The Turkestan region in Kazakhstan has seen a surge in gourd and melon exports, with the number of buying countries increasing to include Germany, Israel, and the Baltic states. Since the start of the season, over 16.5 thousand tons of melons have been exported, with the majority coming from the farm "Turar". The wholesale price for watermelons and melons is 100 tenge per kilogram. In the first seven months of 2022, the Turkestan region harvested almost 1.5 million tons of melons and gourds, of which over 120 thousand tons were exported as melons and over 170 thousand tons as watermelons.