According to the company, export sales of oil from Ozenmunaigas and EmbaMunaiGas totaled 1 million 496 thousand tons from January to March 2012, while deliveries to the domestic market amounted to 457 thousand tons. The share of sales of Kazgermunai, Karazhanbasmunai and PetroKazakhstan Inc., owned by KMG EP, has made 1 million 105 thousand tons of oil.

People in Kazakhstan have increased their spending on large household appliances.

As of April 1, the total number of passenger cars amounted to 3,549,500 units.

Earlier on Lukoil has signed the agreement of the purchase of acquiring 59 petrol stations in Belgium and the Netherlands with the Verolma Groep. The deal will be closed this quarter in case European anti-monopoly bodies will approve it.

According to the IAS consolidated financial reports, in the first quarter of 2012 assets of the Alliance Bank increased by 1.2% and reached 536.4 billion tenge, the press service of the bank has announced.

In January-March 2012 insurance companies of Kazakhstan have collected 51 billion in insurance bonuses, which is 11.5% more compared with the same period a year before, the Financial Supervision of the National Bank has noted. Bonuses on the compulsory insurance decreased by 12.9% and equaled to 7.8 billion tenge, voluntary personal insurance bonuses increased by 55.5% and reached 20.6%. Additionally, bonuses on voluntary property insurance decreased by 4% and estimated at 22.7 billion tenge.