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The issue of lifting the ban on the export of onions in Kazakhstan is not considered

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Vegetables
Kazakhstan
Published Mar 15, 2023

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ASTANA. KAZINFORM - The Government of Kazakhstan is not considering lifting the ban on onion exports. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin, Kazinform correspondent reports. “We are not considering this issue yet. Data collection showed that today in the country (data of the Committee of Trade) there are onion reserves in the amount of 68 thousand tons. We need 40 thousand tons for March-April. If these data are confirmed (today representatives of the committee are talking with farmers about the prices they are ready to give to the domestic market), then we will look, perhaps we will consider quotas. For tomorrow, we have scheduled a meeting of the interdepartmental commission on foreign trade activities,” he said on the sidelines of the meeting of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. According to him, onion prices have decreased by 0.1% on average across the country.

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ASTANA. KAZINFORM - The Government of Kazakhstan is not considering lifting the ban on onion exports. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin, Kazinform correspondent reports. “We are not considering this issue yet. Data collection showed that today in the country (data of the Committee of Trade) there are onion reserves in the amount of 68 thousand tons. We need 40 thousand tons for March-April. If these data are confirmed (today representatives of the committee are talking with farmers about the prices they are ready to give to the domestic market), then we will look, perhaps we will consider quotas. For tomorrow, we have scheduled a meeting of the interdepartmental commission on foreign trade activities,” he said on the sidelines of the meeting of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. According to him, onion prices have declined by 0.1% on average across the country. He announced ...
Source: Inform
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