Bektenov reported to Tokayev on the current state of Kazakhstan's economy.

The President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with the Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, reports inbusiness.kz citing Akorda.

Olzhas Bektenov:

provided a report on the progress of the President's directives aimed at ensuring economic growth and improving social policy:

• The GDP growth from January to November of this year reached 4.4%;
• As part of the economic diversification, steady growth has been achieved in the following sectors: agriculture (13.4%), construction (10.3%), trade (8.2%), transport (8.1%), manufacturing (5.3%), including metallurgy (7.2%) and machine engineering (6.9%), chemical industry (8.4%), as well as information and communication (5.3%);
• This year's economic growth has been entirely supported by the development of the non-oil sector (5.1%), while the failure to meet forecasted oil production figures has impacted the overall economic growth rate;

He reported that as a result of measures taken to support domestic producers and stimulate deep processing, exports of processed goods increased by 10.2%, amounting to $23.3 billion; imports decreased by 3.3%, and investments in fixed capital rose by 3.1%, with the highest growth also noted in non-resource sectors;

He presented plans for further enhancing business activity and strengthening efforts to improve the quality of life in the regions.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed to continue efforts to maintain positive trends in manufacturing, agriculture, construction, and transport. A number of directives were given concerning attracting investments, modernizing social and engineering infrastructure, import substitution, and ensuring control over the stability of prices for socially significant food products.