Kazakhstanis explained the rise in food prices

In Kazakhstan, since 2021, prices for socially important food products have increased by 2.6%, in annual terms they have risen in price by 13.2%. Minister of Trade and Integration Bakhyt Sultanov spoke about this at a government meeting. According to him, most of all prices rose for import-dependent products, goods with high export demand, as well as vegetables, which traditionally rise in price in the off-season. “For example, due to the decline in egg production by 8.4%, the rise in the cost of feed and pesticides by 25%, as well as the spread of bird flu, the price of eggs has risen. The rise in prices for sunflower oil and sugar was due to the rise in world prices, the reduction in acreage in neighboring countries and the rise in prices for export products, ”he said. He also added that the maximum growth of 3.3% was recorded in the West Kazakhstan region and in Shymkent. After them, in eight more regions, prices increased above the average level recorded in the country, that ...