Miller Magazine Issue: 118 October 2019

68 INTERVIEW MILLER / OCTOBER 2019 Nurlan Ospanov Chairman of the Kazakh Grain Union “Kazakhstani grain exporters are constantly in search of markets and optimal routes for delivering products to consumers. We are also working to improve the quality of exported products and establish a fair price for our products. The Chinese market is very attractive to us b ecause it is a huge solvent mar- ket and relatively low transportation costs associated with close logistics.The volume of wheat supplied to China today is approximately 5.5% of the to- tal export of Kazakhstan wheat. According to our estimates, over the next 5 years, it will be 15-20% of our total wheat export.” China’s share in Kazakh wheat export to reach 15-20% in 5 years Interview: Namık Kemal Parlak