This was announced at a briefing in the ICC today by the head of the Directorate of entrepreneurship and industrial and innovative development of Shymkent city Bereke Duisebekov.
– On the instructions of the city city Murat Duysenbekovich, today our Directorate operates within the framework of the state program in three directions. This includes industry, investment, and small and medium-sized businesses. The volume of industrial production increased by 100.2% compared to last year. As a result of the analysis, there is an increase in volumes in the manufacturing industry and a number of industries. For example, Production of other non-metallic mineral products, pharmaceutical industry, paper production, mechanical engineering and production of finished metal products. Besides, 20 projects with the creation of 3788 new jobs are currently being implemented within the framework of the Business Support Map of Shymkent for 2020-2025. This year, it is planned to launch 6 projects with the creation of 454 new jobs – " B. Duisebekov said.
According to the head of the Directoarte, 2 industrial zones and a special economic zone "Ontustik" operate on the city territory. In these zones, 124 projects are being implemented with the creation of more than 6 thousand jobs. To date, 84 projects have been implemented with the creation of more than 4 thousand jobs. 1.3 billion tenge of tax revenues have been received from these industrial zones. In the special economic zone "Ontustik", it is planned to expand the area, implement 6 projects with 208 new jobs. 2 of them were put into operation: a project for the production of shoes was launched in February of this year, and projects for the production of A3, A4, A5 paper were launched in June, 48 people were employed.
According to Bereke Talgatovich, within the framework of the" Economy of simple things " program, applications were received from 95 enterprises. According to the results of January-July this year, the city attracted investments in the amount of 129.5 billion tenge, the volume index compared to the corresponding period last year was 125.1%. In addition, a base of 113 investment projects worth 1.3 trillion tenge, implemented over the period from 2020 to 2024 has been formed in the city territory. The project will create more than 9500 jobs. This year, 28 investment projects worth 90.7 billion tenge were implemented, and about 2000 new jobs were created.
It should be noted that today, in order to attract investors to the city, a new industrial zone "Zhuldyz" with an area of 306 hectares is being created.
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