consumes 400 billion eggs per annum so all we need is a small window. This could be Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Re- gion, which is bordering with Kazakhstan, where the feed is very expensive and there is almost no agricultural activity at all,” Mr Bozhko told the local news outlet Kapital.
When it comes to processed egg products, the Kazakhstan Egg Producers Association has even more ambitious goals. The local processors already export liquid eggs at $ 15 per 20- kg pack, and egg powder at € 100 per 12-kg pack. There is a possibility to export the processed egg products not only to China and Arab countries, but also to South Korea, Japan and even to Europe. By exporting eggs and egg products Kazakh- stan could generate up to $ 120 million of net revenue per year, Kazakhstan Egg Producers Association estimated.
Breeding stock needed One problem that Kazakhstan poultry industry still needs to overcome is the lack of parent flock. The country imports around 80% of day-old chicks, primarily from Russia, and there was not significant progress in this area in the past few years, according to Kazakhstan Egg Producers Association. The local farmers spend around KZT2.5 billion ($ 7 billion) per year to import day-old chicks, as there are not enough
hatcheries in the country. Speaking at a government meeting in June 2018, Umirzak Shukeyev stressed that giving the pres- ent situation the national government could consider the al- location of some extra state aid to those investors who would come up with a project to build a hatchery in the country. No additional details have been given, so it is not clear in what form this aid could be allocated.
“We have an absolute import-dependence on breeding stock, as well as on all kinds of equipment for the poultry industry. We have to pay in foreign currency for that kind of stuff, and have to buy them in Russia, the European Union and Israel,” Mr Sharipov said. Nevertheless, the productivity in the poul- try industry of Kazakhstan is growing and all forecasts sug- gest this trend to only gaining momentum. The average slaughter weight of broilers is 2.4kg to 2.5kg, and it was lower several years ago, according to Mr Sharipov. Now there are new highly-productive broiler crosses appearing at the Ka- zakhstan poultry farms, and an interest in better production efficiency is very strong. Basically, there are not so many op- portunities to significantly cut the import dependence on breeding stock in the coming years, but this factor would not be able to constrain the upcoming growth in the domestic poultry industry.
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As egg produc- tion meets na- tional demand, the government in contemplat- ing the reduc- tion of govern- mental support.
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