Importers refuse Russian flour and switch back to Kazakh flour

Published 2023년 2월 6일

Tridge summary

Russian flour millers are finding it difficult to compete in new markets, particularly in Central Asia and the Middle East, due to the purchasing policy of Kazakh traders. This issue was exacerbated by the Russian government's duty-free ban on wheat exports to EAEU countries, which was in place from March to July 2022. During this period, Russian flour millers made significant shipments to these markets, but since the ban's end, buyers have shifted back to Kazakh flour. The high transit railway tariffs imposed by Kazakhstan are also disadvantaging Russian flour millers.

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Original content

Russian experts called Kazakhstan the main competitor in the flour-grinding industry. According to them, the last records for the production of flour in Russia were 30 years ago. Then the number of mills began to decline, while the closest competitor, Kazakhstan, on the contrary, increased its capacity and by 2007 became the world leader in flour exports, ahead of the leader of this rating, Turkey. Now Russia has somewhat "pushed" Kazakhstan, occupying the markets of Central Asia. However, Russian flour millers say that their position in new markets cannot be called stable. They call the purchasing policy of Kazakh traders the main problem, APK Novosti reports. At the end of 2022, Russia exported a record volume of flour over the past 30 years - 881 thousand tons. Even the world's leading exporter of grain processing products, Turkey, increased its import volumes, while the world's second largest flour trader, Kazakhstan, was forced to partially cede to Russia its most capacious ...

Source: Zol