BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 18. Kyrgyzstan exported about 34,975 tons of dairy products from January through June 2023, Trend reports.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan, 1,589 tons were exported to Russia, 32,949 tons to Kazakhstan, 416 tons to Uzbekistan, and 24 tons to the US.
The ministry noted that last year, Kyrgyzstan exported 36,459 tons of dairy products to countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in 2022. However, in the first half of 2023, the exports already amounted to 92 percent of the total volume exported in the entire previous year.
The dairy industry is one of the leading industries in Kyrgyzstan. Annual milk production in Kyrgyzstan is about 1.6 million tons.
Over the past six years, dairy production in the country has increased by 1.8 times. Approximately 50 large and medium enterprises and over 560 small enterprises engaged in dairy production operate in Kyrgyzstan.