In the season 2015/16, Kazakhstan significantly reduced imports of potatoes and traditional vegetables; import volumes fell by 44% year-on-year. Kazakhstan imported 207,700 tons of potatoes and traditional vegetables in the season 2015/16, almost half as high as a season before, when imports had totaled 374,800 tons, reports Fruit-Inform.
The most significant fall in imports was registered in the segment of ware potatoes. Their imports fell by 84% (from 64,700 tons to 10,100 tons) mainly due to a sharp decrease in imports from Pakistan (down 97% year-on-year).
Carrot imports went down by 71% and amounted to just 19,000 tons. The negative trend was connected with lower imports from Kyrgyzstan. For comparison, Kazakhstan’s imports of carrots from Kyrgyzstan totaled 19,000 tons in the season 2015/16 against 43,000 tons a season before.
Table beet imports were 62% lower and fell from 14,400 tons to 5,600 tons. Uzbekistan was a traditional leader in exports to Kazakhstan with the share of 80%.
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan’s cabbage imports were 60% lower, and onion imports went down by 6%.
Source: fruit-inform.com
