Agricultural exports amount to $5.4 billion in 2023

Agricultural exports amount to $5.4 billion in 2023

Kazakhstan is actively working on opening new export markets for processed agricultural products, as announced by the country’s Agriculture Minister Aidarbek Saparov at a government meeting in the Mazhilis, a Lower House of the Kazakh Parliament. According to Saparov, countries such as Tajikistan, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and Oman receive livestock and animal products under simplified procedures. Veterinary requirements for exporting certain types of these products to the EAEU, CIS, the European Union, the United Arab Emirates, Mongolia, Georgia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia have been established. Also, efforts continue to open markets for hides and by-products in China. In 2023, China lifted restrictions on meat imports from Kazakhstan. The Kazakh Agriculture Ministry is working on expanding the list of companies ready to supply products to China, focusing on processed goods. Last year, Kazakhstan exported agricultural products worth nearly $5.5 billion to foreign markets, with processed products accounting for more than eight percent.

«Over 372 billion tenge, including 150 billion tenge for investment purposes and 222 billion tenge for working capital, are set to be allocated ove five years under the Comprehensive Plan for the development of processing of agricultural products. The plan will give a significant boost to the development of the food and processing industries, allowing for a 1.4-fold increase in the gross production of processed products and a growth in the share of agricultural processing,» Saparov said.