The Minister of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan: We depend on the supply of vegetable oil from the Russian Federation by about 70%

Published 2023년 3월 2일

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Kyrgyzstan relies heavily on imports of Russian vegetable oil, covering about 70% of its demand, as stated by the country's Minister of Agriculture, Askarbek Dzhanybekov. Despite having the capacity to produce 60,000 tons of oil yearly, a lack of raw materials, specifically sunflower, prevents this. The country is working to increase its production of rapeseed oil and cottonseed oil, but current production levels are not yet sufficient to replace imports.

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There are positions for which we are still dependent on imports. In particular, we depend on the supply of Russian-made vegetable oil by about 70 percent. The Minister of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan Askarbek Dzhanybekov stated this to Rossiyskaya Gazeta in an interview. “Although I must admit that we have enough of our own production capacity to produce 60,000 tons of oil per year, but the issue comes down to raw materials. Our farms do not grow sunflower in such quantities,” he says. But we are trying to increase the output of ...

Source: Oilworld