A tripartite memorandum on stabilizing meat prices was signed
16.04.2026 18:18:12
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On April 15 of this year, the Ministry of Trade and Integration, together with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Union of Livestock Breeders of Kazakhstan, signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at implementing measures to stabilize beef prices.
The basis of the memorandum is the mutual interest of the parties in ensuring price stability in the domestic market, preventing social tension, and increasing the social responsibility of businesses.
Under the signed memorandum, the Union of Livestock Breeders of Kazakhstan has undertaken the following obligations:
- to ensure the priority saturation of the domestic market with meat products and prevent shortages;
- to organize the supply of at least 15% of the beef export volume to the domestic market through retail chains; to coordinate the activities of accredited exporters regarding meat supplies to the domestic market.
- to ensure the supply of beef to the domestic market at a fixed producer selling price of 3,275 tenge per kg excluding value-added tax.
It should be noted that the specified price is the producer's selling price and does not reflect the final cost of the product at retail. The formation of the retail price is additionally influenced by associated costs, including transportation, storage, loading and unloading operations, as well as other operational expenses incurred on the way from the producer to the point of sale.
In turn, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, within the framework of the memorandum, considers industry proposals when forming state policy, and also, subject to the full supply of the domestic market, the possibility of increasing export quotas in accordance with the established procedure.
The Ministry of Trade and Integration monitors prices in the domestic market, coordinates interaction with retail chains, facilitates the conclusion of direct supply contracts between producers and retail outlets, and controls compliance with the permissible level of trade markup.
The memorandum aims to form a transparent and predictable market, reduce price fluctuations, and provide the population with affordable meat products.
The implementation of the reached agreements will maintain a balance between developing the industry's export potential and ensuring the supply of the domestic market.
