ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 9. From September 2024 through May 2025, Kazakhstan exported 1.82 million tons of barley, reported Yevgeny Karabanov, chief of the analytics department of the Grain Union of Kazakhstan, Trend reports.
According to Yevgeny Karabanov, this is 0.92 million tons, or
twice as much, compared to the period from September 2023 to May
2024.
The main buyers of Kazakh barley were:
Iran—1.1 million tons (an increase of 26 times);
China—0.43 million tons (a decrease of 9 percent);
Uzbekistan—0.13 million tons;
Tajikistan—0.07 million tons (an increase of 40 percent).
In light of robust demand dynamics from the primary importers,
namely China and Iran, the domestic valuation of barley has
escalated to 91,000 tenge per ton, marking a peak not observed
since February 2023.
Import volumes reached 70,500 metric tons, predominantly sourced
from Russia, marking the nadir in the past three marketing
cycles.
