According to Energy Industry Network on July 7, citing data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of Kazakhstan, from January to May 2021, Kazakhstan’s clothing industry achieved an output value of 20.5 billion tenge (equivalent to 50 million U.S. dollars) ), a year-on-year increase of 34.9%. The actual output of the apparel industry increased by 19.3%. Nearly half of the output value of the garment industry comes from Almaty Oblast (3.8 billion tenge), Almaty City (3.4 billion tenge), and Karaganda Oblast (2.75 billion tenge). In 2020, Kazakhstan’s clothing industry achieved an output value of 46.3 billion tenge, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%.
From January to May 2021, Kazakhstan produced 51,800 knitted coats, an increase of 21.9%; 73,800 men’s coats, an increase of 2%; and 35,900 women’s coats. , a decrease of 49.1%; children’s clothing 2 million tenge (a decrease of 71.3%); hat products 380 million tenge, an increase of 17%; 4.6 million pairs of socks; 49,900 pieces of knitwear such as sweaters and vests.
Although the output value of Kazakhstan’s domestic children’s knitted clothing increased 2.5 times from January to April 2021, reaching 23.6 million tenge, the market share is only 1%. Imported children’s clothing was 2.3 billion tenge, an increase of 38.9%; domestic underwear market share was 1.1%, with 30.9 million pieces actually imported, an increase of 100%; domestic sweaters market share was 2.5%, with 1.7 million pieces actually imported, an increase of 11%; domestic socks The market share dropped from 9.5% to 2.9%, and imports amounted to 20.4 billion tenge, a three-fold increase.
From January to April 2021, Kazakhstan imported 31,500 tons of clothing and accessories, an increase of 220%; the import value was US$250 million, an increase of 62.4%. Among them, 8,400 tons were imported from CIS countries, with an import value of US$55.4 million. The main import source countries were Uzbekistan and Russia. It imported 23,100 tons from countries outside the CIS, with an import value of US$190 million. The main import source countries were China and Turkey.
In May 2021, the retail price of outerwear in Kazakhstan’s domestic market increased by 0.6% month-on-month and 5.6% year-on-year. Among them, men’s and women’s clothing increased by 5.6% year-on-year, and children’s clothing increased by 5.5%. The largest increases in clothing were in Almaty (+7.5%), Karaganda Oblast (+7.3%), and Shymkent (+6.3%). </p
