Kazakhstan’s total crop of grain after conditioning reached 21.5 MMT, agriculture vice-minister Gulmira Isayeva said. In addition, she said, the nation was going to export 9 MMT of grain.
With regard to the outlet markets, according to her, they are the traditional ones: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Russia, Iran and China.
“Together with the Kazakh Railways we are working for shipping the first parcel of our grain (700 MT) to Vietnam”, she added.
Kazakh farmers harvested 23.68 MMT of grains and pulses in 2016. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)