Türkiye lifted the ban on the import of livestock and poultry products from Kazakhstan

From June 7, 2024, restrictions that prevented the export of Kazakh products to Turkey were lifted. Thus, barriers to bird flu (since 2005), foot and mouth disease (since 2016) and nodular dermatitis (since 2022) were removed, Kazinform reports. The Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Aidarbek Saparov, raised this issue in March 2024 at the Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Organization of Turkic States in Taraz. — Kazakhstan expresses its readiness to supply high-quality meat products to the markets of Turkey, Turkmenistan and Hungary. Unfortunately, today the Turkish market is practically closed to Kazakh suppliers of veterinary services. I would like to note that starting from this year, such restrictions on Kazakhstan have been lifted by the PRC and the Russian Federation. In this regard, we consider it possible to return to consideration of this issue with the Turkish side,” Aidarbek Saparov noted. The decision to remove the barriers was made after ...