Kazakhstan proposes to impose restrictions on the import of Russian wheat to Uzbekistan by road. This opinion was expressed by the Head of the National Association of Exporters of Kazakhstan "KazGrain" Zeinolla Abdumanapov, Kazakh portal APK-Inform reports.
He motivates this by the damage that is caused to exports from Kazakhstan by such transportation.
“Despite the fact that the government has taken measures to ban the import of wheat by road from Russia, recently we have seen how wagons from Russia enter the Turkestan region, are loaded onto KamAZ trucks and exported to Uzbekistan. Who controls how legally this wheat is exported? It should be noted that this cheap Russian wheat spoils the entire export of Kazakh wheat. In this regard, I believe that it is necessary to put this issue on the agenda and consider the restriction on the export of wheat by road from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan,” says the head of KazGrain.
Previously, Kazakhstan has already introduced a ban on the import of wheat to Kazakhstan by road transport for six months. The corresponding document was signed by the Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Yerbol Karashukeev on April 10, 2023. Thus, the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan decided to support its grain producers and prevent a fall in prices for Kazakh wheat, which is more expensive than Russian wheat.
The Union of Processors of Kazakhstan estimates the scale of Russian wheat smuggling to Uzbekistan at half a billion dollars, which the country's economy is losing.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
June 2, 2023