Economy
Economy
The gross regional product for January-June 2024 amounted to 2.75 billion US dollars at current prices. Compared to January-June 2023, the real GRP increased by 1.5%.
The main branches of the economy
Industry
In the industry sector of the Zhambyl Region, over 44,000 people are employed, and 859 enterprises operate in the region. The establishment of the Jibek Joly Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has allowed for more effective realization of the region's existing potential. Currently, the SEZ is operating at 86.7% capacity, with 16 registered participant companies, 4 of which are active enterprises, 3 are under construction and placement, and the remaining ones are undergoing state expertise or conducting design work.
44,000
Agriculture
The Zhambyl Region is a leader in the production of meat and other livestock products:
- meat (live weight) – 71.7 thousand tons;
- milk – 153.8 thousand tons;
- eggs – 89.6 million pieces.
71,7
Tourism
The region is home to the Akyrtas complex, which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
In the regional capital, the city of Taraz, the cultural and historical project "The Ancient Taraz Masters' Settlement" has been implemented. The most visited landmarks in this area include the Akyrtas palace complex, the mausoleums of Aisha-Bibi and Babaji-Khatun, Karakhan, and the Aktobe-Stepninsk settlement.
Growth rates of economic sectors
Industry
(January-October 2024 compared to January-October 2023, %)
100,8
Building
(January-October 2024 compared to January-October 2023, %)
120,6
Transport
(January-October 2024 compared to January-October 2023, %)
113,5
Agriculture
(January-October 2024 compared to January-October 2023, %)
106,5
Trade
(January-October 2024 compared to January-October 2023, %)
102,1
Link
(January-October 2024 compared to January-October 2023, %)
109,1
71.9% of the country's balance reserves of phosphorites, 68% of fluorspar, 8.8% of gold, 3% of copper, 0.7% of uranium are concentrated in the region.
The region is rich in non-ferrous metals, barite, coal, facing, ornamental and technical stones, construction materials.
Several natural gas fields have been explored within the Shu-Sarysu depression.
The reserves of feed and technical salt amount to 10 million tons.
The region is a unique base of phosphorite and fluorspar raw materials, rich in non-ferrous metals (copper, gold, silver, lead, zinc, etc.), barite, coal, facing, ornamental and technical stones, construction materials (asbestos, cement and expanded clay raw materials, gypsum, etc.), natural gas.
About 71.9% of the balance reserves of phosphorites of the Republic (the largest reserves in the CIS), 68% of fluorspar (one of the world's leading reserves of fluorspar), 65.1% of quartzite, 8.8% of gold, 3% of copper, 0.7% of uranium are concentrated in the region
Stocks of feed and technical salt are up to 10 million tons. There are the largest deposits of quartzite in the Republic, noted titanium magnetite deposits.
The manufacturing industry accounts for 65.2% of the structure of the industrial sector, with a total product value of 420.9 billion tenge. Positive dynamics were noted in the construction industry (1.2%) and in the production of finished metal products (68.9%). Additionally, in the chemical industry, the production of yellow phosphorus increased by 12.3%. Growth in the mining industry was 2.6%, in electricity supply — 14.7%, and in water supply — 7.8%.
Resource and raw material base
|
Commodities |
The name of the field |
|
Phosphorites |
Kyzylkumskaya ore zone, North-Eastern ore zone, ore zone Koksuysky, Berkoutskaia ore zone, ore zone Angarska, Aljaska ore zone, Aksay ore zone, ore zone Ganaraska, Korgonsky ore zone, * the ore zone, Chilibeck ore zone, ore zone Halaktyka |
|
Barite |
Chiganak field |
|
Iron |
Biysk ore knot |
|
Manganese |
Akzhar-Saratosa ore zone, ore zone Besaranska, Sarykamysskiy ore node |
|
Titanium magnetite ore |
Tylicki ore node |
|
Uranium |
Mynaral ore field, Kurmanci ore node, ore field Turkinskoe, |
|
Coal |
Shuisky coal-bearing basin, Kulansky Deposit, Annunciation basin. |
|
Gold |
Drusinsky ore zone, Mynaral ore node, ore Saragossa area, Akbakaiski ore zone, ore zone Buildersa, Uchalinsky ore zone, ore zone Akinesia, Gagarin ore zone, ore zone Tokarska, Mibalykskiy ore , Almaly ore node, Measure-Aparinskiy ore node, ore Karakachanski node. |
|
Lead+zinc |
Akzhar-Saratosa ore zone, Arabiske ore field and Western ore zone Saratosa, Sarykamysskiy ore node, ore field, spring, ore field, Friendly, Hansika ore zone, Gagarin ore zone, Bizanski ore node, Ciniselli-Kostecki ore node |
|
Copper |
Saryagash ore node, ore Karagayskiy node Akbakaiski ore zone, ore zone Buildersa, Uchalinsky ore zone, Ore field, ore Sterkopisky the node that launched the fair of vacancies ore node, ore Altaussee node, Shuya ore node, Almaly ore node, North Taldybulak ore field, Karakachanski ore node |
|
Tin |
Mikulski ore node, Karagayskiy ore node, ore Barbariska area, Biysk ore node |
|
Molybdenum |
Karagayskiy ore node, ore field Turkinskoe, Karasai ore node, ore Balaburski node |
|
Gypsum+anhydrite |
Sakolski ore node, ore Burantashi node |
|
Fluorite optical and chemical |
Biysk ore node, ore Kaiski node Akkermansia ore zone, ore zone KalankatvasiIn January 2019, industrial products were produced at current prices by 349907.5 million tenge, which amounted to 105.7% compared to January 2018. |
Structure of industrial production of Zhambyl region by types of economic activity in January 2021
|
Type of activity |
Volume of production of industrial products (goods, services),thousand tenge |
The share of activities in the regional volume of industrial production, in % |
|
Mining and quarrying
|
39 774 997 |
11,4 |
| Other mining and quarrying | 22 853 426 |
6,5 |
|
Manufacturing industry
|
262 695 577 |
75,0 |
| Food production | 47 711 343 | 13,6 |
|
Beverage industry |
813 023 |
0,2 |
|
Light industry |
1 963 850 |
0,6 |
|
Production of coke and petroleum products |
11 560 976 |
3,3 |
|
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products |
121 341 257 |
34,7 |
|
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products |
1 200 601 |
0,3 |
|
Production of other non metallic mineral products |
30 438 286 |
8,7 |
|
Metallurgical industry |
35 815 946 |
10,2 |
|
Manufacture of finished metal products, except machinery and equipment |
3 813 166 |
1,1 |
|
Engineering |
6 865 542 |
2,0 |
|
Furniture production |
409 352 |
0,1 |
|
Manufacture of other finished products |
193 766 |
0,1 |
|
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning |
44 328 289 |
12,7 |
|
Water supply; Sewerage system, control over waste collection and distribution |
3 108 657 |
0,9 |
|
Industry-total |
349 907 520 |
100,0 |
The gross output of products (services) of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in January-September 2019 in the whole region amounted to 227.4 billion tenge, which is higher than in January-September 2018 by 4.9%.
Gross output of products (services) of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in Zhambyl region in January 2021 (million tenge)
|
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries |
from it: |
||
|
agriculture |
from it: |
||
|
|
plant growing |
farming |
|
|
227 374, 7 |
226 612,7 |
131 359,4 (57,6%) |
94 486,5 (42,4%) |
