For the first quarter of this year, 0.4 million tons of oilseeds were used by processors and exported in Kazakhstan.
In particular, according to the Bureau of National Statistics, by the beginning of April, the number of oilseeds in the country, compared to the previous quarter, decreased by 22.2%, amounting to 1.4 million tons by the reporting period (against 1.8 million tons by the beginning of January). tons). It is worth noting that this is the maximum volume of oilseeds counted by the reporting date in the entire history of observations.
Recall, in general, according to the State Revenue Committee, Kazakhstan has reduced the export of oilseeds by more than two times.
The volume of oilseeds is 28.5% more than the same period last season (April 2021 - million tons).
Sunflower prevails in the overall structure - 617 thousand tons, occupying 56.2% of the total volume. Over the past quarter, seed stocks decreased by 1.3 times (in January - 810.9 thousand tons).
Recall that in Kazakhstan there is a restriction on the export of sunflower seeds.
In second place in terms of the volume of flax - 437.8 thousand tons. During the reporting period, oilseed stocks decreased 1.6 times (at the beginning of January - 700.1 thousand tons). It should be noted that in 2021, by the beginning of April, there were 405.1 thousand tons of flax in the republic.
Stocks of rapeseed decreased by 1.3 times - from 180.9 to 133.3 thousand tons. In April 2021, rapeseed volumes amounted to 108.6 thousand tons.
By the beginning of April, 7.5 thousand tons of mustard were concentrated in Kazakhstan, which is 1.2 times less than the previous reporting period (9.2 thousand tons as of January 1).
Volumes of soybeans for the quarter, according to statisticians, increased by 9.9% - up to 58.3 thousand tons (52.5 thousand tons - in January). Most likely, the balance of soybeans is increased for a set of imports from Russia. So, in January 4.9 thousand tons were imported, in February - 9.2 thousand tons.
Stocks of safflower decreased by 1.4 times - from 61.7 to 44.7 thousand tons in the current month. For the reporting period of the last season, statisticians counted 30.1 thousand tons of safflower.