Kazakhstan Expands Grain Exports to Europe via Estonian Port

Kazakhstan is increasing its grain exports to European markets, utilizing Estonia’s Muuga port as a key transit hub.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the Akmola region-Kazakhstan’s leading grain-producing area-exported 145,000 tons of wheat through the port in the first seven months of 2025, The Caspian Post reports, citing The Times of Central Asia.

Of this volume, more than 110,000 tons were delivered to Italy, over 28,000 tons to Belgium, and approximately 6,500 tons to Estonia. The shipments followed a memorandum of cooperation signed in February 2025 between the Akmola regional administration and the Muuga Grain Terminal.

A key milestone of Kazakhstan’s 2024-2025 export season has been the diversification of grain destinations. For the first time, Kazakh wheat was exported to Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

From September 2024 to August 10, 2025, Kazakhstan exported 9.8 million tons of wheat from the new harvest, a 55% increase compared to the same period in the 2023-2024 season. Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, and Azerbaijan remain the country’s primary buyers.

Including flour, Kazakhstan exported a total of 12.4 million tons of wheat grain between September 2024 and July 2025, marking a 34% rise from the 9.3 million tons exported during the same period in the previous season.