Positive trade balance of Kazakhstan in January-November 2001 - $2,2bn

/Almaty bureau REUTERS, Jan 15, 02/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan, that trade balance of Kazakhstan in January-November of 2001 is positive at $2,188.2m compared with positive $3,728.2m of the same period of 2000. EXTERNAL TRADE BALANCE OF KAZAKHSTAN ($, m) --------------------------------------------------- January- January- January- November 2001 October 2001 November 2000 ------- ------------- ------------ ------------- Export 7,975.6 7,344.0 8,179.6 Import 5,787.4 5,225.5 4,451.4 Balance +2,188.2 +2,118.5 +3,728.2 --------------------------------------------------- Including CIS: --------------------------------------------------- January- January- January- November 2001 October 2001 November 2000 ------- ------------- ------------ ------------- Export 2,413.7 2,227.6 2,174.8 Import 3,023.8 2,676.1 2,440.3 Balance -610.1 -448.5 -265.5 --------------------------------------------------- It is said that in 11 months CIS accounted for 30.3% of exports and 52.2% of imports, whereas in similar period of last year these figures were 26.6% and 54.8%, respectively. Russian Federation remains as the major trade partner of Kazakhstan in January-November accounting for 20.3% of exports and 45.8% of imports, respectively.