The short-term economic indicator in January-June 2020 was 99%

Economic sector

The short-term economic indicator in January-June 2020 compared with January-June 2019 was 99% Calculation of the short-term economic indicator is implemented to ensure efficiency and is based on the change in output indexes for basic sectors: agriculture, industry, construction, trade, transport and communications, constituting over 60% of GDP.

The volume of investment in fixed assets in January-June 2020 was 5215.6 billion tenge, which is 2.9% less than in January-June 2019.

Industrial output in January-June 2020 was 12541.8 billion tenge in current prices, which is 3.1% more than in January-June 2019. In mining and quarrying production has increased by 2.2%, in manufacturing production – by 4.8%, in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning production - by 2.5%. In water supply, sewerage system, control over the collection and distribution has decreased by by 0.2%.

The volume of gross output (services) of agricultural, foresty and fisheries in January-June 2020 was 1274.9 billion tenge, which is 2.4% more than in January-June 2019.

The volume of the construction works (services) in January-June 2020 was 1603 billion tenge, which is 11.2% more than in January-June 2019.

In Transport and warehousing» sector the volume index in January-June 2020 was 85.4%.

The volume of freight turnover in January-June 2020 amounted to 276.6 billion ton-kilometers (given the estimation of the volume of turnover of individual entrepreneurs involved in commercial transportation), which is 3.4% less than January-June 2019. The volume of passenger turnover was 77.2 billion passenger-kilometers and decreased by 45.2%.

In Communicationsector the volume index in January-June 2020 was 109%.

In «Trade sector the volume index in January-June 2020 was 89.4%.

The volume of retail trade in January-June 2020 was 4613.1 billion tenge or 87.4% as compared to January-June 2019 (in the comparable prices)

The volume of wholesale trade in January-June 2020 was 10134.7 billion tenge or 92.1% as compared to January-June 2019 (in the comparable prices)

The foreign trade turnover of Kazakhstan in January-May 2020 was 34938.5 million US dollars and compared to January-May 2019 it decreased by 6.9%, including export – 22321.2 million US dollars (5.5% less), imports – 12617.3 million US dollars (9.3% less).

The number of registered legal entities as of July 1, 2020 was 452783 units and compared with the corresponding period of the previous year increased by 3.3%, including 444140 units with less than 100 employees. The number of operating entities was 321408 including 313051 small businesses (less than 100 employees)

The consumer price index in June 2020 compared to December 2019 was 104.2%. The food prices have increased by 7.3%, non-food – by 2.6%, paid services - by 1.4%. Prices of industrial products in June 2020 compared to December 2019 has decreased by 18.1%.

Social sector

Per capita nominal income of the population estimated in May 2020 was 108808 tenge (preliminary data) which is 4.8% higher compared to May 2019, the real monetary income in May 2020 decreased by 1.8%.

Average monthly nominal wages accrued to employees (estimated) in June 2020 was 196922 tenge

The number of unemployed people determined by the ILO methodology for the I quarter of 2020 amounted to 442.4 thousand people. The unemployment rate was 4.8% of the labor force Number of persons registered with employment offices as unemployed at the end of June 2020 was 184.9 thousand people or 2% of the labor force

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