🌾 Rosselkhoznadzor Reports Alleged Violations by Kazakhstan in Agricultural Exports

 

 1️⃣ According to Rosselkhoznadzor, Kazakhstan may have used data from over 100 fictitious companies to issue phytosanitary certificates for exports to Russia.

 2️⃣ The agency claims that in the past two years, more than 120,000 tons of products entered Russia under invalid certificates, while 260,000 tons of fruits and vegetables were not subjected to phytosanitary control.

 3️⃣ Recently, Russia and Kazakhstan have intensified mutual restrictions on agricultural exports, including wheat and other crops.

 

Rosselkhoznadzor has reported that the Committee of State Inspection in the Agricultural Sector of Kazakhstan allegedly used data from more than 100 companies, which are not engaged in foreign trade, to issue phytosanitary certificates for exports to Russia.

 

According to the agency, this practice has been in place for several years, allowing the movement of agricultural products without proper phytosanitary oversight. Rosselkhoznadzor noted that this scheme poses a risk of spreading quarantine pests across the Eurasian Economic Union and potentially enables tax evasion, distorting the actual trade volume between the countries.

 

The agency reports that in the past two years, over 120,000 tons of agricultural products have been imported from Kazakhstan under invalid certificates, while 260,000 tons of fruit and vegetable products were not subjected to control at destination points. Rosselkhoznadzor also noted that it has received complaints from Russian exporters whose data were used for unauthorized business activities in Kazakhstan. The agency, along with Russian authorities, plans to investigate the purpose of these schemes.

 

It is worth noting that recently, Russia and Kazakhstan have imposed mutual bans on agricultural supplies. In July, Kazakhstan restricted the import of Russian wheat, and in October, Russia responded with similar measures, banning the import of Kazakh wheat and other agricultural products.