Expansion of agricultural exports: results and prospects

Published Mar 26, 2025

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A meeting led by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin discussed strategies to expand Kazakhstan's agricultural exports. Over the last five years, agricultural exports have risen by 51% to $5.1 billion, with products reaching 66 countries. The primary markets include Central Asia, the EAEU, Iran, Turkey, China, and the EU. The meeting highlighted the significant growth in grain exports, especially to Central Asia, China, and Iran, and the increase in processed product exports. Kazakhstan is also working on cooperation agreements with several countries for quarantine and plant protection to enhance plant product exports. The meeting also focused on meat export restrictions and the potential for horse meat and chicken exports.

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At a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin, measures to expand agricultural exports were discussed. Vice Minister of Agriculture Erbol Taszhurekov reported that over the past five years, the volume of agricultural exports has grown by 51% and reached $5.1 billion. Kazakhstani products are supplied to 66 countries, and the share of processed goods is 52%. The main sales markets remain Central Asia, the EAEU, Iran, Turkey, China and the EU. According to the results of 2024, agricultural exports reached $5.1 billion, increasing in physical terms by 3.9% (16.1 million tons). Key export products include wheat, meslin, barley, flaxseed, beef, lamb, frozen fish, flour, sunflower oil, cotton fiber and others. Particular attention was paid to grain exports at the meeting. In 2024, deliveries amounted to 8.1 million tons, of which 6.3 million tons of the new harvest (an increase of 53%) were sent to Central Asia, China, Afghanistan and ...

Source: Agrosektor