21:30, 25 December 2009 | GMT +5
Creation of Customs Union to bring Kazakhstan growth of GDP up to USD 20 bln – First Vice PM
ASTANA. December 25. KAZINFORM /Aigul Tulekbayeva/ Creation of the Customs Union will bring Kazakhstan growth of GDP up to USD 20 bln nearest years; First Vice-Premier Umirzak Shukeyev has said it today in an interview to journalists.

"The fact of the creation of the Customs Union itself will give growth of GDP up to USD 20 bln nearest years. From them USD bln will be - to Belarus and Kazakhstan", - U. Shukeyev said.
"If we take into account that our GDP is about USD 100 bln we can increase our welfare up to 20 percent", - he added.