Kazakhstan: Meat production in positive territory - by 4.3% per year

For a month, meat and meat products in the country have risen in price by another 2% In January-July 2021, 193.2 thousand tons of meat products were produced in Kazakhstan, which is 4.3% more than a year earlier, according to the Energyprom portal. According to the information, in the regional context, most meat products were produced in the Almaty region: 53.5 thousand tons, minus 2.7% per year. The second and third places were occupied by Akmola (47.1 thousand tons, plus 42.7%) and East Kazakhstan (25 thousand tons, minus 4.3%) regions. FOR REFERENCE: for the full 2020, farmers produced 2.7% less meat than in 2019 - 295.4 thousand tons. According to official statistics, the results of the first half of this year showed that local companies were able to meet the demand (sales in the domestic market plus export) for meat products by 87.8%, against 85.8% a year earlier. The share of imports, respectively, accounted for 12.2%. Importers brought 76.6 thousand tons of meat products to ...