NUR-SULTAN / ex ASTANA (KazInform) – Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar has presented the implementation of the comprehensive import substitution plan for 2021-2023.

The plan aims to launch 19 poultry farms, 35 commercial dairies per year, 9 meat processing plants and to build a new sugar mill in Zhambyl region in the next 3 years. Eight commercial fish farming projects will also be implemented.

At the same time, the negative balance of agricultural food imports fell from $1.1 bln in 2015 to $600 bln in 2020, a 45% reduction. The importation is largely represented by raw material for food products that are not produced in Kazakhstan.