Kazakhstan Producer Inflation Rises Again

2026-07-10 09:45 By Larissa Caser 1 min. read

Producer prices in Kazakhstan increased 17.2% year-on-year in June 2026, accelerating from 16% in May.

This marks the highest level since October 2022, as price growth accelerated for six consecutive months.

Mining and quarrying prices surged 25.9%, accelerating again from 22.7% in the previous month, reflecting sharp increases in the prices of extraction of crude oil and natural gas (34.5%) and mining of metal ores (12%).

Price growth also accelerated in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water, and air conditioning, rising 12% from 11.4%.

In contrast, inflation in manufacturing eased slightly to 11.8% from 12%, and water supply, sewerage, waste collection, treatment, and disposal and remediation activities rose 7.5%, easing form 7.6%.

On a monthly basis, producer prices increase 0.5% in June, slowing sharply from a 3.2% rise in the previous month.



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