In May 2024, Kazakhstan significantly increased imports of grain processing products

According to the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, at the end of May 2024, more than 12.5 thousand tons of cereals and flakes and 8.1 thousand tons of wheat flour were imported into Kazakhstan. According to APK-Inform, the May import of cereals and flakes was 5.4 times higher than the import volume in April and became a record monthly purchase volume for the last 3 seasons. In particular, flour imports in May were 26% higher than in April, and became the highest monthly figure since November 2023. In both cases, more than 99% of the volumes were supplied from the Russian Federation. In general, in July-May 2023/24 MY, Kazakhstan imported 34 thousand tons of cereals and flakes, as well as 68.9 ...