Over the first eight months of 2022, ice cream production decreased by 7% in Kazakhstan. However, in July-August, Kazakhstani ice cream producers were able to increase their output (11,945 tons) over the same period last year (10,690). This allowed them to partially mitigate shocks in the first half of the year when the production plunged by 17%.
Several factors might explain this decrease. First of all, in January there were logistical problems at the border with China. Then ice cream producers lost another large supplier of ingredients – Russia. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the vast majority of foreign...