Kazakh flour mills produced 1.6 million tons of flour in six months

1.6 million tons of flour were produced by Kazakh flour mills from January to June. There is a slight increase (+0.4%) compared to the same period last year. This was reported by the Agrosektor.kz portal, referring to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. According to the indicators of the agricultural department, 762.4 thousand tons of flour were exported. Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Russia remain traditional buyers of domestic products. At the same time, following the results of 2022, the flour sales market expanded to countries such as Israel, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. According to official statistics, in July this year, there is a decrease in flour prices. Manufacturers' products fell in price from 170.8 thousand tenge to 168.7 thousand tenge per ton. The wholesale price at the same time decreased from 245 tenge to 240 tenge per kilogram. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, about 270 enterprises ...