How export is tempered: Kazakh-Chinese Aiju Agropark processes 300 thousand tons of rapeseed per year and produces 160 thousand tons of oil

Published Jul 11, 2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic was a serious test for agriculture around the world, and Kazakhstan also had to face problems. March 22, at the beginning of the outbreak of coronavirus, the Government of Kazakhstan introduced a ban on the export of 11 items of agricultural goods. Including - for flour, vegetable oil, buckwheat, potatoes, etc. But thanks to timely measures, the Ministry of Agriculture of the republic lifted restrictions from June 1 and Kazakhstan resumed grain export.

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About this newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda". “Despite the fact that Kazakhstan increased export quotas for certain types of agricultural products, due to the pandemic, some enterprises were not able to maintain production in full. In addition, the cost price increased, and this was also one of the reasons for the rise in prices for imported products, ”said Wang Xiaolin, deputy general director of the Xinjiang Sanbao Chinese group of companies, which has been importing and exporting goods to the markets of Central Asia and Russia for many years. and other countries. It is noted that, as soon as grain export restrictions were lifted, Xinjiang Sanbao continued to purchase Kazakh agricultural products, primarily flour and vegetable oil. “Since Kazakhstan simultaneously needs to export agricultural products to Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and other countries, at present local producers are still unable to reach the established production volumes. But we are sure that the ...

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