The golden route of flax: how Kazakhstan earns more on processing and export to China than on the sale of raw materials
Flax is gradually turning from a conventional agricultural crop into a high-margin export product.

Flax is gradually turning from a conventional agricultural crop into a high-margin export product.


For companies focused mainly on the Chinese market, such risks are becoming critical.

In the spring, analysts twice raised forecasts due to strong supply and strong demand from foreign buyers.

By the end of the season, the market faces a completely different situation: there are more people willing to buy than ready to sell.

Amid restrictions, the market is discussing various options for circumventing control, but the risks become too high.

New logistics and redistribution of agricultural flows

Control of import of agricultural products to China is carried out by several state structures

In some cases, the state can focus on the development of domestic demand and modernization of agriculture in the country.

Cotton is both an agricultural product, an industrial raw material and a global trading asset.

Clogged elevators, waiting for a “boom” of purchases and bottlenecks on the Trans-Siberian Railway