As of September 15, the Food Corporation had paid 19.1 billion tenge in subsidies to exporters and grain producers for the delivery of 828,400 tons of wheat to distant markets.
According to the Food Corporation operator, the operator received 553 requests for reimbursement of transportation costs. The total volume of wheat exports amounted to 1.2 million tons, worth 28.2 billion tenge.
Funding for exporters is provided as budget funds become available. Partial reimbursement of costs is provided for the transportation of wheat along transit routes to ports on the Azov, Black, and Baltic Seas, as well as to Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. State support is also provided for suppliers shipping grain in transit through China to countries in Southeast Asia.
The compensation amount ranges from 20,000 to 30,000 tenge per ton of grain, depending on the export destination.
As a reminder, the Rules for Paying Subsidies for the Transportation of Wheat to Distant Markets were introduced in Kazakhstan following a record grain harvest in 2024. This year, it was decided to extend the Rules until September 1, 2026.