BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 30
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture has introduced amendments to the process of obtaining right for exporting sunflower seeds, Trend reports with reference to the ministry.
The amendments were introduced by a decree of Kazakhstan’s agriculture minister approved as of July 28, 2020.
Thus, the certificate (permit document) will be issued by the territorial divisions of Kazakhstan’s State Inspection Committee in the Agro-Industrial Complex.
The following documents must be submitted to obtain the export permission:
1) an application for the issuance of a certificate;
2) a copy of the invoice or consignment note for sunflower seeds;
3) an identity document and (or) a document confirming the authority of the representative (for identification).
As reported earlier this year, sowing area of highly profitable crops such as oilseeds, vegetables and fodder crops has been increased by 238,000 ha this year in Kazakhstan.
The overall sowing area of agriculture crops was increased to be 22.5 million ha in Kazakhstan in 2020.
The regional budgets allocated 11.3 billion tenge ($26.9 million) to subsidize seed production development this year, whereas 2.5 billion tenge ($5.9 million) were allocated from the republican budget to purchase nearly 29,400 tons of seeds and 838,700 elite seedlings.
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