Export of oil from Kazakhstan in January-April of 2002 increased by 9.0%

/Almaty bureau REUTERS, June 17, 02/ - Export of oil and gas condensate from Kazakhstan in January-April of 2002 increased by nine percent in comparison with previous year and amounted to 11.336 million tons, including CIS countries - 3.016 million tons, informed Statistics agency of Kazakhstan. At the same time, export volume of oil and gas condensate in monetary terms within four months fell by 23% and amounted to $1,068.8m. In 2001 Kazakhstan extracted 39.7 million tons of oil and gas condensate. As Statistics agency informs, volumes of Kazakhstan export decreased within four months by 11.0% in comparison with previous period and equaled to $2,548.3m. Trade balance turned out to be positive in the amount of $648.7m. In the structure of Kazakhstan export in January-April of the current year the share of mineral commodities equaled to 53%. The table below shows positions of Kazakhstan export in natural expression and monetary terms in comparison with similar period of last year: -------------------------------------------------------------- January-April January-April 2002/01 2002/01 ------------------ --------------- (th. tons) (in %) ($ m) (in %) ------------------------- ---------- ------ ------- ------ Grain and cereals 1,587.6 +44 152.6 +26 Iron ores 2,891.1 +62 34.9 +87 Coal 9,816.0 -8 68.8 -22 Oil and gas condensate 11,335.5 +9 1,068.8 -23 Mineral oils 178.6 -66 22.7 -51 Balsam wool 54.7 +71 38.9 +14 Ferroalloys 304.1 +14 107.1 +3 Refined copper and alloys 127.9 -6 186.1 -18 Zinc unrefined 86.9 +21 52.7 -4 Aluminum unrefined 11.3 -46 7.1 -57 Lead 46.1 +15 19.5 +20 -------------------------------------------------------------- Major purchasers of Kazakhstan export within this period were Russia - 17.4%, Bermuda Islands - 17.4%, China - 11.8%. [2002-06-17]