Kazakhstan, Astana, Oct 10 /Trend D.Mukhtarov/
Kazakhstan State Grain Company Food Corporation exported 7880 tons of grain to China from the beginning of the year, Managing Director of JSC NC Food Corporation Marat Seisenov said at a joint meeting of JSC NC Food Corporation JSC and KazakstanTemirTrans on Wednesday.
"Our (Food Corporation) supplies to China amounted to 7880 tons of grain. It is a small volume," Seisenov said.
He noted that the low supply of Kazakh grain to neighboring China is caused by severe pest control services of China. At the same time, the Chinese market is very profitable for Kazakh grain producers, as its capacity is about 20 million tons of grain a year.
In addition, Kazakhstan has plans to transport grain by transit through China to South-East Asia.
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture, already harvested grain from 98.9 percent of the area harvested 14.3 million tons.
According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture, grain from 98.9 percent of the area has been already harvested.
According to the Regional Department of Agriculture, agricultural producers harvested 15,229,100 hectares on October 8, which is 98.9 percent of the harvested area, the average yield amounted to 9.4 tons per hectare.
Last year, Kazakhstan harvested a record 26 million tons of grain. Low harvest this season is due to the drought, which was observed in the summer in main grain regions. The outlook for the harvest this year is 14 million tons.