The GRP of Turkestan region for 2019 amounted to 718 billion tenge (the share of GRP of the region in the GRP of Kazakhstan was 2.6%). Among the regions of Kazakhstan in terms of GRP, Turkestan region is on the 17th place.
Main branches of economy
Trade
Transnational Corridor "Western Europe - Western China"
Growth in sales volumes and the emergence of new formats of trade enterprises |
Tourism
The region is included in the tourist route "Modern silk road".
A single tourist route of the southern regions - Zhambyl, Kyzylorda and Turkestan regions-has been formed.
Two new tourist routes have been developed: a Safari tour in Suzak district and a tour of the winery of Saryagash district Chateau Silk Alley
4 out of 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Turkestan Oblast region (Mausoleum of Kh.A. Yassavi, Aksu-Zhabaglinsky Reserve, Sairam-Ugam National Park, Karatau Reserve) |
Growth rates of economic sectors
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Industry |
99,7 |
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Construction |
178,3 |
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Transport |
89,6 |
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Agriculture |
101,8 |
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Trade |
91,8 |
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Communication |
102,3 |
Source: stat.gov.kz
The region is rich in mineral deposits such as barite, iron and polymetallic ores, bentonite clays, vermiculite, talc, limestone, granite, marble, gypsum, gold, coal, vanadium, quartz sands. In terms of uranium reserves, the region ranks first, phosphorites and iron ores - third in Kazakhstan.
Resource base
type of raw material |
field Name |
Cement raw material |
Daubabinskoye Deposit (active mineral additives, basalts), Red waterfall (quartz Sands) |
Talc |
Kosogorskogo, Assessme |
Barite |
Ansay, Karst |
Expanded clay raw materials |
Garbuzinskii, Kangra-Keles, Darbazinskiy-II, Darbazinskiy-III |
Mineral paint |
Ayusai |
Marble crumb |
Wysokinski, Leontief, Tasbulak |
Raw materials for mineral wool production |
Dublinske |
Coal |
Lenger group of deposits |
Vanadium+molybdenum+uranium |
Gabalinskoi |
Iron |
Avail, Susingen |
Lead+zinc |
Mirgalimsay, Achisay |
Gold |
Altintepsi, Besagash, Kalahasti, Kumystinskoe, Truseni |
Phosphorites |
Ushbas |
In January 2019, industrial products were produced at current prices by 35946.7 million tenge, which amounted to 100.8% compared to January 2018.
Structure of industrial production of Turkestan region by types of economic activity in January-October 2020
Type of activity |
Volume of production of industrial products (goods, services),thousand tenge |
Industrial production indices, % |
Industry, total |
434 486 516 |
99,7 |
Mining and quarrying
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180 698 491
173 173 059 |
89,2
89,9 |
Manufacturing industry
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212 922 527 69 894 045 |
110,1 99,4 |
Beverage industry |
11 600 471 |
139,2 |
Light industry |
14 262 677 |
163,1 |
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products |
225 683 |
89,3 |
Production of basic pharmaceutical products |
300 165 |
60,5 |
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products |
4 668 994 |
132,9 |
Production of other non metallic mineral products |
15 913 422 |
125,1 |
Metallurgical industry |
56 979 582 |
93,8 |
Manufacture of finished metal products, except machinery and equipment |
1 029 756 |
103,5 |
Engineering |
19 325 743 |
104,7 |
Furniture production |
1 933 094 |
108,3 |
Manufacture of other finished products |
35 222 |
4.2 times |
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning |
35 429 019 |
131,2 |
Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities to eliminate pollution |
5 436 479 |
85,0 |
Source: stat.gov.kz
Gross output of products (services) of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in January 2019 in the whole region amounted to 21288.2 million tenge, which is higher than in January 2018 by 0.9%.
Gross output of products (services) of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in Turkestan region in January 2019 (million tenge)
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
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agriculture |
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plant growing |
farming |
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21 288.2 |
21 161.3 |
2 113.0 (9.98%) |
19 045,7 (90.02%) |