EU countries - major investors in Kazakhstan’s economy
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Over 9 years the countries of the European Union have invested in Kazakhstan $95 billion, this has been announced today at a briefing themed "The implementation of the investment policy as part of industrialization".
"At present Kazakhstan has implemented about 130 investment projects worth $ 21 billion in the mining industry," said the deputy chairman of the Board of "National Agency for Export and Investment "KAZNEX INVEST" JSC Assel Yergaziyeva. She stressed that the EU countries are the major investors in Kazakhstan. During the period from 2005 to the 1st half of 2014 the EU invested in Kazakhstan $95 billion, the United States and China have invested $19 and 11.8 billion, respectively. According to her, more than 50 of the largest companies in the world are represented in Kazakhstan. At the same time the National Agency for Export and Investment is actively pursuing systematic work to attract investment in Kazakhstan.