Climate control: New technologies in the storage of socially significant food products are used in the Karaganda region

First Vice Minister of Trade and Integration Arman Shakkaliyev met with residents and entrepreneurs of Karaganda region.

At the meeting, a resident of Karaganda, Rauana Dauylbaeva, asked about the increase in prices for socially important food products in the off-season. Arman Shakkaliyev explained that the government will finance agricultural producers in advance so that there is no sharp jump in prices in the off-season.

– It should be noted that the stabilization fund will be formed specifically for commodity interventions in the off-season. For its part, the state is working to curb prices for socially important food products, if individual trade entities unreasonably inflate prices, then we will respond immediately," the First Vice Minister explained.  

In the Karaganda region, the multifunctional trade and warehouse complex Global City uses new technologies – climate control for the storage of socially significant food products.

According to Arman Shakkaliev, there are nine operating private wholesale distribution centers in the country. They are equipped with climate control equipment that meets modern standards for storing both vegetables and food in general. One of these wholesale distribution centers is located in the Karaganda region.

– Today we visited the Global City wholesale and distribution center, which provides a full range of warehouse and logistics services for the storage of fruits and vegetables, meat and dairy products, as well as the social and entrepreneurial corporation "Saryarka" with a vegetable storage area of more than 3000 thousand square meters. m. The use of climate control allows you to save socially significant food products in winter and spring period and sell products to consumers in sufficient volume at a stable price," Arman Shakkaliyev said.

The First Vice Minister also said that a project is being implemented in Kazakhstan to create a network of a National commodity Distribution system by introducing a unified information system with the connection of existing private wholesale distribution centers (ORCS), Social and entrepreneurial corporations (SEC), etc. The creation of a National Commodity Distribution System will make it possible to establish interaction between trade entities, solve issues of internal product flows between regions, ensure transparency of pricing, predictability, legalize shadow turnover of products and, in general, will have a positive macroeconomic effect.

Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan