paryab.co: In January-May, Kazakhstan exported 2.5 mln tonnes of wheat — Kazstat

In January-May, Kazakhstan exported 2.5 mln tonnes of wheat — Kazstat
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paryab در 31/08/2019 12:33:00


In January-May of 2019, Kazakhstan exported 2.5 mln tonnes of wheat and meslin
at the general sum of 462.6 mln USD. At the same time, the grain exports in
physical terms decreased by 0.6% compared with the same period last year, and in
monetary terms — up 18%, reported the Statistics committee under the Ministry
of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan supplied the main
volumes of the grain to Uzbekistan 910.1 thsd tonnes, Tajikistan 422 thsd
tonnes, Azerbaijan 218.6 thsd tonnes, Turkmenistan 160 thsd tonnes, China 159
thsd tonnes, Afghanistan 133 thsd tonnes, and Turkey 102.6 thsd tonnes. In
addition, in the reporting period Kazakhstan exported 91.3 thsd tonnes of wheat
to Italy, and 81.7 thsd tonnes — to Russia. Also, the exports of wheat flour
totaled 637 thsd tonnes down 31.7% at the sum of 137.6 mln USD down 22.6%.
Afghanistan 384 thsd tonnes and Uzbekistan 164.3 thsd tonnes were the main
importers of the Kazakh product. As a reminder, the association of legal
entities "Grain Union of Kazakhstan" together with APK-Inform Agency announced
the third international conference "KazakhGrainExport 2019", to be held in
Istanbul, Turkey, on September 19-20