As of August 1, 2022, 46,357 small and medium-sized businesses operate in the Zhetysu region, which is 5.9% higher than the level of 2021. The plan for 2022 is 44,785 units with an increase of 1.4% (2021 43.8 thousand units).
In the small and medium-sized business sector, 84.5 thousand people were employed in the first quarter of 2022, compared with the corresponding period of 2021, it was 2.3% lower (86.5 thousand people). The forecast for 2022 is 93.8 thousand people.
The volume of output for the first quarter of 2022 amounted to 135.4 billion tenge, with an increase of 88% compared to 2021 (71.9 billion tenge). The forecast for 2022 is 592.3 billion tenge.
As of August 1, 2022, the budget received 16.0 million tenge from SMEs, which is 0.5% higher than last year (2020 -15.2 billion tenge). The forecast for 2022 is 30.7 billion tenge.
Within the framework of the National Project for the Development of Entrepreneurship for 2022, 6.3 billion tenge has been allocated in the region. It is planned to finance over 151 (according to the national 97 projects) projects with the creation of 345 new jobs.
Currently, 91 projects have been financed for a loan amount of 2.4 billion tenge.
3.8 billion tenge was allocated for subsidizing the interest rate, As of 01.07.2022, the development of 1.2 billion tenge, 42 projects were approved for a loan amount of 1.5 billion tenge, 98 new jobs were created;
1.9 billion tenge has been allocated for partial guarantee. As of 01.07.2022, the development of 0.8 billion tenge has been approved, 49 projects worth 0.9 billion tenge have been approved, 108 jobs have been created;
65 million tenge has been allocated for the provision of grants. The contest is scheduled for September. It is planned to create 15 jobs.
0.5 billion tenge was allocated for the construction of engineering infrastructure for 3 projects, 312 jobs were created.
At the same time, in order to increase the availability of loans under government programs and to increase the availability of financing (microcredit) of business plans of graduates of the Business Bastau project, together with RCE Atameken, Micro Financial Organization Atameken Zhetysu LLP was created to provide preferential microcredit.
To date, about 448 people have applied to the MFO, for a total amount of 0.8 billion tenge.
As of 01.08.2022, a micro loan was issued for 49 projects in the amount of 350.5 million tenge.