Kazakhstan’s retail sales rise 4.5% in January-SeptemberRetail sales in Kazakhstan totaled 20.049 trillion tenge in the first nine months of 2026, up 4.5% from the same period last year, the Bureau of National Statistics said.Sales of goods by retail businesses rose 2.1%, the bureau said.Food sales grew 10.1% from January-September 2025, while sales of non-food goods rose 1.6%. Food accounted for 35.1% of total retail sales and non-food goods for 64.9%.Privately owned businesses generated 17.954 trillion tenge of sales, or 89.6% of the total. Foreign-owned businesses accounted for 2.095 trillion tenge, or 10.4%.The city of Almaty had the largest share of retail sales at 32.8%, followed by the capital, Astana, at 14.2%. Karaganda region accounted for 7% and East Kazakhstan region for 5.3%.Retailers’ inventories stood at 1.637 trillion tenge on Oct 1, equal to 62 days of sales.The official exchange rate on Oct 12 was 453.93 tenge to the dollar. (ICE ALMATY)

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