Kazakhstan annually imports 43.5 thousand tons. fish products, of which 95% are marine and oceanic fish species

Published 2020년 10월 9일

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Kazakhstan's fish industry is poised for growth, with a goal to increase domestic market saturation and reduce imports of ocean fish and seafood. The country has a total market volume of about 66 thousand tons, with potential for increase through aquaculture, particularly in cultivating salmon and sturgeon. The government is taking steps to simplify fish farming and increase subsidies, with the potential to expand the fish farming industry up to 600 thousand tons and increase export volume tenfold, creating 100 thousand jobs and increasing rural income.

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One of the sectors of the economy where there are potential reserves for increasing the saturation of the domestic market with domestic food is the country's fish industry. The Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources Magzum Mirzagaliyev spoke about the work carried out in this direction, agrosektor.kz reports. FOR REFERENCE: the total volume of the fish and fish products market in Kazakhstan is about 66 thousand tons. Its structure consists of: fishing - 45 thousand tons, fish farming - 7.4 thousand tons, exports - 30 thousand tons, imports - 43.5 thousand tons. According to the Minister of Ecology, Kazakhstan imports ocean fish and seafood. These are herring, mackerel, shrimp, mussels and so on. Imports are from Norway, Russia, Iceland, China and the Baltic countries. As the minister notes, for the purpose of import substitution in Kazakhstan, it is necessary to grow salmon and sturgeon, as well as catch herring and sprat in the Caspian Sea. In turn, Kazakhstan ...

Source: Agrosektor