In Kazakhstan, the price of mutton has significantly risen - by 14% per year, and in Almaty, the annual price increase has reached 23%

Experts believe that the main reason for the rise in meat prices is the export of livestock from the country. By July 2021, 22.9 million heads of sheep were read in the country, which is 3.6% more than a year earlier. Including 11.8 million heads belonged to households, 9.9 million - to individual entrepreneurs and farms, 1.2 million - to agricultural enterprises. The Energyprom portal informs about this. According to the information, in the regional context, the largest number of sheep is in the Turkestan region: 5.5 million heads, against 5.1 million heads a year earlier, plus 6.6% per year. The leaders are also Almaty (4.3 million heads of sheep, plus 4.7%) and Zhambyl (3.4 million heads, plus 3.7%) regions. In addition, for six months, 35.5 thousand tons of sheep wool were received in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which is 2.2% more than a year earlier. Of these, 56.1% were clipped in households (19.9 thousand tons of wool, plus 1.3% per year), 39.7% - in individual ...