Kazakhstan has reduced sales of all types of non-ferrous metals abroad, LS reports .
Over the 11 months of 2023, 364.4 thousand tons of copper were exported from the country . This is 12.6% less than for the same period in 2022. Kazakhstan earned $2.9 billion from the export of this metal.
The main buyer, China, reduced purchase volumes by 16.3%, to 216.4 thousand tons ($1.7 billion).
Exports to Georgia also decreased by 2.4 times (16.8 thousand tons), the UK – by 1.8 times (6.6 thousand tons) and the UAE – by five times (4.8 thousand tons).
At the same time, more copper was sold to Turkey by 1.6 times (106.8 thousand tons), to Latvia – by 155.7 times (10 thousand tons).
Aluminum supplies abroad decreased by 13.4%, to 206.7 thousand tons, or $527 million.
It was purchased by: Turkey – 62.6 thousand tons (+1.9 times), Azerbaijan – 55.8 thousand tons (+903 times), Uzbekistan – 25.6 thousand tons (-33%), Georgia – 17 .9 thousand tons (-2.7 times), Russia – 11.7 thousand tons (-19.6%) and Japan – 5.5 thousand tons (+1.7 times).
Kazakhstan also reduced zinc exports by 8.5%, to 213.7 thousand tons ($551.6 million).
A reduction is observed in supplies to Russia – by 1.8 times (29.3 thousand tons), Turkey – by two times (43.9 thousand tons), the Netherlands – by 39.7 times (782.5 tons) and Uzbekistan – 4.4 times (45.6 tons).
But Vietnam (41.4 thousand tons) and China (98.2 thousand tons) increased the purchase of zinc by 3.2 times and 6.1 times, respectively.
Sales of lead fell by 9.4% (72.7 thousand tons). he was taken to Turkey, Vietnam, Poland, China, Singapore and Russia.
Titanium exports decreased by 17%, to 11.9 thousand tons. Buying countries are France, Belgium, South Korea, USA, Italy and Great Britain.
More detailed information on sales of non-ferrous metals is presented in the infographic.
