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Manufacturing Overtakes Mining in Kazakhstan: Experts Assess Whether Shift Signals Structural Change 

By Ayana Birbayeva  on 2 September 2026

ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s manufacturing sector has overtaken mining in its share of industrial output for the first time, marking a potentially important shift in the country’s economic structure. But economists say the headline figure should be viewed alongside a second trend: rising demand for imported machinery, equipment and technology...