Kazakhstan plans to supply horse meat and honey to Europe

The European Union intends to remove trade barriers for Kazakh agricultural products The Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aidarbek Saparov and the European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski, as part of a bilateral meeting at the International Exhibition “Interfood Astana”, agreed to hold a technical discussion on the possibilities of opening the EU market for Kazakh meat and dairy products, as well as honey. The portal Agrosektor.kz reports this. According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, at the end of 2023, Kazakhstan exported 650 thousand tons of wheat to the countries of the European Union; EU countries account for 20% of the total export of Kazakh flax seeds, 79% of rapeseed. As noted in the agricultural department, Kazakhstan intends to increase the export of these and other crop products to Europe, including through the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route. In terms of livestock products, Kazakh ...