Kazakhstan's rice production in the first three quarters increased by 10% year-on-year

Kazakh News Agency/Nursultan/November 11 - According to data from the Kazakhstan National Bureau of Statistics, from January to September 2021, Kazakhstan’s rice output was 164,900 tons, a year-on-year increase of 10%
.
As the main traditional rice producing area, Kizil-Orda prefecture is far ahead in output, reaching 150,500 tons, a year-on-year increase of 5%
.
Turkistan Oblast (7500 tons) and Almaty Oblast (6900 tons) ranked second and third respectively
.
In 2020, the total output of Kazakhstan rice was 200.
8 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.
1%
.

 

　　From January to August of 2021, the self-sufficiency rate of Kazakhstan rice reached 97.
8%, higher than 96.
2% in the same period in 2020
.
Due to the increase in domestic rice production, the scale of rice imports fell to 3,400 tons, a decrease of 36.
5%; the export of rice was 69,100 tons, an increase of 7.
6%, accounting for 45.
5% of the total domestic market (including production and imports) in Kazakhstan; the export value was achieved by 2020 Million US dollars, an increase of 12.
3% year-on-year
.
The main export market is the CIS countries, with a total of 68,300 tons of exports, a year-on-year increase of 7.
2%
.
Among them, exports of 25,300 tons to Uzbekistan; 17,200 tons of Tajikistan; 14,700 tons of Russia
.
The export of rice to non-CIS countries was 1,700 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.
2%
.
The main export markets include Mongolia (1200 tons) and Iraq (419 tons)
.

 

　　During the statistical period, the sales volume of rice in Kazakhstan's domestic market was 82,700 tons, a year-on-year increase of 7%
.
In October 2021, the average selling price of Kazakhstan rice was 367 tenge/kg, a year-on-year decrease of 2.
2%
.
Among the major cities in Kazakhstan, the area with the most expensive average rice price is Nur-Sultan (465 tenge/kg), and the cheapest is Petropavlovsk (290 tenge/kg)
.