Economy Ministry announces 10 top investors of Kazakhstan
11:12, 19 May 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakh Economy and Budget Planning Ministry announced 10 top countries to actively invest into Kazakhstan's economy.
"Kazakhstan ranks among the most attractive countries for foreign investment. The total amount of direct investments attracted to Kazakhstan reached about USD 180 bln by the end of 2013," Aliya Alimbetova, acting director of the foreign trade development department of the Ministry, said at a briefing. "The Netherlands, Germany, the US, the UK, France, Japan, Russia, China, Canada are the major countries to channel large investments into Kazakhstan," she added. According to her, the country's commodity turnover made USD 132 bln in 2013. 41% of total sales fall on the countries of the European Union, 17,9% and 17% on Russia and China correspondingly, followed by Switzerland and Ukraine.