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To date, Kazakhstan exported nearly 5.2 mln tons of grains and flour from the beginning of the marketing year, declared Arman Evniev, the Vice-Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on June 9. In 2008/09 MY, the general export volumes of grains will total 5.5 mln tons.
At the same time, flour forms nearly 50% of the export volumes (Kazakhstan takes the first place in the world at the product exports, during three years). The monthly grain exports total nearly 200-250 thsd tons, marked A.Evniev.
Agrarians of the country plan to increase grain harvest in the current year by 15-20% compared to the previous year level, added the Vice-Minister. As a reminder, last year the harvest in Kazakhstan totaled 15.6 mln tons of grains.
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