Turkish investors keen on producing copper wire rod in Mangistau region

During the meeting, the delegation of Er-Bakir expressed an intention to implement a copper wire rod production project in the territory of Aktau Sea Port Special Economic Zone of Mangistau region.

As governor Nurlan Nogayev noted, Mangistau region has huge potential for the implementation of investment projects. 86 Turkish-invested enterprises are operating in the region today. The region’s foreign trade turnover with Türkiye in 2022 stood at $73.7 million. In the first quarter of 2023, the bilateral commodity turnover reached $6.6 million, including $2.5 million of exports and $4.1 million of imports. The region exports crude oil products, jewelry, ferrous waste and scrap, raw aluminum to Türkiye, and imports fruits and vegetables, minerals, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, paints and varnishes.