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The ban came into effect on January 28, 2025. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the demand for potatoes from Kazakhstan has increased sharply in neighboring countries, which has led to the restriction. According to the statistics of 2024, Kazakhstan exported about 605,000 tons of potatoes in one year. This is 1.5 times higher than the level in 2023 (411,000 tons). The Ministry of Agriculture pointed out that the demand for Kazakh potatoes in foreign markets has reached a record level in the past decade. This situation, while promoting exports, also led to an increase in domestic potato prices. Based on this, on January 18, 2025, the Interdepartmental Committee on Foreign Trade Policy and Participation in International Economic Organizations decided to impose a six-month restriction on Kazakhstan's potato exports in order to stabilize the domestic market and prevent price increases. According to the ban, the use of any form of transportation to transport potatoes abroad is included in the restrictions. However, the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union will not be subject to the ban. The Ministry of Agriculture believes that this measure will prevent a sharp increase in potato prices and reduce the possibility of speculation.

On behalf of the Prime Minister, the Ministries of Agriculture, Trade and Integration are constantly monitoring the situation developing in the country's potato market. Due to increased demand from neighboring countries, especially Uzbekistan, and high export prices this year, potato exports have increased by 1.5 times, from 411 thousand tons to 605 thousand tons. It is noted that the rush demand has had an impact on the domestic market. Thus, over the past week, a sharp increase in prices has been recorded among export-oriented producers (from 170 to 270 tenge). In this regard, in order to stabilize potato prices on the domestic market, at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Trade Activities held on January 18, 2025, a decision was made to restrict the export of potatoes to third countries for a period of 6 months. This measure does not apply to the EAEU countries, but exports in this direction will be monitored. At the same time, given the current situation, on January 16 of this year, the full

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