FX.co ★ Kazakhstan Industrial Output at 8-Month High

Kazakhstan’s industrial production surged 9.6% year-on-year in April 2026, accelerating from a 4.3% increase in March and marking the fastest expansion since August 2025. The sharp improvement was largely driven by a recovery in mining and quarrying, which grew 5% after a 5.6% contraction in March. Output also remained strong in manufacturing (14.1% vs. 13.6%), in electricity, gas, steam, hot water, and air conditioning supply (9.1% vs. 5.7%), and in water supply, waste collection and treatment, and pollution control activities (8.4% vs. 7.7%).

On a month-on-month basis, however, industrial output growth slowed to 7.2% in April from 16.2% in March. Over the first four months of 2026, industrial production rose 1.9% compared with the same period a year earlier.