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Kazakhstan and China have signed several agreements to expand their agricultural cooperation, including the construction of a new onion processing plant in the Zhambyl region by Chinese investors. The two countries have also signed protocols for the export of various agricultural products, including peas, lentils, sunflower seed meal, soybeans, safflower, flax, and wild fish.
Currently, Kazakhstan has signed export protocols with China for 23 types of agricultural products, including wheat, flax seeds, barley, alfalfa, corn, honey, wool, dairy products, beef, lamb, pork, and others. The two countries are also working to remove barriers and harmonize veterinary and phytosanitary requirements for additional products, such as potatoes, beet pulp, rapeseed, oat flakes and cereals, mare’s milk, poultry meat and products, horse meat, chilled beef, lamb, and pork.
There are currently 1,718 Kazakhstani companies registered to export to China. In addition, several agreements were signed between the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan and leading Chinese companies, including COFCO Corporation and VODAR, to expand trade volumes for wheat, barley, oilseeds, sunflower oil, and other products, as well as to build a rain irrigation system factory and a deep processing and sublimation plant for white onions in the Zhambyl region.
Furthermore, Kazakhstan’s TOО “Karaoy” and CITIC Construction plan to create a vertical pig farming cluster in the Almaty region, including farms, a meat processing plant, and a genetic center, with an off-take contract for pork exports to China. These agreements are expected to boost Kazakhstan’s agricultural exports and attract more Chinese investment in the sector.
