The Kazakh government is satisfied with the country\'s economic performance in 2002, Prime Minister Imangali Tasmagambetov said on Tuesday. \"Last year\'s developments followed the best-case scenario for our country\'s economy. That is why many of the government\'s goals were met,\" Tasmagambetov said opening a Cabinet session on the results of the country\'s socioeconomic development in 2002. Kairat Kelimbetov, the Economy and Budget Planning Minister, told the session that Kazakhstan\'s GDP in 2002 increased 9.5% from 2001. \"The high rate of economic growth was mainly prompted by increases in goods and services production. Thus, goods output went up by 13% in 2002, while the services sector rose 9.3%,\" he stressed. Kelimbetov said that the country\'s industrial production was up 9.8% in 2002, while the mining sector\'s output increased by 14.7%. The foreign trade surplus stood at $2.2 billion in 2002, compared to $1.3 billion the year before. He also noted that the United States\' and the European Union\'s recognition of Kazakhstan as a country with a market economy helped increase the country\'s foreign trade. (Interfax-Kazakhstan)