Import of more than a thousand tons of regulated products was stopped in Kazakhstan

Published 2021년 10월 29일

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From October 15 to 22, 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan halted the import of over 1,000 tons of regulated products due to violations of plant quarantine legislation. The majority of the violations were found in products imported from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Moldova, the Netherlands, Italy, and Colombia. The violations included missing phytosanitary certificates and failure to undergo required inspections. Some imports were found to contain quarantine objects, such as the Tomato spotted wilt virus and Western flower thrips. The ministry imposed fines totaling over 3.1 million tenge on those who violated the legislation. Since January 1, 2021, the State Inspection Committee has identified over 5,000 violations in the plant quarantine field, leading to fines of 392.8 million tenge.

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NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - From 15 to 22 October 2021, during the implementation of quarantine phytosanitary control by territorial divisions of the State Inspection Committee in the agro-industrial complex of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the import of more than 1,000 tons of imported regulated products was stopped for violations of the legislation in the field of plant quarantine. This was reported by MIA "Kazinform" with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In total, 69 cases of violations were revealed when importing products from the Russian Federation, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Moldova, the Netherlands, Italy and Colombia. In 52 cases, there were no phytosanitary certificates when importing 689.7 tons of potatoes, cabbage, beets, tomatoes, onions, wheat, barley, assortments of fruits, dried fruits and nuts from the Russian Federation, 66.4 tons of potatoes, cabbage, apples ...

Source: Inform