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Grains and oilseeds: Kazakhstan risks cold trade war

October 4, 2024 at 12:28 PM , Der AUDITOR
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BRUSSELS/ASTANA. Trade tensions are escalating between Russia and Kazakhstan over cheap wheat. The East Coast strike has disrupted US corn and soybean exports. Lower yields and high demand are exacerbating the EU supply squeeze for rapeseed.

Cold trade war over cheap Russian wheat

As local media highlight the grain trade conflict between Russia and Kazakhstan is escalating and may even lead to a cold trade war. Issue is that Russia has effectively banned all grain imports and transits from Kazakhstan under the guise of phytosanitary concerns. On 23 September the Russian Agricultural Control Authority Rosselkhoznadzor appealed to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture to stop issuing phytosanitary certificates for grain and grain processing products along with sunflower seeds for sowing originating i

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