On January 9, Rosselkhoznadzor held online talks with representatives of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Agriculture on mutual supplies of plant products.
“The Kazakh side confirmed the lifting of the ban on wheat imports from January 1 from third countries and EAEU countries, which was imposed from August 21 to December 31, 2024. Now wheat imports to Kazakhstan will be carried out without restrictions,” Rosselkhoznadzor's press service said.
The negotiations also addressed the issues of compliance with phytosanitary requirements when importing seed and grain to Russia from Kazakhstan.
Representatives of the competent departments of the two countries agreed to discuss in the near future the procedure of phytosanitary control conducted on the territory of Kazakhstan when shipping regulated goods to Russia.
Recall that since August 21, 2024 Kazakhstan imposed a ban on wheat supplies from the EAEU and third countries.
Until August 2024, Kazakhstan also had restrictions on imports of Russian wheat, but with exceptions for flour millers and poultry farmers.
As specified in APK-Inform with reference to the data of official statistics, in 2023/24 MY (from September 2023 to August 2024) Kazakhstan imported from Russia 2.229 mln tonnes of wheat (in 2022/23 MY - 1.99 mln tonnes).
