Uzbekistan processes up to 1 million tons of Kazakhstan's wheat per year and supplies it to Afghanistan

Published 2024년 9월 5일

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Uzbekistan processes up to one million tons of wheat from Kazakhstan annually, which is then supplied to Afghanistan, according to Kazakh Senator Arman Utegulov. This situation has left Kazakh domestic elevators inactive. The country is also reliant on imported seeds, with only 7.1% of seeds being elite. Utegulov proposed various measures to enhance national food security and increase the competitiveness of agricultural producers, including the development of special programs to eliminate dependence on imported elite seeds and increasing the number of enterprises involved in deep grain processing.

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Uzbekistan processes up to 1 million tons of Kazakhstan's wheat per year and supplies it to Afghanistan, while domestic elevators are left out of work, said Kazakh Senator Arman Utegulov. "Uzbekistan has become a leader in flour exports, annually processing up to 1 million tons of Kazakh wheat and supplying flour to the Afghan market. This year, the export of Kazakh grain to Uzbekistan amounted to 1.3 million tons," Utegulov said, speaking with a parliamentary inquiry at a plenary session of the Senate on Thursday. According to him, only 70 out of 250 grain processing enterprises in the country are currently operating, while during the period of independence there were about 2,000 of them. Then 1,750 elevators closed, which led to the loss of almost 70,000 jobs. Instead of flour and pasta, Kazakhstan is increasingly exporting grain. Also, Kazakhstan depends on imported seeds. The share of elite seeds in the country is only 7.1%, and 40% of wheat seeds are imported from abroad, ...

Source: Zol