AKIPRESS.COM - The trade turnover of Kazakhstan with the EAEU countries in the first four months of 2019 reached $6.1 billion, FinReview reported.

In trade turnover structure of Kazakhstan and the EAEU, Russia forms 91.8% of all foreign trade.

According to the results of 2018, the trade turnover of Kazakhstan with the Union countries reached $19.1 billion, which is 10.1% more than last year ($17.4 billion). According to the latest data of the current year (January – April), mutual trade amounted to $6.1 billion (+ 0.1%).

Russia still remains the largest trading partner of Kazakhstan. For the first four months of 2019, two countries’ trade has already reached $5.7 billion (a year earlier – $5.6 billion). Maintaining current growth rates, in 2019 the Kazakhstan-Russian trade turnover can exceed $18 billion. Russia forms 91.8% of all foreign trade within the structure of trade turnover of Kazakhstan and EAEU.

The total volume of Kazakhstan foreign trade in 2018 amounted to $93.5 billion (+ 20.5% per year). Current year, in January – April, the volume reached $28.7 billion. The share of countries – participants of the EAEU in the composition of Kazakhstan trade turnover is 21.3%.