A new oilseed crushing facility of LLC Taiynsha-May has recently started operating in the Kazakh village of Ilichevka, Amadyk village district. The project is being implemented jointly with Chinese investors. The plant’s design capacity will be 300 KMT of oilseeds a year. The facility is aimed at making products for export. Kazakh sunoil exports to…
On November 21-30, air temperatures were below normal in the south and southeast of Kazakhstan, where winter crops were grown. Precipitation rates were below normal as well. Kazakh meteorologists say the alternation between above-zero air temperatures and their night drops to –27 degrees C during that period may affect winter hardiness of underdeveloped winter wheat…
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan have received the first multi-role Mi-35M attack helicopters. The first helicopter was spotted in Almaty Airport. At present Kazakhstan uses old Soviet Mi-24 helicopters. The multi-role Mi-35M attack helicopter is a comprehensive modernization of the Mi-24V. The Mi-35M was developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, and…
In January-October the prices for exported products in Kazakhstan increased by 9.9% YoY, including grains – by 13.6%, the Committee on statistics at the Ministry of National Economy reported. According to the announcement, in the reporting period the export prices for cotton increased by 36.6%, wool – by 10.6%. In addition, the prices for imported…
Kazakh wheat bran exports exceeded 180 KMT in 2015/2016: they totaled 181.6 KMT, or up by 31.6% YoY. In the beginning of the new season 2016/2017, Kazakh exporters continued stepping up wheat bran deliveries to foreign markets. So, Kazakhstan exported as much as 43.4 KMT of wheat bran in the first two months of the…
By 2021 the export volumes of vegetable oils from Kazakhstan will grow to nearly 400 thousand tons, oilseed meals – to nearly 500 thousand tons, the member of the board of directors at EFCO Group of Companies Vladislav Romantsev declared. Realization of the project on foundation of the fat-and-oil cluster on the basis of production…
The European Commission updated the European Union Air Safety List, removing all Kazakh airlines from it. “Today the European Commission updated the EU Air Safety List, the list of airlines that do not meet international safety standards, and are therefore subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union. All air carriers…