Grain market of Kazakhstan: analysis of the situation, competitive advantages

The largest area of Kazakh agribusiness is grain subcomplex with its own commodity market, which is the basis of the domestic AIC. The goal is an economic analysis of functioning of agricultural sector of economy, identifying the causes of fluctuations in production and grain yields. In the work such scientific methods are used – logical, statistical, bibliometric, factorial. The results of the study – it is shown that the Covid pandemic, global inflation and anti-russian sanctions had a negative impact on the activities of agricultural entities; it is substantiated that the country has significant sown areas and key territorial advantages in grain production specialization, as well as flour production; grain export restrictions were identified due to the distance from sea routes; analytical review of the bibliography of foreign scientific achievements of grain economy is presented; the dynamics and problems in grain industry are considered, taking into account the decrease in the inflow of foreign capital and disruption of value added organization chains; the role of investments in agro-industrial production is determined; economic assessment of the main statistical indicators of AIC is given; the reasons that affect the level of productivity, depending on the climatic and technical conditions of large agricultural producers and small peasant (private) farms in various regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as factors affecting its decline are indicated. Conclusions – the main ways to quickly resolve the current situation from the standpoint of state measures of financial support to increase the supply of ma rketable grain in the republic are summarized. Efficient organization and development of grain products market to ensure food security is a key area of economy of Kazakhstan. Important issue is the optimization of the country's transport and logistics infrastructure network.

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