ALMATY (Interfax Kazakhstan) – The price of wheat has increased by 6.6% in Kazakhstan from January to September 2012, the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan said.

As reported, crop production, realized by agricultural enterprises, rose by 4.1%, animal products by 0.6% in September 2012, compared with December 2011.

According to the agency the variation of the prices for the main items is as follows :

• Cereals:
• Corn: +5%
• Barley: +2.7%
• Rice: +0.5%,
• Buckwheat: -7.4%,
• Rye: -5.9%,
• Millet: -2.8%,
• Oats: -0.4%.
• Vegetables:
• Tomatoes: -17.7%,
• Cucumbers: -11.2%,
• Potatoes: -7.9%,
• Cabbage: -7.2%,
• Onion: -1.7%,
• Carrots +6.9%,
• Beetroot: +3.1%,
• Melons and watermelons: +10.9%.
•  Sunflower seed: -10.7%,
• Grapes: -4.5%,
• Fruit and berries: -4.1%.
• Meat & related:
• Sheep: +11.9%,
• Horse: +8.2%,
• livestock cattle: +6.7%,
• pig: +4.6%,
• poultry: +4.4%
• Egg: -18.9 %,
• Raw milk: -5.5%.