Meat production in Kazakhstan increased by 7% and prices rose by 12%

According to the results of January - July of this year, 43.5 thousand tons of fresh or chilled meat of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses and equines were produced in the Republic of Kazakhstan - 6.5% more than a year earlier , informs the portal Energyprom.kz. According to the portal data, the largest volume came from the Kostanay region: 7.5 thousand tons, an annual increase of 25%. The top three also included Aktobe (6.3 thousand tons, plus 1.7%) and North Kazakhstan (6.2 thousand tons, plus 28.5%) regions. FOR REFERENCE: for the full year 2022, the country produced 73.1 thousand tons of meat - 11.4% more than a year earlier. It is noted that as of August 1 of this year, there were 9.7 million head of cattle in the country, 2.7% more than a year earlier; including cows, there were 4.8 million heads (plus 4.7%). The number of horses also increased (by 7.7%, to 4.2 million heads), camels (by 4.4%, to 280.7 thousand heads) and sheep (by 3.6%, to 23 million heads ). At the same ...