Kazakhstan is ready to supply Iran with up to 2 million tonnes of wheat per year
The parties discussed activation of deliveries
Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Aidarbek Saparov and Iranian Ambassador to the Republic Ali Akbar Jokar held talks, during which the Kazakh side expressed readiness to increase wheat exports to the Islamic Republic up to 2 million tonnes per year. This is reported by Kazinform, a partner of TV BRICS.
Saparov noted the positive dynamics of trade in agricultural products: in the first two months of 2025, trade turnover between the countries reached US$72.4 million which is 2.5 times more than in the same period of 2024.
The main positions of Kazakhstan's exports are:
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wheat;
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barley and corn;
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cakes and vegetable oils;
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meat;
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vegetables and pulses.
"An important direction for us is to expand the supply of grain crops to Iran. Over the past ten years, Kazakhstan has exported more than 9 million tonnes of grain, including wheat and barley, to your market. We can increase wheat supplies to 2m tonnes annually and barley to 1m tonnes," Aidarbek Saparov said.
Earlier, the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) expressed the opinion that the free trade agreement between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will create conditions for expanding grain exports from Kazakhstan to Iran. The document comes into force on 15 May.
Before that, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed the law on ratification of the free trade agreement between Iran and the EAEU. The document provides for the cancellation of duties on more than 80 per cent of goods that Iran trades with the EAEU states – Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.
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