In the 2015/16 season, onion exports from Kazakhstan significantly reduced, however shipments of Kazakhstani onions to Georgia reached a record high.
Fruit-Inform reports that the total export volumes of Kazakhstani onions amounted to just 37,000 tons, a decrease of 38% compared with the season 2014/15, when they had totaled 59,000 tons, a five-year high.
Turkmenistan was the leading importer of onions from Kazakhstan in the past season and accounted for more than a third of total exports (12,300 tons).
Russia ranked second with imports totaling 8,900 tons. Russia was previously the largest buyer of Kazakhstani onions. However, thanks to high supply of domestic onions in the past season, Russia significantly reduced onion imports.
Georgia was the third largest importer of Kazakhstani onions in the season 2015/16 and purchased 7,700 tons, the highest result ever.
Fruit-Inform analysts believe that Kazakhstan may have rather interesting opportunities in the Russian onion market this season, and Russian importers have already expressed their interest in buying onions from Kazakhstan this year.
