Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Zeinolla Abdumanapov, head of the National Association of Exporters of Kazakhstan KazGrain, proposes to limit the export of wheat by road to Uzbekistan. He announced this on his page in the social network. It was reported by APK-Inform.

“Despite the fact that the Government has taken measures to ban the import of wheat by road from Russia, recently we have seen how wagons from Russia enter Turkestan region, are loaded onto KamAZ trucks and exported to Uzbekistan. Who controls how legally this wheat is exported? It should be noted that this cheap Russian wheat spoils the entire export of Kazakh wheat. In this regard, I believe that it is necessary to put this issue on the agenda and consider the restriction on the export of wheat by road from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan,” said the head of KazGrain.

As APK-Inform reported, prices for wheat continue to decline in Kazakhstan. The reasons are low demand from exporters, as well as the seasonal factor.

Earlier, Kazakhstan introduced a ban on the import of wheat by road to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan for a period of 6 months. The corresponding Order No. 132 was signed by the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerbol Karashukeev on April 10 this year. This measure was taken in order to support domestic agricultural producers and keep prices for Kazakh wheat, which is under strong pressure from cheaper Russian grain.

According to the Union of Processors of Kazakhstan, due to the smuggling of Russian wheat, the Republic annually loses about US$500 million.