The head of the Ministry of Trade and Integration S. Zhumangarin met with residents and business representatives of the Almaty region

Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin met with entrepreneurs engaged in food production, got acquainted with the work of facilities, held meetings with residents of the region as part of a working trip to the Almaty region.

First of all, the Deputy Prime Minister visited the company "Unifruit", which is engaged in intensive gardening in the village of Baltabai, Enbekshikazakh district. The company's fruit orchards are located on an area of 100 hectares. The company has been operating since 2017, providing 65 people with permanent work and another 150 with seasonal work. New technologies are being actively introduced here, in particular, shock freezing of vegetables.

Issyk Fruit Cannery in the village of Kainar processes agricultural products, produces tomato concentrate, apple and apricot puree. The production capacity is about 600 tons of tomatoes and up to 300 tons of other fruit and vegetable raw materials.

Also among the production sites visited by Serik Zhumangarin is the dairy plant "ADAL day". The plant, equipped with modern technologies, produces 150 tons of dairy products per day and employs more than 600 people.

During the meeting with the heads of production enterprises, S. Zhumangarin got acquainted with problematic issues and proposals for further development. Some need to solve the delays in connecting to the gas supply, while others need the support of the state to enter new capacities and markets. The Deputy Prime Minister promised to consider all issues and assist in their resolution.

Also during the working trip, the Minister of Trade and Integration held a meeting with residents of the region and held a personal reception of citizens. S. Zhumangarin informed citizens about the measures taken to stabilize prices for socially important food products, as well as about the possibilities of supporting entrepreneurs through the Business Roadmap.

"At the moment, agreements have been reached with Kazakhstani sugar factories, which will be allocated working capital to purchase the necessary amount of raw materials. This will allow fixing the selling prices for sugar in the amount of 460 tenge. The largest producers of Pavlodar, Karaganda, Kostanay and Zhambyl regions will be allocated "working capital" up to 4 billion tenge, which will also make it possible to provide the market with the necessary volume of vegetable products at a fixed price," Serik Zhumangarin said.

Among those who came to the meeting were entrepreneurs. Thus, the owner of a peasant farm complained that the "Kazakh Research Institute of Potato and Vegetable Growing" does not share the results of research on obtaining new varieties of potato seeds, there is no feedback between the peasants and the institute. Representatives of the research institute promised to provide the farmer with new varieties of potato seeds.

Also at the meeting, the participants raised issues related to toll roads, infrastructure of district hospitals, export support, etc. The head of the Ministry of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin and Akim of the region Marat Sultangaziev gave explanations on all issues, as well as instructions to the relevant structures in their resolution.

In addition, during the working trip S. Zhumangarin met with journalists and answered questions concerning the work of the Ministry.