“The market of Kazakhstan is fully provided with its own buckwheat: production volumes increased by 67%,” said the Ministry of Agriculture.
According to the updated data of the department, in the period from January to September 2022, buckwheat production volumes increased by 66.9% compared to the same indicators in 2021.
“11 Kazakh enterprises produced about 30 thousand tons of buckwheat. At the same time, the average annual volume of consumption of this cereal makes 29.1 thousand tons. Thus, in less than a year, domestic producers have already been able to fully provide the domestic market with buckwheat,” reported the ministry.
The main producers of buckwheat are Pavlodar, East Kazakhstan and Kostanay regions.
“Imports of buckwheat this year decreased by 80% and amounted to only 600 tons. For comparison, from January to September 2021, about 3 thousand tons of buckwheat were imported into the country,” added the Ministry of Agriculture.
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