Retail trade in Kazakhstan grew by 4.9% in January-March 2024Kazakhstan's retail trade in January-March 2024 grew 4.9% to 4.044 trillion tenge YoY, the National Statistics Bureau of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms said in a statementTrade enterprises boosted retail sales 9.1% year-on-year in the reporting periodThe volume of trade in markets and by individual entrepreneurs dropped by 7.2%.As of April 1, 2024, total inventories of trade enterprises were 1.57 trillion tenge, which is enough to last for 70 trading days.Foodstuffs accounted for 29.3% of the trading volume, and non-food products - 70.7%.The largest share in the total volume of retail trade of the republic in January-March 2024 fell on the cities of Almaty (31.3%), Astana (12.1%), as well as Karaganda (8.3%) and East Kazakhstan (6% ). (ICE ALMATY)

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