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Asian buyers,” the report said.
In an interview with the APK Inform
news agency in December, Eugenie Albertovich, president of the grain processors and bakers association, described
the capacity usage of the industry.
“According to our estimation, the total capacity of the milling enterprises of
Kazakhstan is at the level of 12 million
tonnes of grain annually,” he said. “In
order to satisfy the domestic market demand, we need only 2.5 million tonnes
of the annual grain crushing, and for the
foreign market — maximum 3.5 million
tonnes annually. The average loading of
the milling capacities is nearly 50%.”
Although overall ﬂour consumption is
largely stagnant, a consumer survey from
the Flour Millers Association has shown
that quality and health have become more
important motivations for consumers,
and as a result sales of the highest grade
of ﬂour has increased, the attaché said.

“In addition, the number of consumers
baking their own bread has decreased
and the share purchased in markets has
continued to grow,” it said.

to fall by 400,000 tonnes, to 1.5 million,
capped by tighter export availabilities in
Kazakhstan which normally ﬁlls virtually all its neighbor’s needs,” the IGC

Kazakhstan has been the world’s biggest wheat flour exporter
for some years, but its reduced crop means that 2012-13
shipments will be limited to 2.8 million tonnes.

Kazakhstan has been the world’s
biggest wheat ﬂour exporter for some
years, but its reduced crop means that
2012-13 shipments will be limited to
2.8 million tonnes, according to estimates published by the IGC last year.
That compared with the previous year’s
total of 3.5 million tonnes. It will limit
supplies to some of Kazakhstan’s traditional customers.
“Imports by Uzbekistan are projected

said. Even with reduced exports of wheat
ﬂour, Kazakhstan will still be the joint
biggest wheat ﬂour exporter in the world,
equaled only by Turkey.
Chris Lyddon is World Grain’s European editor.
He may be contacted at:
chris.lyddon@ntlworld.com.
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