CIA: Handbook of International Economic Statistics, 1997  
    Table 31  
    Kazakhstan: Selected Economic Indicators 
    
      
        | Gross Domestic Product, 1993-96a | 
        Percent | 
       
      
        |   | 
        1993 | 
        1994 | 
        1995 | 
        1996 | 
       
      
        | Real growth | 
        -13.0 | 
        -25.4 | 
        -8.9 | 
        1.0 | 
       
      
        | Per capita real growth | 
        -13.0 | 
        -25.3 | 
        -8.0 | 
        1.0 | 
       
     
    a Official statistics.  
    
      
        | Industrial Production by Selected Product, 1993-96b | 
       
      
        |   | 
        1993 | 
        1994 | 
        1995 | 
        1996 | 
       
      
        | Production growth (percent) | 
        -16.0 | 
        -28.5 | 
        -7.9 | 
        0.3 | 
       
      
        | Tractors (thousand units) | 
        5.6 | 
        2.0 | 
        1.8 | 
        2.5 | 
       
      
        | Mineral fertilizers (million metric tons) | 
        0.3 | 
        0.1 | 
        0.2 | 
        0.2 | 
       
      
        | Cloth (million square meters) | 
        188 | 
        106 | 
        30 | 
        28 | 
       
      
        | Rolled steel (million metric tons) | 
        3.4 | 
        2.3 | 
        2.1 | 
        2.2 | 
       
     
    b Official statistics.  
    
      
        | Labor Force by Sector, 1995-96c | 
        Percent | 
       
      
        |   | 
        1995 | 
        1996 | 
       
      
        | Industry and construction | 
        29 | 
        20 | 
       
      
        | Agriculture and forestry | 
        11 | 
        22 | 
       
      
        | Trade and distribution | 
        18 | 
        19 | 
       
      
        | Transportation and communications | 
        10 | 
        7 | 
       
      
        | Health, social security, education, culture, science, other | 
        32 | 
        32 | 
       
      
        |   | 
       
     
    c Official estimates.  
    
      
        | Agricultural Production by Selected Commodity, 1993-96d  | 
        Thousand 
        metric tons | 
       
      
        |   | 
        1993 | 
        1994 | 
        1995 | 
        1996 | 
       
      
        | Production growth (percent) | 
        -3.0 | 
        -24.0 | 
        -21.0 | 
        -10.0 | 
       
      
        | Total grainse | 
        21,631 | 
        16,454 | 
        9,505 | 
        11,500 | 
       
      
        | Potatoes | 
        2,298 | 
        2,040 | 
        1,720 | 
        1,656 | 
       
      
        | Vegetables | 
        834 | 
        781 | 
        780 | 
        776 | 
       
      
        | Fruit and berries | 
        85 | 
        86 | 
        97 | 
        101 | 
       
      
        | Sugar beets | 
        925 | 
        428 | 
        371 | 
        341 | 
       
      
        | Sunflower seeds | 
        86 | 
        97 | 
        99 | 
        NA | 
       
      
        | Cotton | 
        198 | 
        206 | 
        180 | 
        183 | 
       
      
        | Meatf | 
        1,300 | 
        1,047 | 
        876 | 
        850 | 
       
      
        | Milk | 
        5,577 | 
        5,296 | 
        4,458 | 
        3,800 | 
       
      
        | Eggs (billion) | 
        3.3 | 
        2.6 | 
        1.8 | 
        1.3 | 
       
      
        | Wool | 
        95 | 
        75 | 
        55 | 
        NA | 
       
     
    d Official statistics.  
    e Clean weight includes wheat, rye, barley, corn, oats, millet, buckwheat,
    rice, pulses, and miscellaneous grains.  
    f Includes beef, veal, pork, mutton, kid, poultry, offals, and slaughter fat.  
     
    
      
        | Foreign Trade, 1994-96g | 
        Million US $ | 
       
      
        |   | 
        1994 | 
        1995 | 
        1996 | 
       
      
        | Exports | 
        2,950 | 
        4,560 | 
        6,230 | 
       
      
        | Imports | 
        3,741 | 
        3,467 | 
        4,261 | 
       
      
        | Balance | 
        -791 | 
        1,093 | 
        1,969 | 
       
     
    g Official CIS statistics.  
    
      
        | Selected Energy Indicators, 1993-96 | 
       
      
        |   | 
        1993 | 
        1994 | 
        1995 | 
        1996 | 
       
      
        | Production:h | 
       
      
        | Oil (thousand b/d) | 
        460 | 
        400 | 
        410 | 
        460 | 
       
      
        | Natural gas (billion m3) | 
        6.7 | 
        4.5 | 
        5.9 | 
        6.4 | 
       
      
        | Coal (million metric tons) | 
        112 | 
        104 | 
        83 | 
        76.6 | 
       
      
        | Electricity (billion kWh) | 
        76.1 | 
        65.1 | 
        65.7 | 
        58.7 | 
       
     
    h Official statistics.  
    
      
        | Selected Transportation Indicators, 1992-96i | 
        Million metric tons | 
       
      
        |   | 
        1992 | 
        1993 | 
        1994 | 
        1995 | 
        1996 | 
       
      
        | Rail freight | 
        289 | 
        218 | 
        175 | 
        161 | 
        140 | 
       
      
        | Truck freight | 
        451 | 
        296 | 
        128 | 
        60 | 
        35 | 
       
     
    i Official statistics for 1994-96 indicated that private sources of road
    transport may have offset much of the recent decline in reported truck transit.  
    
      
        | Per Capita Consumption of Selected Foods, 1990, 1993, 1995j | 
        Kilograms  | 
       
      
        |   | 
        1990 | 
        1993 | 
        1995 | 
       
      
        | Meatk | 
        71 | 
        74 | 
        43 | 
       
      
        | Milk | 
        307 | 
        327 | 
        208 | 
       
      
        | Eggs (units) | 
        222 | 
        199 | 
        104 | 
       
      
        | Fish | 
        10 | 
        NA | 
        NA | 
       
      
        | Sugar | 
        39 | 
        NA | 
        NA | 
       
      
        | Vegetable oil | 
        11 | 
        NA | 
        NA | 
       
      
        | Potatoes | 
        85 | 
        NA | 
        NA | 
       
      
        | Vegetables | 
        75 | 
        NA | 
        NA | 
       
      
        | Grain productsl | 
        146 | 
        NA | 
        NA | 
       
     
    j Official statistics.  
    k Includes offals and slaughter fat.  
    l In terms of flour.   |