Plant growing
Market overview of animal husbandry in Kazakhstan
The volume of production
Among the most promising directions is also the production of vegetable oil. The key factors of attraction are:
Access to raw materials in Kazakhstan, with a gross yield of oilseeds in 2019 amounting to 2.6 million tons.
The area sown to oilseeds in 2019 reached about 3 million hectares. Additionally, there is a planned increase in land under cultivation of oilseeds to 5 million hectares by 2030.
Vegetable oil production
Key factors of attractiveness:
Developed a raw materials base with high growth potential.
Access to raw materials in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Chart 1. 2.2 million tons of gross harvest of oilseeds in 2023 (stat.gov.kz)
Chart 2. The area sown to oilseeds in Total, 2023 - 2,8 million hectares
The plan is to increase the land under cultivation of oilseeds to 4.95 million hectares by 2030.
The "Northern Soybeans" program aims to increase the acreage of soybeans to 1.5 million hectares within 5 years and to increase the gross harvest of soybean seeds to more than 3 million tons.
Major importers of vegetable oil include
Belgium
Ethiopia
USA
242,110 thousand tons
$449,4 million
302,376 thousand tons
$397,4 million
135,691 thousand tons
$330,3 million
120,260 thousand tons
$201,9 million
29,894 thousand tons
$60,3 million
1,395 thousand tons
$2,8 million
5,790 thousand tons
$26,4 million
*Source trademap.com
Today, Kazakhstan exports over 1 million tons of oilseeds, with major importers including Uzbekistan, China, and Belgium.
Current exports to the world markets
237,4($119.5 million)
69,3($32 million)
495,3($227,5 million)
33,2(17,3)
The export of processed products exceeded 300 thousand tons, including vegetable oil, sunflower, rapeseed, soybean, and linseed. It should be noted that China is one of the main importers in all of these positions. Additionally, an important export product of processed oil is meal, which is exported to neighboring markets such as Russia and Uzbekistan.
76,2(27,9)
28,3(26,0)
14,2(1,6)
22,7(22,4)
74,4(23,7)
45,2(26,0)
27,8(15,5)
24,9(10,3)
Vegetable oil production
Potential state support measures for plant projects
