Invest in Shymkent

According to the latest statistics, the foreign trade of Shymkent is more than $ 2 billion. USA. The structure of trade turnover of the region is dominated by exports, amounting to $ 1.2 billion. Imports, in turn, are equal to $ 0.7 billion. USA.

Data on imports and exports of Shymkent from / to the EAEU countries by type of economic activity (mln. USA)

Import
Name OKED	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Wholesale and retail trade in cars and motorcycles and their repair	Retail trade, except trade in cars and motorcycles	Metallurgical industry	Other (01-23, 25-44, 48-99)	Total
Amount	182,7	24,0	63,5	1,0	166,4	437,6
Export
Name OKED	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Metal ore mining	Metallurgical industry	Coal and lignite mining	Other (01-04, 08-23, 25-45, 47-99)	Total
Amount	49,9	138,6	0,1		119,9	308,5

Source: stat.gov.kz

Data on imports and exports of Shymkent from / to other countries outside the EAEU, by type of economic activity (million us dollars). USA)

Import
Name OKED	Crude oil and natural gas production	Metallurgical industry	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Retail trade, except trade in cars and motorcycles	Other (01-23, 25-40, 42-45, 48-99)	Total
Amount	0,1	20,9	430,4	61,4	890,2	1403,0
Export
Name OKED	Crude oil and natural gas production	Metal ore mining	Metallurgical industry	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	Other (01-05, 08-23, 25-45, 47-99)	Total
Amount	116,2	166,7	27,5	160,5	502,3	973,3

Source: stat.gov.kz

Shymkent is one of the leading industrial and economic centers of Kazakhstan. In the city there are industrial enterprises of non-ferrous metallurgy, mechanical engineering, chemical, oil refining and food industry. Now the petrochemical and pharmaceutical industry is represented by such enterprises as LLP "PetroKazakhstan oil products" (former Chimkent refinery (Shymkent oil refinery) - oil refining), JSC "himpharm" (production of medicines).

Metallurgical-JSC "yuzhpolimetal" (former ChSZ, Shymkent lead plant - production of lead and other products). Mechanical engineering-JSC "Cardanval" (production of cardan shafts and crosses for cars and tractors), JSC " Yuzhmash "(production of forging machines, spare parts and equipment), LLP "Electroapparat" (production of power switches and other products). Enterprises of light industry — "Voskhod" (production of garments from wool and woolen fabrics: suits, coats, jackets, etc. D.), "Adal" (textile production), "Elastic" (production of socks from high-quality yarn).

Construction materials are produced by JSC "Shymkent cement" (former Chimkent cement plant), "Kurylys materials" (production of building bricks) and others.

Also in the city there are JSC "Shymkent Mai" (former MZHK) and LLP "Kainar" (processing of cotton seeds, sunflower, safflower, soybeans, production of refined edible oil and other products), JSC "Shymkent beer" (beer production), JSC "Visit" (production of soft drinks), JSC "Shymkent" (production of dairy products), etc.

25 large enterprises of the region