The Ministry of Agriculture proposed to introduce a ban on the import of Russian wheat by road into the territory of Kazakhstan

Published 2023년 3월 30일

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The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan is proposing a six-month ban on the import of Russian wheat by road to protect local agricultural producers and keep prices for Kazakh wheat competitive. The draft order will be open for public discussion until April 5. The proposal is in line with various laws and regulations, including the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union. The move aims to combat the influx of cheaper Russian grain, which has put pressure on Kazakh wheat prices, and address the issue of unofficial imports from Russia.

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The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan proposed to introduce a ban on the import of Russian wheat. The draft order to ban the import of wheat by road into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan for a period of 6 months was published on March 29 on the Open NLA portal, the public discussion of the document will last until April 5. “Introduce a six-month ban on the import of wheat (commodity nomenclature code for foreign economic activity of the Eurasian Economic Union: 1001), with the exception of seed wheat (commodity nomenclature code for foreign economic activity of the Eurasian Economic Union: 1001 11, 1001 91) to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan by road” , - says the draft order of the Ministry of Agriculture. It is noted that the document was developed in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 17 and paragraph 1 of Article 18 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the regulation of trading activities”, subparagraph 11) of paragraph 1 of Article 6 and ...

Source: Agrosektor