Positive trade balance of Kazakhstan in January - February of 2004 - $1.0 bn.

/REUTERS, Almaty, April 14, 04/ - Kazakhstan statistics agency informs positive external trade balance of Kazakhstan (including CIS countries), in accordance with customs statistics data without unorganized trade, equaled in January - February of 2004 to $1,004.5 m. in comparison with positive balance equaling to $1,097.3 m. one year before. The agency informs that volume of export increased by 23%, import - by 74%. External trade balance of Kazakhstan (m. USD): ------------------------------------------ Jan-Feb, 04 Jan, 04 Jan-Feb, 03 ------- ----------- ------- ----------- Export 2,587.8 1,402.3 2,106.5 Import 1,583.3 785.2 909.2 Balance +1,004.5 +617.1 +1,197.3 ------------------------------------------ Including commerce with CIS countries: ------------------------------------------ Jan-Feb, 04 Jan, 04 Jan-Feb, 03 ------- ----------- ------- ----------- Export 546.0 244.9 388.4 Import 843.4 405.5 433.2 Balance -297.4 -160.6 -44.8 ------------------------------------------ 21.1% of export and 53.3% of all import deliveries fell to the stake of CIS countries in January-February of 2004. Russia remains the major trade partner of Kazakhstan: its stake in total volume of export in this period was 13.0%, and in the volumes of import - 42.0%. [2004-04-14]