{"id":807500,"date":"2026-10-19T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807500\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:24:16","slug":"kazakhstans-exports-grow-more-than-four-times-faster-than-imports-in-january-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807500\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan\u2019s Exports Grow More Than Four Times Faster Than Imports in January-August"},"content":{"rendered":"

ASTANA \u2013 Kazakhstan\u2019s exports rose 19.5% year on year to $60.4 billion in January-August, outpacing import growth by more than four times and expanding the country\u2019s trade surplus to $17.8 billion.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Kazakhstan Business Directory.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s foreign trade turnover reached $103 billion, up 12.8% from the same period in 2025. Imports rose 4.5% to $42.6 billion, while the trade surplus widened from $9.8 billion a year earlier, QazTrade, the trade policy development center, reported on Oct. 16.<\/p>\n

China remained Kazakhstan\u2019s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade reaching $23.3 billion, or 22.7% of the country\u2019s total foreign trade turnover. Russia ranked second at $18.3 billion (17.8%), followed by Italy at $11.8 billion (11.4%). Together, the three countries accounted for 51.9% of Kazakhstan\u2019s foreign trade.<\/p>\n

T\u00fcrkiye ranked fourth, with trade turnover of $5.7 billion, followed by France at $4.5 billion. The Netherlands and Uzbekistan each recorded $3.8 billion, while trade with Germany reached $2.9 billion, the United States $2.7 billion and Spain $2 billion.<\/p>\n

Trade flows varied by direction. Italy was Kazakhstan\u2019s largest export destination, with shipments valued at $10.9 billion, narrowly ahead of China at $10.7 billion. Russia remained the country\u2019s largest import supplier, accounting for $13.2 billion in imports.<\/p>\n

Agricultural products and processed goods were among the fastest-growing export categories, reflecting stronger overseas demand for Kazakh products.<\/p>\n

Sunflower oil exports rose 48.5% to $672.8 million, with shipments up 35.9% to 611,400 tons. Wheat exports rose 26.5% to $1.25 billion, with volumes up 13.8% to more than 5.5 million tons.<\/p>\n

Wheat and wheat-rye flour exports rose 36% to $400 million, while shipment volumes increased 22.8% to 1.38 million tons.<\/p>\n

Flaxseed exports more than doubled in value, rising 2.3 times to $387.8 million. Volumes increased 2.5 times to 780,800 tons. Exports of prepared animal feed products climbed 60.8% to $577.6 million, with physical volumes up 44.2%.<\/p>\n

Combined exports of sunflower oil, flour and prepared animal feed products reached $1.65 billion, up around 48% year on year.<\/p>\n

Metals and mining products also grew substantially. Copper and copper cathode exports rose 55.7% to $3.9 billion, while uranium exports increased 26.9% to $3.1 billion.<\/p>\n

On the import side, industrial and energy equipment purchases expanded. Imports of electric generating sets rose 86.5% to $916.5 million, while imports of turbojet and turboprop engines, including gas turbines, increased 3.3 times to $611 million.<\/p>\n

The January-August results highlight the expanding trade surplus, the growing contribution of agricultural processing to export earnings, and strong performance in metals and mining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASTANA \u2013 Kazakhstan\u2019s exports rose 19.5% year on year to $60.4 billion in January-August, outpacing import growth by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-807500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}