As of April 1, the registered carry-over stocks of oilseeds in Kazakhstan totaled 1.072 million tons. In particular, crop-growing organizations stored 362.2 thousand tons of oilseeds, farm households – 152.9 thousand tons and fat-and-oil enterprises – 291.4 thousand tons, reported the Statistics Committee at the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KazStat).
Sunflower seed stocks in the country totaled 427.2 thousand tons (including food sunflower seed – 406.6 thousand tons), rapeseed – 144.5 thousand tons, flaxseed – 315.2 thousand tons, soybeans – 134.6 thousand tons, mustard seed – 11.7 thousand tons, safflower seed – 20 thousand tons and camelina seed – 220 tons.
As of January 1, the carry-over stocks of oilseeds in Kazakhstan totaled 1.636 million tons. (APK-Inform/Business World Magazine)