The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan will develop a Plan for the export of agricultural products. The document will work out the logistics of deliveries, and also plans to remove barriers. This was announced at a government meeting by the Minister of Agriculture Aidarbek Saparov.
“To increase exports, subsidies for grain transportation costs will continue. The markets of EU countries will be opened for the export of livestock products, phytosanitary barriers will be removed. The Ministry will prepare an agricultural export plan taking into account logistics, veterinary and phytosanitary standards,” Aidarbek Saparov said.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, veterinary certificates for the export of livestock products to China, Iran, Georgia, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, the Persian Gulf countries, Vietnam, Singapore and Pakistan are currently being coordinated. New markets have been opened for grain - Morocco, Algeria and Vietnam.
As a result, the export of agricultural products increased by 41%. In the first half of 2024, Kazakhstan exported goods worth $2.2 billion, and in the same period in 2025 - $3.1 billion.
Further plans include removing barriers to agricultural exports, opening EU markets, and coordinating potato and melon supplies to China.
The day before, speaking with the Address to the People of Kazakhstan, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced the need to develop agrohubs and logistics centers, as well as establish strategic partnerships with foreign investors. He called for actively promoting traditional national products to foreign markets.
“We need a specific plan for agricultural exports taking into account logistics, veterinary and phytosanitary standards, as well as a competent marketing strategy. This is not the task of the Ministry of Agriculture alone, but of a number of government agencies, so coordination of actions is needed at the level of government leadership,” the President of Kazakhstan said.