Retail trade in Kazakhstan grew by 9.8 pct in 2024

ALMATY, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The retail trade in Kazakhstan saw a 9.8 percent rise from January to December in 2024, reaching a total of 22.445 trillion tenge (about 42.51 billion U.S. dollar), the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms said on Monday.

Retail sales of goods by commercial enterprises increased by 3.9 percent. And the share of food products in the total volume of retail trade is 32.6 percent, the bureau said.

Retail activity in 2024 was primarily concentrated in major urban centers. Almaty took the lead with 33.6 percent, followed by Astana at (13.2 percent), Karaganda (7.5 percent) and East Kazakhstan (5.7 percent).