Export of oil from Kazakhstan in January-July of 2002 increased by 19.0%

/Almaty bureau REUTERS, September 16, 02/ - Export of oil and gas condensate from Kazakhstan in January-July of 2002 increased by 19.0% in comparison with previous year and amounted to 22.483 million tons, including CIS countries - 5.645 million tons, informed Statistics agency of Kazakhstan. At the same time, export volume of oil and gas condensate in monetary terms within seven months fell by 5% and amounted to $2,490.7m. In 2001 Kazakhstan extracted 39.7 million tons of oil and gas condensate. As Statistics agency informs, volumes of Kazakhstan export decreased within seven months by 3% in comparison with previous period and equaled to $5,057.1m. Trade balance turned out to be positive in the amount of $1,372.6m. In the structure of Kazakhstan export in January-July of the current year the share of mineral commodities equaled to 59%. The table below shows positions of Kazakhstan export in natural expression and monetary terms in comparison with similar period of last year: --------------------------------------------------------------------- January-July 2002/01 January-July 2002/01 -------------------- -------------------- (th. tons) (in %) ($ m) (in %) ------------------------- ----------- ------- ---------- -------- Grain and cereals 2,285.1 +45 203.5 +15 Iron ores 5,169.8 +21 63.3 +31 Coal 13,318.5 -21 94.4 -34 Oil and gas condensate 22,482.9 +19 2,490.7 -5 Mineral oils 550.1 -43 56.5 -35 Balsam wool 83.7 +70 59.4 +16 Ferroalloys 539.3 +15 190.4 +4 Refined copper and alloys 222.5 -5 330.4 -13 Zinc unrefined 149.9 +11 90.6 -7 Aluminum unrefined 24.5 -27 16.7 -35 Lead 77.1 +2 32.3 +4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Major purchasers of Kazakhstan export within this period were firms from Bermuda Islands - 19.1%, Russia - 16.7%, China - 11.0%. [2002-09-16]