According to JSC "NC "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy", during the period from September 2025 to May 2026, exports of grain and flour in grain equivalent reached 12.2 million tons. This is 13% higher than the figures for the same period of the previous season, when 10.7 million tons were shipped abroad. The main growth drivers were traditional importing countries in the Central Asian region and Afghanistan. Exports to Uzbekistan increased by 38% – from 3.6 million tons to 5 million tons; to Kyrgyzstan – by 1.5 times, from 312,000 tons to 474,000 tons; to Afghanistan – by 58%, from 1.3 million tons to 2 million tons.
Turkmenistan imported 197,000 tons, which is 44% higher than last year's figure (137,000 tons).