For 10 months of 2023, Kazakhstan sold the processed uranium for a total of $ 2.46 billion abroad, which is a third more than a year earlier, show data from the BNS aspire of the Republic of Kazakhstan. We are talking about the largest meaning at least since 2015, although physically the result is not the most significant in recent years, the Kazinform agency reports.
From the directions, China showed the best dynamics: in January-October, the Republic of Kazakhstan sent Uranus to $ 922.7 million there, which is 2.2 times more than in the same period of 2022. At the same time, just October turned out to be very successful. It accounted for 28 percent of all volumes of this year in monetary terms: $ 258 million, 9 times more than in October 2022.
good growth in the Russian direction: in 10 months, volumes approached $ 1.2 billion (+72 percent year by the year). As a result, an increase in exports both in the PRC and in the Russian Federation more than compensated for the fall in another important direction, Canadian. Deliveries to the country in 10 months of the year amounted to $ 168.5 million, minus 70 percent of the year at once.