Export of oil from Kazakhstan in January-September of 2002 increased by 22%

/Almaty bureau REUTERS, November 15, 02/ - Export of oil and gas condensate from Kazakhstan in January-September of 2002 increased by 22% in comparison with previous year and amounted to 29.171 million tons, including CIS countries - 7.008 million tons, informed Statistics agency of Kazakhstan. At the same time, export volume of oil and gas condensate in monetary terms within nine months rose by 5% and amounted to $3,452.9m. In 2001 Kazakhstan extracted 39.7 million tons of oil and gas condensate. As Statistics agency informs, volumes of Kazakhstan export increased within nine months by 4% in comparison with previous period and equaled to $6,818.6m. Trade balance turned out to be positive in the amount of $2,020.1m. In the structure of Kazakhstan export in January-September of the current year the share of mineral commodities equaled to 60%. The table below shows positions of Kazakhstan export in natural expression and monetary terms in comparison with similar period of last year: ---------------------------------------------------------------- January-September January-September 2002/2001 2002/2001 ------------------ ----------------- (th. tons) (in %) ($ m) (in %) ------------------------- ---------- ------ -------- ------- Grain and cereals 2,772.0 +56 237.2 +22 Iron ores 6,959.9 +19 85.4 +28 Coal 16,991.4 -24 122.3 -34 Oil and gas condensate 29,170.9 +22 3,452.9 +5 Mineral oils 904.0 -28 92.9 -16 Balsam wool 108.4 +87 78.5 +33 Ferroalloys 708.2 +18 251.0 +8 Refined copper and alloys 288.8 -1 428.4 -7 Zinc unrefined 193.9 +10 116.0 -6 Aluminum unrefined 32.4 -18 22.7 -25 Lead 100.9 +6 41.6 +5 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Major purchasers of Kazakhstan export within this period were firms from Bermuda Islands - 19.4%, Russia - 16.1%, China - 10.7%. [2002-11-15]