Bi-Weekly Economic News Summary

KAZAKHSTAN - In Brief 29 Jan 2026 by Evgeny Gavrilenkov
Jan 15 Stock market: The trading volume on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) increased by 3% in 2025. Bureau of National Statistics: Investments in fixed assets in Kazakhstan increased by 13% in 2025. Bureau of National Statistics: Agricultural production in Kazakhstan increased by 5.9% in 2025. Bureau of National Statistics: Industrial production in Kazakhstan increased by 7.5% in 2025. Bureau of National Statistics: Cargo turnover in Kazakhstan increased by 13.6% in 2025. Jan 16 KMG: Kazakhstan supplied 2.1 mln tons of oil to Germany in 2025, and an increase to 2.5 mln tons is expected in 2026. KMG: Kazakhstan redirected about 300K tons of oil to alternative routes amid CPC-Kazmunaigas restrictions in December. National pipeline company: KazTransOil increased oil transportation by 1% (to 45.1 mln tons) in 2025. National railways: Kazakhstan Temir Zholy increased cargo transportation by 5.5% in 2025 Jan 19 Ministry of Trade: The Kazakh authorities intend to reach an agreement with producers of vegetable oil, chicken meat and a number of other products to stabilize market prices. Tengizchevroil: Oil production at Tengiz oil field was suspended due to problems with electricity distribution systems. IMF: The Fund estimated Kazakhstan's GDP growth in 2025 at 6.2%, lowered the forecast for 2026 from 4.8% to 4.4%. Oil transportation: The volume of oil transportation via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline in 2025 decreased by 8% in 2025. Jan 20 Energy Ministry: Oil exports from Kazakhstan in 2025 reached 78.7 mln tons (up by 14,7%) Jan 21 Ministry of Economy: The government expects the country's GDP to grow at least 5% in 2026. Ministry of Economy: The government of K...

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