Kazakhstan's July 1-Aug 30 grain exports fall to 740,200 tonnes

ALMATY: Kazakhstan's grain exports fell to 740,200 tonnes between the beginning of this marketing year on July 1 and Aug. 30, from 970,200 tonnes in the same period a year earlier, Agriculture Ministry data showed on Tuesday.

The exports included 373,400 tonnes of flour in grain equivalent versus 407,600 tonnes a year earlier.

Exports of grain from Kazakhstan, Central Asia's largest producer and exporter of the commodity, increased to 8.709 million tonnes in the 2013/14 marketing year from 7.023 tonnes in the previous season, the ministry said last month.