Trade balance of Kazakhstan in January-November of 2002 +$2.8 bn

/REUTERS, January 14, 03/ - Kazakhstan statistics agency informed that positive external trade balance of Kazakhstan (including CIS countries), in accordance with customs statistics data without unorganized trade, in the period January-November of 2002 equaled to $2.8 bn in comparison with positive balance equaling to $2.2 bn within similar period of 2001. Within the 11 months of 2002 export increased by 10%, import (including expenses for transportation and insurance) - by 3%. EXTERNAL TRADE BALANCE OF KAZAKHSTAN (in m USD): ------------------------------------- January- January- January- November October October 2002 2002 2001 ------- -------- -------- -------- Export 8,730.7 7,672.1 7,975.6 Import 5,933.9 5,303.1 5,787.4 Balance +2,796.8 +2,369.0 +2,188.2 ------------------------------------- Including commerce with CIS countries: ------------------------------------- January- January- January- November October October 2002 2002 2001 ------- -------- -------- -------- Export 2,018.2 1,791.9 2,413.7 Import 2,744.8 2,420.9 3,023.8 Balance -726.6 -629.0 -610.1 ------------------------------------- 23.1% of export and 46.3% of all import deliveries fell to the share of CIS countries within January-November of 2002 whereas within similar period of previous year these shares amounted to 30.3% and 52.2% correspondingly. Russia remains the major trade partner of Kazakhstan: its share in total volume of export in January-November equaled to 15.9%, and in volumes of import - 38.8%. [2003-01-14]