Kazakhstan's government raised 2024 grain harvest forecast from 13-14 mln tonnes to 20 mln tonnes.The Government of Kazakhstan expects the grain harvest in 2024 to be at least 20 million tonnes, the press service of the Prime Minister reported."This year the grain harvest is expected to be at least 20 million tonnes. The Ministry of Trade and the Atameken Chamber have been instructed to expand the priority markets for agricultural exports, not only the traditional ones such as Central Asia, China, Afghanistan and Iran, but also to work out new directions - the EU countries, North Africa, Southeast Asia, etc.," the government said in a statement on Monday.Previously, Kazakhstan's grain harvest forecast for 2024 was at 13-14 million tonnes.As of 19 September, 9.1 million hectares of land in Kazakhstan had been harvested, the average yield was 14.7 centner per hectare, and 13.5 million tonnes of grain had been threshed (ICE ALMATY)

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