Kazakhstan may limit potato exports due to crop failure in Russia

is reported by the Kazakh agency APK News. According to Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, in Russia the harvest of potatoes in the organized sector has decreased to 7.3 million tons, which is 1.5 million tons less than last year’s figures. Such a deficit among neighbors may provoke a surge in demand for Kazakh potatoes from Central Asian countries, which previously purchased Russian products. In 2025, Kazakhstan harvested more than 2.9 million tons of potatoes with an average yield of 225.9 centners/hectare. The area under the crop was 131.2 thousand hectares, with households providing 36% of the harvest. Currently, the main buyer remains Uzbekistan, which accounts for over 90% of exports. To protect the domestic consumer, the government has already contracted 146.8 thousand tons of products. The quota mechanism, which is currently being discussed, provides for counter-obligations for ...