AreaKazakhstan

Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals

CommoditySunflowerseed, sunflowerseed oil

Date01/03/2020

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentExport policy

DescriptionFrom March 2020 to April 2020: Banned – with a view to guaranteeing uninterrupted domestic supplies and stabilizing consumer prices during the COVID-19 emergency – the exportation of selected staple foods, including sunflower seed and sunflower oil, until 1 September 2020. With respect to crude sunflower oil, the government subsequently replaced the ban with an export quota, while maintaining the ban for sunflower seed and refined sunflower oil.

NotesKAZAKHSTAN – export restriction (COVID-19 related, temporary measures): With a view to guarantee uninterrupted domestic supplies and stabilize consumer prices during the COVID-19 emergency, on 22 March, the Government banned the exportation of selected staple foods, including sunflowerseed and sunflower oil, until 1 September 2020. On 3 April, Government officials announced that, in the case of crude sunflower oil, the export ban would be replaced by and export quota – while the ban would remain in place for refined sunflower oil and sunflowerseed.