Kazakhstan's grain exports to Afghanistan have surged by 52%.

“The export to Uzbekistan increased by 44% (from 994 thousand tons to 1,427 thousand tons), to Tajikistan by 53% (from 385 thousand tons to 589 thousand tons), to Afghanistan by 52% (from 120 thousand tons to 182 thousand tons), and to Kyrgyzstan by 22% (from 59 thousand tons to 72 thousand tons). Exports to Iran surged 30.2 times, from 14 thousand to 435 thousand tons,” the agency reported.

In total, during the 11 months of 2024, 9.2 million tons of grain cargo were transported, of which 2.2 million tons were for domestic routes and 7 million tons for export.