The ban on the export of fish from Kazakhstan had a beneficial effect on the increase in the volume of its processing

At the next meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Foreign Trade Policy and Participation in International Economic Organizations, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin, they reviewed the effectiveness of current restrictions and made decisions on a number of significant issues. In particular, a decision was made to ban the export of unprocessed fish, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported. From April 15 to October 15, 2023, the ban applied to pike perch and catfish. As its results showed, the volume of their processing in the country has increased significantly, and the volume of already processed products for export and sale on the domestic market has tripled, reaching 502 tons. Thus, the ban on the export of fish in the form of raw materials increased the volume of its processing in the country, which corresponds to the state policy of increasing the volume of production and export of processed products. The ...