Kazakhstan will build two sugar plants

Kazakhstan will build two sugar plants in the Zhambyl and Pavlodar regions.

By building htem the Ministry of Agriculture seeks to reduce the nation’s dependence on imported sugar.

The projects cost $775 million, especially, plant in Zhambyl region will cost $208 million while the Pavlodar region plant will cost $568 million. The plants will have a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year and will use local raw materials.

Sugar production in Kazakhstan fell 45.4 percent in the first five months of this year compared to 2018. Total production the first five months of 2019 was 91,100 tonnes. The largest volumes of production are traditionally concentrated in the Zhambyl region at 67,200 tonnes. Production volumes fell 48.7 percent in the region. The Zhambyl region has two plants called Tarazsky and Merkenskiy. Both plants belong to the Central Asian Sugar Corporation.

"The Qazaq Times"