18.11.19
The ministers of agriculture of Kazakhstan Saparkhan Omarov and his colleague from Uzbekistan Zhamshid Khojaev signed a roadmap for enhancing cooperation between the two countries in the field of agriculture.the roadmap was signed following the results of the negotiations, in the presence of the head of the Kazakh government.
The document provides measures for the development of cooperation in 2019-2024 in the fields of agricultural science, production, certification, trade, digitalization, veterinary medicine and animal husbandry, plant quarantine.
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin received a delegation led by the Minister of Agriculture (MOA) of Uzbekistan Zhamshid Khojaev.
The Prime Minister Askar Mamin noted the existence of significant potential for increasing mutual deliveries of agricultural products, joint implementation of investment projects and access to the markets of third countries. Commodity circulation of agricultural products and processed agricultural products between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan totalled about $770 million in January-September 2019.
The main exports of Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan are wheat and meslin, wheat or wheat-rye flour, sunflower seeds, sugar, cattle, and wheat waste. Uzbekistan mainly exports to Kazakhstan cherries and cherries, fresh grapes, apricots, tomatoes, peaches, persimmons, vegetables.
