he answered all questions, got acquainted with the activities of the Koksu sugar factory, and inspected one of the largest vegetable storages in the region.

At a meeting with residents and businesses of the region, Serik Zhumangarin spoke about plans for the social development of the region until 2025: the construction of a district polyclinic in the Alakol district, a regional children's hospital and an oncological dispensary in Taldykorgan, 2 district hospitals in Aksu and Kerbulak districts, 15 outpatient clinics, 39 paramedic obstetric and 5 medical centers, 12 kindergartens, 14 schools, 9 cultural sites.

The Deputy Prime Minister also informed about the measures taken by the government of the country for social support of citizens, the implementation of a pilot project for the introduction of a Social Wallet, stabilization of prices for basic foodstuffs.

- The other day in Astana, I checked how the pilot project of digitizing three types of public services through the Social Purse is being implemented, I can say that the mechanisms of non-monetary types of social support, that is, those for which you do not need to pay, have already been worked out quite clearly. On monetary issues, we are considering different options so that targeted assistance and social benefits can be received in a Social wallet and on cards of different banks," Serik Zhumangarin said.

The head of the public association for the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs of the region, Amir Gazaliyev, raised the question that residents do not know about the work of state bodies for the protection of consumer rights in their region. The head of the Consumer Protection Department of the region, Edil Zaitbekov, answered this question, noting that he had recently been appointed to this position and the omissions in information work would be made up.

During the meeting, Serik Zhumangarin answered all the questions of the media representatives.

During the inspection of the Koksu sugar factory, the Deputy Prime Minister discussed with the plant's management the nuances of implementing a new format of the "revolving scheme" - allocating financing directly to producers. The processing capacity of sugar beet of the Koksu sugar factory is 2000 tons /day, raw sugar - 340 tons /day. In 2021, the volume of sugar production amounted to 48.7 thousand tons, of which 13.2 thousand tons were beet sugar, and 35.5 thousand tons were from raw sugar.

In the first half of October 2022, a memorandum of cooperation on curbing sugar prices in the country was signed between the Trade Committee, social and entrepreneurial corporations and sugar factories. As of today, loan agreements in 13 regions are at the stage of approval and signing. At the stage of completion - a loan agreement with the Koksu sugar factory for a total amount of 5.6 billion tenge.