Current state of rice production in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

The article analyzes the current state of rice production in foreign countries, i.e. a statistical
overview of the dynamics of the rice supply indicator over the past five years. Rice production volume
indicators are considered: total sown area, gross production, yields per centner per hectare by categories of
farms and the share of output for export.
Productivity is analyzed by regions of the republic. The main areas with the highest and lowest
indices of rice productivity per hectare were identified. The dynamics of their changes in recent years. The
main trading partners, importers of these agricultural products of the republic are identified. Changes in the
structure of the republic’s rice export to the states of the Eurasian Economic Union, the Commonwealth
of Independent States and other countries of the world are described. The main countries were identified,
which occupy large shares in terms of purchases in the structure of the country’s rice export. The main rice
producers in the world are considered. The largest countries consuming rice have been identified. The trade
turnover in the global rice market is analyzed.
Measures to improve rice production in consumer countries are considered and proposed.