Kazakh GDP grows 7% in first half of 2011

The GDP of Kazakhstan grew 7% in the first half of 2011, Prime
Minister Karim Masimov said, News Kazakhstan reports.

The indicator fulfils President Nursultan Nazarbayev's order for the
GDP growth of 7% this year.

Kazakh GDP growth in the first quarter of 2011 was 6.5%. It was 7% in 2010.