Kazakhstan introduces subsidies for grain processors due to US tariffs

Published 2025년 7월 17일

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From August 1, the United States will impose duties of 25% on starch and gluten produced in Kazakhstan. Access of deep processing enterprises to the key market will be significantly limited. In this regard, the Ministry of Agriculture initiated changes to the Order on subsidizing the costs of processing enterprises for the purchase of agricultural

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products for deep processing. Now the purchase of wheat for the production of gluten will be subsidized. As we were informed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Rules for subsidizing the costs of processing enterprises for the purchase of agricultural products for the production of deep processing products were approved back in 2014. This order is still in effect. When asked whether the purchase of grain for deep processing is currently subsidized, the Ministry responded: “Currently, wheat is not purchased for the production of gluten, due to the lack of standards for subsidizing wheat within the framework of the above-mentioned Subsidy Rules. It should be noted that on March 14, 2025, within the framework of the IV National Kurultai, the Head of State set the Government the task of ensuring that Kazakhstan enters the top ten global producers and suppliers of deep grain processing products within 10 years. At the same time, in the context of changing ...

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