02.02.19.

In March 2019, the export of petroleum products will begin, except for diesel fuel.

28.01.19.

By 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan expects an increase in exports by 1.5 times.

25.01.19.

According to the information provided by the Tourist Kamkor Fund, which operates under the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Kazakhstan, 343 thousand Kazakhs made a holiday abroad in 2018.

18:01:19.

Kazakhstan's national food company "Prodkorporatsiya" exported 427 thousand tons of grain last year and it was reported to be 307 thousand tons more than in 2017.

21.12.18

Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are planning on launching a project to introduce a single Silk Visa in February next year, Acting First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Tourism Development (SCTD) of Uzbekistan Ulugbek Kasimkhodjaev told journalists.

The Turkish company Biotrend Energy, the leading agricultural processor in its country, expressed its intention to invest in the Turkestan region. Representatives of the company intend to build a plant to generate electricity from cotton waste, said on Thursday, December 13, the site of the regional akimat.

The trade between the Turkestan region and Uzbekistan amounted to $ 447 million in 11 months and increased to 27.7% compared to last year. This was announced at a press conference by Eldos Saudabayev the Deputy State of Revenue Department for the region.

13.12.18

The largest poultry factory in Central Asia launched in Akmola Region.

British research center Legatum Institute has published a ranking of prosperous countries.

Russia and Azerbaijan are drawing up plans to put the fossil fuel-rich Caspian Sea to a new use as the next leisure destination.

The Russian-built, 310-passenger cruise ship Peter the Great will make its maiden voyage next year, making calls in ports in the five countries that share the sea: Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran.

The scheme has been personally endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on a recent visit to Aktau, Kazakhstan’s main Caspian port. When appropriate tourism infrastructure is prepared, the region is expected to attract 1 million tourists a year.

The Peter the Great is currently under construction at a shipyard in Astrakhan, Russia’s main Caspian port. Once the Caspian cruises are established the ship will travel upstream on the Volga River to the Don River and then down to the Azov and Black Seas.

https://eurasianet.org/watch-out-caribbean-caspian-cruises-to-set-sail-soon