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January 18, 2005. International reserves of Kazakhstan reduced by 0.5%
The international reserves of Kazakhstan including the National Fund money (more than $5.05 billion according to preliminary estimations) made $14.27 billion as of January 14, 2005, a 0.5% reduction against December 14, the National Bank press service told KZ-today.

The international reserves reduced by 0.6% and reached $58.7 million in the first half of January.

"Despite the purchase of currency on the domestic currency market and service of the external debt of the Ministry of Finance of RK, the purchase of currency for the NF assets replenishment leaded to reduction of net currency reserves by $35.9 million," the NB's specialists noted.

Besides, gold assets reduced by $22.8 million as a result of its prices reduction on the world markets by 3%.

Reduction of the NB net international reserves in the beginning of January 2005 conditioned by money supply reduction by 15.4% (or by 89.2 billion tenge)

February 7, 2005. BISNIS Event on business opportunities in Central Asia
On Monday, February 7, 2005, BISNIS, the U.S. Commercial Service Almaty, the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan and the U.S. Liaison Executive Director's Office at the EBRD will be organizing an event in Almaty, Kazakhstan for U.S. companies and distributors of U.S. goods & services on business opportunities in Central Asia. Speakers will include representatives from the U.S. Commercial Service Almaty, the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan, EBRD, BISNIS Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and other US Government agencies.

March 15-17, 2005. The First International Jewellery and Watch Exhibition in Central Asia
Jewellery & Watch Fair 2005 is the only specialised international exhibition in the region providing an opportunity to enter a promising market. Products, services, technology and the latest ideas will be on show at the event. Jewellery and watch specialists will be able to solve a wide range of issues: find out about a considerable number of the latest interesting additions to the jewellery market and assess the value of the latest ideas that have not as yet been released for sale, exhibit their own products, discover new partners and discuss the finer points of co-operation.

Exhibition themes: Jewellery made from precious metals and precious stones; Cult/ceremonial jewellery; Raw materials for jewellery (precious metals and stones); Custom-made jewellery decorations; Watches; Jewellery; Trade and demonstration equipment; Packaging, accessories; Equipment for the jewellery industry; Equipment for storing and transporting jewellery; Interior stone decorations; Art weapons; Art glass, ceramics, crystal and porcelain; Decorated cutlery and table covers; Antiques and rare items, examples of coins and medals, collectors’ items.

April 6-9, 2005. 3rd Kazakhstan International Specialized Exhibition "Packaging, Tare, Label "
Main Sections of the Exhibition: Machines and equipment for the packaging, packing and label industry; Finished packing products of all kinds; Raw materials and technologies for packaging, packing and label production; Service equipment, components and automation tools; Machines and equipment for production and design of package items; Secondary packing, raw materials and equipment for secondary packing production; Lacquering, coating, marking and flexographic printing; Marking technologies and bar codes.

April 6-9, 2005. 3rd Kazakhstan International Specialized Exhibition "Printing, Advertising & Design"
Main Sections of the Exhibition: Printing machines and equipment for all kinds of printing; Component parts, service materials and maintenance; Digital printing and modern printing technologies, colour testing systems and devices, fonts and software; Printing services, printing plants, advertising agencies, publishing houses; Outdoor advertising, development and design of printing items, direct marketing and web design; Souvenirs, promotion products, postcards and business cards; Photo advertising, video clips; Design and construction of exhibition stands; Promotion campaigns and creative engineering.

April 21-23, 2005. 7th Kazakhstan International Exhibition of Food, Drinks, Packaging and Food Industry Equipment
Main Sections of the Exhibition: Food (dairy, meat, fish, confectionery, bakery); Food additives and ingredients; Soft and alcohol drinks, tea and coffee; Food processing equipment; Food, drinks and packaging equipment; Packaging technologies, containers and packages; Refrigerators and trade equipment; Agriculture.

April 28-30, 2005. KITF 2005 - 5th Kazakhstan International Tourism & Travel Fair

"KITF 2005" will feature the following main sections:

May 18-20, 2005. AstanaBuild 2005 - 7th Kazakhstan International Exhibition "Construction and Interior Design, Heating and Ventilation Systems"
Main Sections of the Exhibition: Building and finishing materials; Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; Windows, doors, stained-glass windows; Interior, finishing and design; Sanitary engineering, ceramics, trim stone; Equipment and tools; Joinery items and woodworks; Electrical products; Saunas, baths, swimming pools, etc.