Export and import prices rose in Kazakhstan in 2003

Prices for exports rose 11.8 percent in Kazakhstan last year, and import prices increased 26.1 percent, the Kazakh Statistical Agency reported. Among exports, prices for semi-finished products rose 18.6 percent, prices for finished products increased 16.1 percent, and prices for raw materials went up 8.3 percent. Prices for agricultural products climbed 63.9 percent. Meanwhile, prices for imported equipment jumped 42.2 percent, and prices for imported textile products rose 59.6 percent.