FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 11/00 - KAZAKHSTAN (6 November)
The harvest is virtually over and snow has set in. By 11 October, some 12.85 million tonnes of grain had been harvested from 12.2 million hectares (excluding rice. 78 000 hectares sown). This points to a cleaned weight total grain harvest of 11.7 million tonnes, less than last year's bumper 14.3 million tonnes but about average. In northern Kazakhstan, dry conditions from mid June to end July adversely affected crop yields. Wheat production is estimated to fall to 9.5 million tonnes from 11.2 in 1999 and coarse grain output is put at around 2 million tonnes (1999:2.8m.t)
The country exported nearly 7 million tonnes of cereals in 1999/2000 including 6 million tonnes of wheat, mainly to other CIS countries. Exports in the current marketing year are expected to be of the order of 5 million tonnes. Russian import demand is less but other drought-affected countries in the region have higher import needs. Some 350 000 tonnes have already been contracted each by Tajikistan and Belarus.
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