Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Roman Sklyar, shared the progress of the Comprehensive Plan for Import Substitution for 2021-2023, aiming to establish 19 poultry farms, 35 industrial dairy farms, 9 meat processing enterprises, and one sugar plant annually. The plan also includes the creation of new agricultural projects like intensive orchards and fish cultivation. By 2023, the plan aims to achieve 100% self-sufficiency in most products, except sugar, with a 80% reduction target for sugar. This has led to a significant decrease in the negative balance of agricultural product imports from $1.1 billion in 2015 to $600 million in 2020, as the majority of imports are raw materials for food production.