No Sanitary Ware Factory In Kazakhstan, Other Building Materials Account For Only 50% Of Market Demand

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According to inbusiness.kz, Kazakhstan’s domestic production of building materials is 586 বিলিয়ন টেনেজ (8.88 বিলিয়ন আরএমবি). Its imports amounted to 348 বিলিয়ন টেনেজ (5.27 বিলিয়ন ইউয়ান).

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The current market demand for basic construction materials in the country is 934 বিলিয়ন টেনেজ (14.16 বিলিয়ন ইউয়ান). Local companies produce 586 বিলিয়ন টেনেজ (8.88 বিলিয়ন ইউয়ান). Its imports amount to 348 বিলিয়ন টেনেজ (5.27 billion CNY), the share of imports is 37%.

To meet the market demand, this year Kazakhstan plans to launch eight import substitution projects. They plan to produce five categories of building materials, including glass, polyethylene pipes, dry mixes, fittings, টাইলস, ইত্যাদি. The production is expected to reach 103 বিলিয়ন টেনেজ. It is planned to produce building materials such as insulation materials, ceramic refractory bricks, স্যানিটারি ওয়্যার, ইত্যাদি. The output is expected to be 61 বিলিয়ন টেনেজ.

The local building materials categories are mainly concentrated in 24 categories such as reinforced concrete products, dry mixes, waterproofing, wallpaper, স্যানিটারি ওয়্যার, wall blocks, insulated bricks, profiled panels, plastic pipes, ইত্যাদি. The existing local production capacity has covered 10 categories of products such as reinforced concrete products, varnish coating, ceramic bricks, silicate bricks, honeycomb concrete blocks, গ্লাস, ইত্যাদি.

For insulation materials, profiled panels, plastic pipes and other 11 categories, the local enterprise capacity can only provide a 50% supply. For three categories such as waterproofing, wallpaper, স্যানিটারি ওয়্যার, local production capacity is 0. Local sanitary ware supply is mainly based on imports, and according to the data obtained from Kitchen & Bathroom Information, the imported sanitary ware (6910) in Kazakhstan from 2016 থেকে 2020 are US$20,979 thousand, US$24,264 thousand, US$25,738 thousand, US$26,669 thousand, and US$29,683 thousand, যথাক্রমে. China is the largest source of imports of sanitary ware in Kazakhstan. ভিতরে 2018-2020, China’s exports of sanitary ceramics (6910) to Kazakhstan amounted to 2419 thousand dollars, 2593 thousand dollars, 3342 thousand dollars, যথাক্রমে.

From January to June this year, চীন 6910 sanitary ceramics exports to Kazakhstan was 2.94 মিলিয়ন মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র. ডলার, একটি বৃদ্ধি 14%, 2020 তুলনা করা 2019, একটি হ্রাস 47%. তাদের মধ্যে, Xinjiang region is the largest share of exports in three six-month period, which is followed by Guangdong, Shandong and Zhejiang.

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In order to increase local sanitary ware production capacity, the country also plans to coordinate with multinational companies to build factories in the region. According to the Kazakh media, the capital will invest in the construction of a number of building materials plants in Kazakhstan’s capital, including a ceramic tile factory, a sanitary ware factory and other projects. তাদের মধ্যে, the ceramic tile plant is planned to have a capacity of 120 million ceramic tiles per year, which can produce ordinary ceramic tiles and decorative ceramic tiles. The other project is a project to produce upholstered furniture and cabinets and doors. The planned annual production capacity is about 24,000 sets of upholstered furniture and cabinets, এবং 2,000 sets of interior doors per month.

It is worth noting that part of the local industry has become an oligopolistic market with a higher dependence on imports (the share of imports reaches 65%). In June this year, in order to curb the rise of local prices, the Kazakh government signed an anti-monopoly compliance agreement with with 10 building materials producers. They regulated building materials such as bricks and pipes in some areas, requiring increases of no more than 10%.