In Kazakhstan, the production of milk and cream increased by 1.2% per year, and the export of milk dropped by almost 3 times

In January–April of this year, 201.9 thousand tons of processed liquid milk and cream were produced in Kazakhstan - almost the same as a year earlier: plus only 1.2% for the year. Regionally, the most “dairy” region of the country can be called the North Kazakhstan region, where 57 thousand tons of milk and cream were produced in four months of this year. The top three leading regions also included Akmola (35.6 thousand tons, plus 30.4% for the year) and Almaty (33.5 thousand tons, minus 3.5%) regions. Agrosektor.kz reports this with reference to data from the industry analytical portal Energyprom.kz. At the end of the first quarter of this year, local companies provided demand (sales on the domestic market plus exports) for milk and cream by 95.1%, versus 94.5% a year earlier. According to the portal, imports amounted to 4.9%: since the beginning of the year, 7.8 thousand tons of milk and cream were imported into the country - 10.2% less than a year earlier. At the same time, ...