Kazakhstan retail sales rise 4.7% in January-OctoberRetail sales in Kazakhstan reached 23.035 trillion tenge in the first 10 months of 2026, up 4.7% from a year earlier, the national statistics bureau said.Sales of goods by retail businesses grew 2.5%.Retailers’ goods stocks stood at 1.668 trillion tenge on Nov 1, equal to 61 days of sales.Privately owned businesses accounted for 20.71 trillion tenge of retail sales since the start of the year, or 89.9% of the total. Foreign-owned businesses accounted for 2.324 trillion tenge, or 10.1%.Food made up 35.7% of retail sales and non-food goods 64.3%. Food sales rose 11.9% from January-October 2025, while non-food sales rose 0.9%.Almaty had the biggest share of retail sales at 33.1%, followed by Astana at 14.4%, the Karaganda region at 7% and Shymkent at 5.2%. (ICE ALMATY)

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