Kazakhstan exported $3.04 billion worth of processed agricultural products in January–August 2026, up 35.1% from the same period a year earlier, the Ministry of Agriculture said.
Processed goods accounted for 54.1% of the total value of agricultural exports. Grain processing remains one of the main drivers: in the 2025/2026 marketing year, grain and flour exports reached a record 16 million tonnes in grain equivalent.
From January to August 2026, Kazakhstan shipped 1.38 million tonnes of wheat and wheat-rye flour abroad, worth about $400 million. Compared with the same period in 2025, export volume rose 23% and revenue increased 36%.
Exports of sunflower, safflower and cottonseed oils grew 49%, from $453 million to $673 million. Rapeseed and mustard oil shipments rose 2.3 times, from $40 million to $90 million. Feed flour exports increased 61% in value to $578 million, while shipments reached 2.5 million tonnes.
Beef export value rose 78% to $164 million, with shipments reaching 29,000 tonnes. Exports of oil-processing products — oilcake and meal — increased 42% to $113 million; their volume grew 39% to 597,000 tonnes.
About 230 billion tenge was allocated in 2024–2026 to replenish working capital at processing businesses. Government support also includes preferential loans, investment subsidies and tax incentives.
Kazakhstan has three specialized grain-processing plants with a combined annual capacity of 510,000 tonnes of raw materials. A portfolio of six major investment projects is valued at about $4 billion, with a combined capacity to process 5.8 million tonnes of raw materials a year.
This year, the Kazkrakhmal plant opened in Turkistan Region, with capacity to process 150,000 tonnes of corn annually. The first stage of construction of the Fufeng Group production complex was completed in Zhambyl Region. Projects by Qostanai Grain Industry and Tiryaki Agro are continuing, while two more facilities are planned in Akmola Region. Corn planting areas grew 60% to 106,000 hectares.
