In the season-2017/18, Kazakhstan supplied the record volumes of flaxseed on foreign markets — 362.2 thsd tonnes, an increase of 15% compared with the previous season figures, reported the Customs Control Committee at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Traditionally, Belgium, Afghanistan and Poland became the main destinations of the oilseed exports, and covered 79% of all foreign shipments of the Kazakh crop.
TOP-10 of flaxseed importers from Kazakhstan
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Country |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
Changes of 2017/18 to 2016/17 |
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Volume, `000 tonnes |
Share |
Volume, `000 tonnes |
Share |
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Belgium |
124.8 |
40% |
166.7 |
46% |
34% |
Afghanistan |
65.2 |
21% |
61.2 |
17% |
-6% |
Poland |
41.2 |
13% |
58.2 |
16% |
41% |
Germany |
24.2 |
8% |
19.7 |
5% |
-19% |
Uzbekistan |
15.2 |
5% |
16.6 |
5% |
9% |
Turkey |
13.5 |
4% |
10.2 |
3% |
-24% |
Iran |
9.2 |
3% |
7.5 |
2% |
-19% |
Netherlands |
4.0 |
1.3% |
4.4 |
1.2% |
9% |
Tajikistan |
3.5 |
1.1% |
4.1 |
1.1% |
15% |
Egypt |
1.8 |
0.6% |
3.9 |
1.1% |
125% |
It should be noted the significant growth of Kazakh flaxseed supplies to Belgium and Poland (up 34% and 41%, respectively), as well as increasing of the oilseed purchases by Egypt, which reached 3.9 thsd tonnes, against 1.8 thsd tonnes only in the previous season.
In turn, Germany, Turkey and Iran slightly reduced the import volumes of the oilseed from Kazakhstan.
Within frames of the session "Alternative oilseeds: development opportunities in Kazakhstan", the leading analysts and experts will report the condition of the flaxseed market in Kazakhstan. The session is scheduled in the agenda of the second international fat-and-oil conference of Kazakhstan — "KazOil 2018", to be held on November 28-29 in Astana (Radisson Hotel Astana).