Kazakhstan's Grain Exports Double in 2024

Kazakhstan exported 3.7 million tons of new harvest grain between September and December 2024, marking a 54% increase compared to 2.4 million tons during the same period in 2023, according to the country's Ministry of Agriculture.

Exports to Uzbekistan grew 44% to 1.4 million tons, Tajikistan - 53% to 589,000 tons, Afghanistan - 52% to 182,000 tons, and to the Kyrgyz Republic - 22% to 72,000 tons, The Caspian Post reports, citing Kazakh media.

Grain exports to Iran via the port of Aktau surged by 30.2 times to 435,000 tons.

Over the first 11 months of 2024, a total of 9.2 million tons of grain cargo were transported, with 2.2 million tons moved domestically and seven million tons exported.