Kazakhstan names top importers of agricultural products

ASTANA: The total turnover of agricultural products in Kazakhstan amounted to $11.3 billion (26.5 million tons) in 2023, which decreased slightly compared to 2022 - $11.5 billion (23.4 million tons), Trend reports. The export volume amounted to $5.35 billion (15 million tons), which is 5 percent lower year-on-year ($5.59 billion or 13.1 million tons). At the same time, the share of exports of agricultural products in the total volume of exports of all goods of Kazakhstan ($78.6 billion) is about 7 percent, while the share of agricultural GDP in the total volume of GDP (120.6 trillion tenge or $254.7 billion) is 4.3 percent or 5.2 trillion tenge (about $11 billion). Thus, the largest importer of agricultural products from Kazakhstan in 2023 was Uzbekistan - $1.51 billion. Thus, ????? ??????? ?????????? ????????????? ?? ?????????? ? 2023 ???? ???? ?????????? - $1.51 billion. This is followed by China ($1.013 billion), Afghanistan ($548 million), Russia ($512 million) and Tajikistan ($446 million). Meanwhil e, Kazakhstan's foreign trade turnover was $139.8 billion from January through December 2023, up 3.2 percent from 2022. Simultaneously, exports hit the mark at $78.6 billion (in nominal terms, a 7 percent drop compared to the same time in 2022), while imports skyrocketed by 20.1 percent, reaching a whopping $61.1 billion. Source: Trend News Agency