The Ministry of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan issued a draft of the Cabinet of Ministers “On the introduction of a temporary ban on the export (export) of mineral fertilizers from the Kyrgyz Republic beyond the customs territory of the EAEU”. This is reported by the Kabar “Kabar”.
According to the reasoning, the annual need for Kyrgyzstan in mineral fertilizers is 286.7 thousand tons.
Given that in Kyrgyzstan there is no its own production of mineral fertilizers, the annual support of mineral fertilizers is only 45-55% of the total need.
An annual quota allocated by the RUZ is 100.0 thousand tons, of which 60.0 thousand tons for the spring-summer season and for the autumn-winter period- 40.0 thousand tons.
For spring -field work and timely provision of agriculture by mineral fertilizers, strategic supply at the time of sowing should be at least 45.0 – 50.0 thousand tons.
Such a fertilizer supply schedule should provide farmers with fertilizers in full, however, in fact, by the time of the beginning of spring-field work, in the southern regions of the Kyrgyz Republic there is a shortage of fertilizers caused by their re-export to other countries.
According to the information of the territorial structural units of the Ministry of Agriculture and local farmers, in recent years in the season of consumption of mineral fertilizers, spontaneous groups of mineral fertilizers have been organized, whose activities create a real threat to agriculture to provide fertilizers.
A particularly difficult situation with fertilizer supplies occurs by the beginning of spring and field work, when a large volume of strategic stock of fertilizers prepared in the winter-spring period is re-exported to Tajikistan not only from the southern and northern regions.
lack of affordable fertilizers for domestic agricultural producers can lead to a decrease in the competitiveness of agricultural products, worsening food security and increasing dependence on imported supplies.
It is noted that the introduction of a ban on the removal of mineral fertilizers is a strategically important solution aimed at protecting national interests, supporting domestic agriculture and ensuring the stable development of the agro -industrial complex.