The American company is interested in processing and exporting Pavlodar potatoes

The largest private food trader in the United States intends to supply Pavlodar potatoes to foreign markets. This became known during the meeting of the head of the region Abylkair Skakov with the vice president of the company "Champion Foods" Jonathan Drilling.

The head of the region told the investor that a third of the potatoes in the country are grown in the Pavlodar region.

- Pavlodar potatoes are a recognizable brand not only in Kazakhstan, but also far beyond its borders, - said the akim of the region. - Every year our region produces about 600 thousand tons of food potatoes, which is seven times higher than the needs of the region. We create all conditions for high-quality potato storage. The capacity of all potato storage facilities exceeds four hundred thousand tons. High quality ensures the availability of 4 seed farms in the region. One of the main priorities is the deep processing of manufactured products.

The representative of the Kazakh Invest national company in the USA, Galymzhan Matayev, said that Champion Foods is an advanced supplier of products in Louisiana, Texas, US port cities, as well as in China, India and the Persian Gulf countries.

- At the moment, the company's order portfolio is more than $ 2 billion, - said Galymzhan Matayev. - The main goal in establishing contacts with this company was that they are ready to organize the processing and systematic export of agricultural products and potatoes from Kazakhstan.

The American company is interested in establishing logistics routes from Kazakhstan to foreign markets. According to Jonathan Drilling, the world food market is rapidly developing now.

- We noted the similarity of climatic conditions and quality parameters of Pavlodar potatoes with some of our states, - said Jonathan Boering. - In this regard, we are ready to establish trade and marketing of Pavlodar products to foreign countries.

Abylkair Skakov noted the regional peculiarity of the Pavlodar region in that the length of the Irtysh River throughout the territory of the region is 720 kilometers.

According to the head of the region, the transition to irrigated agriculture, including potato growing, opens up new opportunities for development.

- The potential of the region in terms of irrigated agriculture is 350-400 thousand hectares of land, - said the akim of the region.- We have the largest irrigated area in the country, about 10 thousand hectares.

The head of the region assured the investor that the local authorities are ready to provide all possible support for joint projects on deep processing of agricultural products and in expanding the export line.