The Kazakh exporters of Sunflower oil increased sales of sunflower oil abroad in monetary terms in the first quarter of this year (January-March).
According to data from QazTrade, around $80,6 million was earned from oil sales during the period, up 20% from the same months of 2022 ($67,2 million). This group has a 14,3% share in the structure of non-commodity agricultural exports.
Exports of vegetable oils and fats that are produced as manufacturing waste increased by 85% - from $11 million to $20,4 million. The share of total exports of non-raw agricultural products was 3,6%.
Shipments of waste from Legumes increased the most - 2,7 times, from $12,1 million to $33,3 million (share -5,9%).
Exporters also managed to increase pasta shipments – by 5,5%, from $18,6 million to $19,6 million (share – 3,5%).
At the same time, sales of all-purpose flour by 10% – from $172,1 million to $155 million. This product has a relatively large share in the total exports of Kazakhstan - 27,4%.
Source: oleoscope (Russian)