Food Market of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Export Opportunities
https://doi.org/10.47703/ejebs.v3i65.106
Abstract
The article analyzes the resource potential of export opportunities of the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It presents a study of agro-industrial exports over the last five years, highlights the main problems in this area and the measures taken by the state to solve them, and emphasizes the problems of non-tariff regulation of exports of agro-industrial products of Kazakhstan. The creation of accredited laboratories for examining agricultural products according to international standards is proposed as one of the directions for solving this problem. Purpose of the research is to study the export potential of the food industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan and to develop proposals to increase its share in the structure of the country's exports. Presented a study of exports of agro-industrial complex products of Kazakhstan for 2016-2020, identified the primary problems in this area of research, the steps of state support for their solution, described the issues of non-tariff regulation of exports of products of the country. One of the possible ways of solving this problem is the opening of accredited laboratories for the examination of agricultural products by international standards. Results of the study: Based on the analysis of the expansion of the range of exports of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of consolidated commodity groups, the authors show that the highest concentration of exports is in the export of mineral products. In addition, stable diversification growth is observed in exporting agricultural products of both animal and plant origin. The need for certification of agricultural products through creating a network of laboratories that meet the requirements of international standards in the exporting countries is conditioned.
About the Authors
Aizhan Ibyzhanova
Zhangir Khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian-Technical University
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Higher School of Economics and Audit, Email: iaizhan@mail.ru
Elvira Rustenova
Zhangir Khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian-Technical University
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Higher School of Economics and Audit, Email: elvira02@mail.ru
Asel Jakupova
Zhangir Khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian-Technical University
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Master of Economic Sciences, Senior Lecturer at the Higher School of Economics and Audit, Email: asel-nur-2012@mail.ru
Gulnar Talapbayeva
Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University Kyzylorda
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Economics and Management, Email: Gulnar7575@mail.ru
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Ibyzhanova A., Rustenova E., Jakupova A., Talapbayeva G. Food Market of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Export Opportunities. Eurasian Journal of Economic and Business Studies. 2022;65(3):60-76. https://doi.org/10.47703/ejebs.v3i65.106
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