Kazakhstan offers Turkey to participate in the creation of joint ventures for the processing of Oilseeds, especially flex seedsto participate in the Republic of Kazakhstan. This was stated by Kazakh President Kasimzhomart Tokayev on May 11 at a meeting with business representatives in Turkey, the press service of the head of state said.
In the last 5 years, Kazakhstan has increased its flax acreage by 2,5 times to 1,5 million hectares and has become one of the world's leading flaxseed exporters. If Turkey previously bought up to 10.000 tons of flax per year, then in just two months of 2022, purchases of Kazakh flax amounted to almost 8.000 tons. 6-fold growth. We invite you to open joint ventures for processing flax and other oilseeds in Kazakhstan.
Kasimzhomart Tokayev
President of Kazakhstan
In addition, he added that Kazakhstan is ready to support other projects on processing agricultural products with the participation of Turkish investors.
Today Kazakhstan ranks second in the world in terms of the number of arable land per capita and fifth in terms of area of grazing resources. Our country is among the ten largest producers of wheat and flour.
Kasimzhomart Tokayev
President of Kazakhstan