1.27 trillion tenge of
investments were attracted into the fixed capital of the manufacturing industry
over the past nine months. In terms of sectors, a 2.5 times growth of
investments has been recorded in the light industry with more than 11 billion
tenge, a 4.5 times growth in furniture production with 14 billion tenge, as
well as in the production of rubber and plastic products with up to 81 billion tenge,
as reported at the meeting of the investment headquarters. Positive dynamics in
fixed capital investment is observed among companies producing beverages, paper
and food products. This year it is planned to launch 170 projects worth an
investment of one trillion tenge. The largest of them are enterprises for the
production of household appliances and special coke as well as a sludge
processing plant. To date, 65 projects worth 200 billion tenge have already
been commissioned. At the same time, some regions have postponed the
implementation of investment projects to a later date due to the limitation of
businesspeople’s own capital, infrastructure provision and land issues. Kazakh
Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov emphasized that the country’s Ministry of
Industry and Construction should carry out more coordination work. In addition,
there are regions where investment volumes are growing, and the implementation
of successful projects brings results, Smailov noted. Particularly, these are
the Turkistan, Kyzylorda, North Kazakhstan and Zhetisu regions, as well as the
city of Astana.
