date:Apr 24, 2014
Kazakhstan will boost grain exports to Iran and China this 2013/14 marketing year as it seeks to diversify regions of supply and reduce dependence on Russian and Ukrainian ports, the country's state grain trader said on Wednesday.
Kazakhstan, Central Asia's largest grain producer, exports the bulk of its grain - mainly wheat and wheat flour - by rail. Its only port on the Caspian Sea can handle less than 6 percent of its annual grain exports.
The volume of its supplies by rail to Russia and Uk