Kazakhstan exports nearly 1.8 mln tonnes of flour per year – E.Gan

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During three recent seasons, the export volumes of flour from Kazakhstan stabilized at nearly 1.8 mln tonnes. Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan became the main countries-importers of Kazakh flour, declared the Director of the Grain Processors and Bakers Union of Kazakhstan, Evgeny Gan during his speech at the second international conference "Grain Processors Forum: Market & Technologies - 2016" on September 22, in Odessa.

Some time ago, Uzbekistan has imposed the protective customs duty at nearly 11% on flour imports to develop its domestic processing of grains, which led to reduction of Kazakh flour supplies to the country. Tajikistan changed the VAT rates on import operations: VAT on imported wheat totaled 10%, flour - 18%. Kyrgyzstan canceled the VAT on imported grains, which also reduced the supplies of flour from Kazakhstan. Therefore, Kazakhstan increased flour supplies to Afghanistan to compensate the losses: in the Ist quarter of 2016 Kazakhstan shipped its largest volumes of flour to the country, and Uzbekistan took the second position, said the expert.

Also, he specified that Kazakh flour shipments to Afghanistan will continue increasing, because Afghanistan refused to import the product from Pakistan.

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