In January-September 2024, Kazakhstan’s national railways company, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), transported 6.6 million tons of Kazakh grain and 2.7 million tons of flour. Of that amount, 5 million tons of grain and 2.1 million tons of flour were exported. KTZ Managing Director Bauyrzhan Urynbasarov announced this at a government meeting on October 7.
According to Urynbasarov, Kazakhstan exported grain mainly to neighboring Central Asian countries (2.9 million tons), China (1.3 million tons), and Afghanistan (127,000 tons). Kazakhstan resumed grain supplies to Iran (211,000 tons), and 423,000 tons of grain were exported to Italy, Turkey, and Russia.
From January to September, 495,000 tons of flour were exported to Central Asian countries, 639,000 tons to China, and 666,000 tons to Afghanistan.
At the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin said that Kazakhstan must supply 2 million tons of grain to China this year, but the figure can be increased to 3 million tons. He also ordered an increase in flour supplies to Afghanistan.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, as of October 7, Kazakhstan had completed harvesting 93.2% of grain crops on 15.5 million hectares, and 23.5 million tons of grain had been threshed.
