Kazakhstan Producer Inflation Edges Up in January

2026-02-09 15:44 By Larissa Caser 1 min. read

Kazakhstan’s annual producer inflation edged up to 4% in January 2026, from 3.9% in December, which had marked the lowest reading in 13 months.

Price pressures intensified in manufacturing, where inflation accelerated to 14.5% from 13.5%.

By contrast, inflation eased in utilities, with price growth for the supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning slowing to 17.7% from 19.2%.

Inflation also decelerated in water supply, sanitation, waste collection, treatment, disposal and pollution control activities, falling to 8.1% from 10.3%.

Meanwhile, deflation in mining and quarrying deepened slightly, to -8.3% from -7.4%.

On a month-on-month basis, producer prices rebounded to a 0.5% increase in January, following a 1.1% decline in the previous month.



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