Kazakhstan is launching a large-scale mechanism for developing the real sector of the economy — the state programme “Investment Order.” The main purpose of the programme is to support projects of small, medium, and large businesses engaged in the production of goods that are most in demand on the domestic market and have a high share of imports.

Special attention will be given to the agro-industrial sector and consumer goods of the manufacturing industry.

According to Minister of Agriculture Aidarbek Saparov, the programme will become a systemic instrument for import substitution and economic diversification, ensuring the inflow of investments specifically into those segments where the country experiences the greatest need.

“We expect that the new approach will not only eliminate internal shortages in key product categories, but also establish export-oriented production facilities, ensuring sustainable economic growth in the regions,” the Minister noted.

The state identifies promising niches with high potential for import substitution and export, while the regions develop specific projects and determine business initiators ready to implement them. The effectiveness, financial viability, and production capacity of the projects are assessed through the instruments of the Baiterek Holding, which enhances transparency and reduces investment risks.

The Ministry of Agriculture conducted a comprehensive analysis, including an assessment of regional self-sufficiency in milk, meat, vegetables, sugar, potatoes, fish, and other key products; identification of shortages and levels of import dependence; analysis of utilization rates of processing facilities; assessment of the raw material potential of regions; and evaluation of export potential in categories where rapid growth is possible.

Based on these findings, the Ministry recommended specific niches to regional akimats and proposed organizing investor outreach to address the identified deficits.

The pool of agro-industrial projects includes the construction of dairy farms, development of meat and poultry livestock production, processing of milk, meat, leather, and wool, fish processing, deep grain processing, the establishment of greenhouse complexes, and expansion of the sugar industry. These areas align with the national strategy to reduce import dependence and are aimed at implementing concrete projects considering the resource base of each region.

At present, akimats of the regions, as well as the cities of Astana, Almaty, and Shymkent, together with the business community and JSC “National Managing Holding ‘Baiterek’,” are screening the pool of investment projects. At this stage, some projects have been excluded for failing to meet the basic criteria: insufficient raw material base, low economic sustainability, absence of confirmed investors, non-compliance with technological requirements, or duplication of existing capacities. This will help form a high-quality, balanced portfolio focused on eliminating real shortages and achieving key indicators for reducing import dependence.

Milk processing will be expanded in the Akmola, Aktobe, Almaty, and Pavlodar regions and in the city of Shymkent. It is planned to implement 10 projects totaling 67.6 billion tenge with a combined production capacity of 310 thousand tonnes of finished products.

The largest investor, Solico Group (Iran), plans to build a cheese production plant in the Almaty region with an annual capacity of 200 thousand tonnes and an investment volume of 33.1 billion tenge.

Self-sufficiency in poultry meat stands at 80 percent. Accordingly, 23 projects will be implemented in the Almaty, Turkistan, Akmola, and North Kazakhstan regions, the Zhetisu region, and the city of Astana, totalling 432.2 billion tenge, with a capacity of more than 456.7 thousand tonnes of finished products. Among the major projects is the Aitas KZ poultry farm with an investment volume of 146 billion tenge and a production capacity exceeding 120 thousand tonnes.

To reduce dependence on sugar imports, several projects will be implemented in the Almaty, Zhambyl, and North Kazakhstan regions. In the Almaty region, the Qazaqarab Sugar project is planned, with investments of 247.1 billion tenge and a capacity of more than 500 thousand tonnes.

In 2025, Kazakhstan harvested a record crop of 27 million tonnes of grain, opening new opportunities for producing high value-added products.

The Chinese company “Dalian Holding” plans to process 3 million tonnes of grain in the Akmola region, with investments amounting to 1.6 billion United States dollars.

“Every project is under special oversight. The Ministry will provide full support for implementation. We will continue strengthening cooperation with the regions and the business community to ensure that every project is financially sustainable, technologically sound, and maximally effective for the country’s economy,” the Minister emphasized.

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