The Minister of National Economy Asset Irgaliev announced the maximum growth of the manufacturing industry over the past 10 years, a Total.kz correspondent reports.

“The main driver of economic development is sustainable growth in the real sector in the current environment. In the reporting period, excluding the mining industry, growth in the real sector amounted to 7.9%, ”Irgaliyev said.

According to him, high growth continues in construction, information and communications, manufacturing, water supply, electricity and agriculture.

“It should be noted that the manufacturing industry has shown the maximum growth over the past 10 years. The service sector is being restored. Against the backdrop of a 5.7% growth in trade, the services sector showed positive growth. In general, in the manufacturing industry, growth accelerated to 7.7%. 13 regions showed positive growth. The largest increase is noted in Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Almaty region. A decrease is observed in four regions: in West Kazakhstan, Atyrau, Turkestan and East Kazakhstan regions, ”the minister said.