BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 4. Kazakhstan's
national company Prodcorporation is considering the possibility of
supplying up to 500,000 tons of food-grade wheat to Israel via
Azerbaijan and Georgia, according to Kazakhstan's Ministry of
Agriculture.
This was stated by Samat Tenbayev, Deputy Chairman of the
Management Board of Prodcorporation, at a meeting of the
Kazakhstan-Israel Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and
Economic Cooperation held in Jerusalem.
Tenbayev noted that Kazakhstan is consistently strengthening its
position in the international agricultural market by expanding the
geographical reach of its domestic agricultural exports, which
currently cover more than 80 countries. Particular attention is
being paid to developing trade relations with countries in Europe,
North Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
This year's high harvest creates additional opportunities to
expand grain exports. Kazakhstan has substantial volumes of
food-grade wheat with high protein and gluten content, which is in
demand on international markets and is of interest to Israeli
processing companies.
"Prodcorporation is ready to consider concluding long-term
contracts for the supply of 200,000 to 500,000 tons of food-grade
wheat and other agricultural products, taking into account the
needs of the Israeli market," Tenbayev said.
At the same time, logistics remains one of the key issues in
further expanding exports. As possible routes for delivering Kazakh
products to Israeli partners, the company proposed considering a
transport corridor through Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as
alternative routes using Baltic Sea ports.
The potential for cooperation is supported by the size of
Israel's grain market. The country imports more than 2 million tons
of wheat annually. Oilseeds, barley, and corn are also in steady
demand. This creates additional opportunities to diversify
Kazakhstan's agricultural exports and strengthen trade and economic
ties between the two countries.
Alongside expanding exports, Kazakhstan is interested in
attracting advanced Israeli technologies to modernize its
agricultural sector. Israel's experience in organizing agricultural
production under conditions of limited water resources is of
particular relevance.
Promising areas of cooperation include the introduction of
water-saving irrigation systems, the reuse of treated wastewater,
the digitalization of production processes, and the application of
artificial intelligence in agricultural management.
Adapting these solutions to Kazakhstan's climatic and
environmental conditions would help improve water-use efficiency,
optimize production costs, and increase the productivity of the
agricultural sector.
