In January-September 2018 Kazakhstan exported 2,400 tons of silver for $ 339.5 million, LS reported.
The supply of precious metals increased by 3.2 times, and the proceeds from sales fell by 16%.
The main share was sold to the UK. Kazakhstan has supplied about 2,300 tons of oil to this country for $ 243.7 million.
In addition, 99.9 tons of silver worth $ 51.5 million were exported to India, 84.1 tons for $ 42.7 million to Germany and 3.2 tons for $ 1.6 million to Uzbekistan.
Moreover, in the first nine months of this year, Kazakhstan sold 1.8 tons of gold worth $ 3.4 million. Main importer of the Kazakh gold was Kyrgyzstan.