Tajikistan ranks second in wheat imports from Kazakhstan

Tajikistan ranked second in wheat imports from Kazakhstan, as the republic imported 404 thousand tons of wheat from the neighboring country, an increase of 12% over last year.

According to Kazakhstan’s National Statistics Office, Kazakh grain exports increased by 24%, and during the period from January to October 2023, 3.8 million tons of wheat worth $1 billion were exported from the country to foreign markets.

“2 million 726 thousand tons of wheat were exported to the CIS countries; the largest volume went to Uzbekistan (1 million 976 thousand tons), an increase of 40%. Turkmenistan is in third place with 230 thousand tons, an increase of 19%,” according to Kazakhstan’s National Statistics Office.

But wheat was supplied to some countries with a significant decrease in volume: Azerbaijan: 104 thousand (14% less), Russia: 9.9 thousand tons, a decrease of up to 62%, and Kyrgyzstan: 1 thousand tons, a decrease of 56%. .

As for the rest of the world, the largest markets during this period were in Afghanistan, China, Italy, and Turkey.