Kazakhstan's Musical Instrument Production Sees Decline

From January to June 2025, Kazakhstan's production of musical instruments, such as pianos, wind and string instruments, metronomes, and others, amounted to 56 million tenge, showing a 4.1% decrease compared to the same period in 2024.

Production was recorded in 8 out of 20 regions. Almaty accounted for the largest share at 38 million tenge, or 68% of the national total, but the volume was down 7.8% compared to the previous year. Almaty region followed with 7.7 million tenge, and Zhambyl region with 4.5 million, The Caspian Post reports citing Kazakh media.

In July, prices for dombra and guitars rose by 0.3% month-on-month and 5.6% year-on-year. The sharpest monthly increases were seen in West Kazakhstan (2.1%), Turkistan (1.9%), and Almaty (0.7%). In most other regions, prices remained stable.

Over the past year, prices for dombras and guitars increased in nearly all regions of Kazakhstan, except for Turkistan region, where a 1.5% decrease was recorded. Prices remained unchanged in Pavlodar, Almaty, and Ulytau regions. The sharpest year-on-year increases were seen in Akmola (16.4%), Zhambyl (15.1%), and Aktobe (12.4%) regions, while the smallest rise was observed in Zhetysu region at 1.2%.

Meanwhile, the music recording and publishing sector also saw a significant decline. In the first quarter of 2025, the total volume of services reached 333.6 billion tenge, down 36.2% compared to the previous year.

Almaty remained the industry leader with 236.7 billion tenge in services (nearly 71% of the total), though this figure is 46.3% lower than in 2024. The Almaty region and Zhambyl region followed with 25.5 billion and 19.5 billion tenge, respectively.