In 2017, Kazakhstan increased the export of agricultural products by 12.5%, including crop by-products — up 10.7%, declared the First Vice-Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Arman Evniev on May 2.
According to him, the country managed to reach the figures due to harmonization of the animal health and phytosanitary requirements with China, countries of the Middle East and Europe. It was noted that wheat, flour, oilseeds, barley, vegetable oils were the main export items. Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Tajikistan, China, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Italy and Latvia were the key sales markets.
In addition, in the reporting year Kazakhstan opened the Chinese market for wheat bran and soybeans exports, which allowed increasing the exports of agricultural products to China by 34.3%. For the first time, in 2017 Kazakhstan exported 7.7 thsd tonnes of soybeans to China at the sum of 3.1 mln USD, and increased the exports of vegetable oils and oilseeds in 3.1 times.
