The head of NKR summed up the results of the socio-economic development of the region for 2019. Kumar Aksakalov announced the results of the work during a press conference in Nur-Sultan at the site of the Central Communications Service.

North Kazakhstan region completes the year 2019 with good performance. Over three years, more than 320 billion tenge will be invested in the economy of the region. This year alone, 92 billion tenge have been allocated to address systemic issues.

For three years, exports have increased by 1.3 times in the region. This year, exports have grown by 15%, amounting to more than 141 million dollars.

An indicator of the development of NKR is agriculture. Over 3 years, gross output has increased from 411 billion to 580 billion tenge. By the end of the year, this figure will reach 600 billion tenge. In 2019, farmers have collected more than 5.1 million tons of grain in difficult weather conditions.

The area of oilseeds has increased to 1 million hectares, that is, by 2 times. This year, North Kazakhstan region became a pilot region under «Northern Soybean» program, 20 thousand hectares have been sown. In 2020, an increase to 100 thousand hectares is planned.

Over the recent years, modern wheat processing plants have been launched in NKR. In the future, such plants will allow processing up to 90% of the produced grain.

The plant named after Kirov and PZTM are updating equipment. At the plant named after Kirov, the annual output has reached 10.7 billion tenge. The plant is launching production of computer equipment. PZTM began assembling thermal cars, the capacity will be 1200 cars per year.

The opening of new enterprises and the creation of a favorable investment climate is facilitated by the special economic zone «QYZYLJAR».

«There are already agreements with a leading global manufacturer of agricultural machinery, with the German concern Claas; one of the leading Turkish companies «YDA Holding», i.e. the construction of a multidisciplinary regional hospital with 500 beds; «Alageum Electric» — a factory for the manufacture of electrical equipment. Only these companies plan to invest about 90 billion tenge with the creation of up to 1.5 thousand jobs», — Kumar Aksakalov said.

The amount of the initial investment will be 160 billion tenge. It is planned to create 3 thousand new jobs. Also, new plants are opening in North Kazakhstan region. The plant of metal-plastic products was launched. Stripping operations in the Syrymbet tin deposit have begun. In Petropavlovsk, they launched a new Factory of household chemicals for the production of solid and liquid soap.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/sko/press/news/details/35653?lang=kk