Since the beginning of the year, Kazakhstan has imposed more than 308 million tenge fines for violating plant quarantine

Published 2021년 9월 27일

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Between 17 to 24 September 2021, state plant quarantine inspectors in Kazakhstan identified 76 violations related to the importation of regulated products, resulting in the seizure of a significant quantity of agricultural produce and timber from countries like Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan. These violations, including the absence of phytosanitary certificates, improper labeling, and failure to undergo required inspections, led to impositions of administrative fines totaling 4.2 million tenge. Since the beginning of the year, over 4,000 violations have been recorded, attracting over 308 million tenge in fines, highlighting a persistent challenge in ensuring compliance with phytosanitary standards in Kazakhstan's agricultural imports.

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From 17 to 24 September 2021, state plant quarantine inspectors revealed 76 violations in the field of plant quarantine when importing regulated products into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan from other countries, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. According to the information of the agrarian department, during the quarantine phytosanitary control, the import of the following regulated products that did not meet phytosanitary requirements was suppressed: 595.4 tons of wheat, barley, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, peppers, eggplants, zucchini, apples, bananas, nuts, dried fruits , 82.5 m 3 of lumber from the Russian Federation, 43.1 tons of potatoes, peppers, raspberries, strawberries and currants from the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, 17.4 tons of apples, plum beets, grapes, alfalfa seeds and flower seedlings from the Republic of Uzbekistan and 20 tons dried apricots from Afghanistan. As a result, persons who ...

Source: Agrosektor