Kazakhstan's Food Contract Corporation doubles grain sales to 1.2 mln tonnes in 2024-2025 season
ASTANA. Aug 13 (Interfax) - JSC National Company Food Contract Corporation, the state grain market operator in Kazakhstan, sold 1.2 million tonnes of grain in the 2024-2025 marketing year (September 2024 - August 2025), doubling last season's volume, the company's press service told Interfax.
Food Contract sold 578,800 tonnes of grain during the 2023-2024 marketing year.
This season's grain sales reached a ten-year high, the press service said.
In particular, 390,000 tonnes were supplied to the domestic market, direct exports totaled 360,000 tonnes, and another 453,300 tonnes were exported through traders.
Food Contract's share in Kazakhstan's total grain exports reached 8.9%, the press service said. In previous years, it did not exceed 3%-5%.
Wheat shipments went both to traditional markets - China, Central Asia and Iran - and to new export destinations such as Morocco and Vietnam. After a five-year hiatus, the corporation resumed grain supplies to Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Company head Asylkhan Dzhuvashev said at a Food Contract public council meeting that Thailand, Myanmar and Algeria have shown interest in Kazakh grain.
"Until now, Kazakhstan has been known on global markets mainly as a supplier of durum wheat or hi-pro wheat. In the first half of 2025, foreign partners were able to assess the quality of Kazakh soft wheat and are now requesting long-term contracts," Dzhuvashev said.
Kazakhstan harvested a record 26 million tonnes of grain in 2024. From September 2024 to July 2025, the country exported 12.4 million tonnes of last year's grain harvest and flour in grain equivalent, up 33.3% from the same period in the previous agricultural season (9.3 million tonnes).
Food Contract operates under the Kazakh Agriculture Ministry. Established in 1995, the company maintains state grain reserves, stabilizes the domestic grain market and promotes Kazakh grain exports, including representing the country's interests in export markets.
