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FEATURE: KAZAKHSTAN RAMPING UP FEED OUTPUT

pacities," Sharipov said. "This is necessary in order to
cut production costs. There are few independent feed
mills in the poultry industry, but they are mostly meeting the needs of backyard farms, not commercial farms."
The increase in poultry production should turn
Kazakhstan from a net importer of poultry meat to a
net exporter, Sharipov said. The import-replacement on
the domestic market is ongoing, as new poultry farms
are pushing cheap and low-quality imported products
of the U.S.-origin out of the domestic market, but this
is only a short-term achievement. The long-term goal,
Sharipov added, is to make a debut on the international
market and begin exporting supplies to neighboring
Asian countries, including Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
and China, as well as to the Middle East.
"We believe that the growth in feed production during this period (between 2018 and 2027) would be
correspondent to the increase in the domestic poultry
production," he said. "I don't think that we would see
some strong increase in feed exports, because we have
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a big domestic demand to meet, and manufacturers
The growth in production in recent years is nothing usually establish production capacities to meet their
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the Kazakh meat industry, which will drive up the deKazakh pig farmers also are ramping up production.
mand for feed.
On Sept. 25, the country signed an important trade
"The Union of Poultry Breeders of Kazakhstan has deal with China for the export of pork and live pigs.
recently adopted a long-term development plan, with Kazakhstan is a predominantly Muslim country, and
the main target to boost the domestic poultry production the domestic demand for pork has been shrinking over
by a factor of 4 times from the current level to 740,000 the past decade, the Agricultural Ministry estimated.
tonnes in 2027," commented Ruslan Sharipov, chair- The new deal is a cornerstone of the recently approved
man of the Union of Poultry Breeders of Kazakhstan. industry development strategy.
"We expect that the domestic feed production would
"Let's take India as an example," said Victor Lim,
grow at a similar pace."
chairman of the Kazakh Union of Pig Farmers. "Local
These are not unrealistic dreams, as there are four population doesn't consume beef, and yet taking advanmajor poultry farms currently under construction in tage of good climate conditions and natural resources,
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poultry and feed production, Sharipov stressed.
meat in the world. This is what we must target."
"The common model is that all new poultry farms
With the new deal, Kazakhstan would be able to
built in our country have their own feed production ca- boost the pig population by a factor of 2.5 times and

2015

$427 million

2016

$647 million

2017

$902 million

2018

$1 billion

First half of 2019

$673 million

Kazakh Economy Development Ministry

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The government expects similar projects to be commissioned in the coming years as the investment attractiveness of the Kazakh agricultural industry is clearly
on the rise.
Investments in Kazakhstan's agricultural industry
have been seen steadily growing in recent years from
KZT167.1 billion ($427 million) in 2015 to KZT252.9
billion ($647 million) in 2016, KZT352.5 billion ($902
million) in 2017 and KZT395.6 billion ($1 billion) in
2018, the Kazakh Economy Development Ministry
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jumped by 50% as compared to the previous year, to
KZT263.7 billion ($673 million), the ministry added.
The domestic feed industry in Kazakhstan is concentrated in three regions, according to ID-Marketing. In
2018, 29% of all feed in the country was manufactured
in Almata Oblast, 15% in Akmola Oblast and 12% in
North Kazakh Oblast, commented Tochieva. There are
14 regions in Kazakhstan.

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