BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr.15
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Farmers of Kazakhstan’s Turkestan region will export 250,000 tons of cabbage to Russia, Trend reports with reference to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture.
This year, the area of cabbage sowing in Kazakhstan’s Turkestan region amounted to 8,000 ha and 300,000 tons of crops are expected this spring. In this regard, the region’s farmers expressed worries about the storage and sale of the product amid the emergency state in the country.
To address their concern, executive authorities of all Kazakh regions expressed readiness to purchase a total of 50,000 tons of cabbage. Additionally, the ministry started issuing phytosanitary certificates necessary to export goods. Thus, Turkestan region’s farmers will be able to export the remaining 250,000 tons of cabbage to Russia.
The ministry said that currently, 14 farmers of Shymkent city and Turkestan regions received 204 phytosanitary certificates on almost 4,000 tons of cabbage.
On Apr. 15 Kazakhstan’s Agriculture Ministry lifted restrictions on the export of onions, cabbage and carrots.
Earlier this year, the ministry introduced restrictions on the export of some agricultural goods in the form of complete prohibition or export on quotas (quantitative restrictions). Thus, the export of onions was prohibited completely, whereas the export of cabbage and carrots was allowed on quotas.
The corresponding decree enters into force since the day of its registration (Apr. 15) and is relevant till Sept. 1, 2020.
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