For 10 months, Kazakhstan almost doubled the export of flour and sunflower seeds

Published 2022년 12월 27일

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Kazakhstan has experienced a notable increase in the export of various agricultural products despite the restrictions in place, with significant growth seen in flour, wheat, and sunflower seed sales by 89%, 39%, and 92.3% respectively for the first 10 months of the year compared to the previous year. Additionally, there was an increase in the export of flax seeds, barley, and dried legume vegetables. However, uncombed cotton fiber exports saw a decrease of 28.3%. Non-commodity exports, such as margarine and sunflower oil, also saw substantial growth, with margarine exports four times higher and sunflower oil exports three times higher than the previous year. Overall, Kazakhstan exported agricultural products worth $4.4 billion in the first 10 months of the year.

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Despite the restrictions introduced this year, Kazakhstan has managed to significantly increase the export of flour, wheat and sunflower seeds. In particular, flour sales abroad increased by 89% compared to the same period in 2021, while wheat exports increased by 39%. This was reported by the QazTrade Trade Policy Development Center. According to the information, for 10 months flour was exported from Kazakhstan in the amount of 601.4 million dollars. In 2021, during the same period, it was sold abroad for $318.2 million. It is also noted that Kazakhstan sent wheat abroad for 1 billion 489.5 million dollars. In comparison with the last year period (1 billion 071.3 million dollars), exports increased by 39%. Exports of sunflower seeds increased by 92.3% (from $59.8 million to $115 million), flax seeds - by 75.1% (from $167.3 million to $292.9 million), barley — by 2.6% (from $149.7 million to $153.5 million), dried legume vegetables — by 79.8% (from $40.2 million to $72.3 million). ...

Source: Agrosektor