Kazakhstan deliberately limits potato exports to Russia and Belarus

Published 2024년 12월 30일

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The Union of Potato and Vegetable Growers of Kazakhstan has reported a rise in tuber crop yields and stable exports, with the country ending the year with a good harvest and storing about 1 million tons of potatoes and main vegetables. This has allowed maintaining stable wholesale prices for producers. There has been an increase in export demand for chip varieties, French fries, and seeds, with traditional export markets being Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, but also large requests from Russia and Belarus. Kazakhstan, however, limits exports to these countries to maintain stable partners and fulfill obligations to the domestic market.

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The Union of Potato and Vegetable Growers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, summing up the results of the outgoing year, noted an increase in the yield of tuber crops and their stable export, EastFruit reports. The new head of the Union, Baizhan Ualkhanov, told the APK Novosti agency about the results of the year and plans for the new season. According to him, potato growers of Kazakhstan are ending the year with a good harvest, unlike last year. In many regions, they managed to collect and store potatoes and main vegetables in the amount of about 1 million tons. “This volume allows us to maintain the wholesale price from the warehouses of producers at the level of 120-160 tenge, depending on logistics. Traditionally, stocks of potatoes and vegetables suitable for storage are concentrated in the Pavlodar, Kostanay, Karaganda and Akmola regions. We can optimistically expect that these reserves will allow the population to wait for early southern potatoes without any significant price ...

Source: Eastfruit