“For the period from January to December last year, Kazakhstan imported 12.3 thousand tons of cut flowers and buds worth a total of $93.5 million,” reads the report.
The volume was 52% more than in 2023, when the value of imports amounted to $61.2 million.
Flowers are imported from 53 countries, with the main supplies coming from Europe, South America and Africa.
Kazakhstan purchased the most flowers from Ecuador – 6.4 thousand tons, the Netherlands (2.3 thousand tons), China (1.1 thousand tons), Colombia (978 tons) and Kenya (975 tons).
In addition, during the same period, Kazakhstan exported 1.5 thousand tons of cut flowers and buds to the CIS countries.
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