Kazakhstan grain stocks 9% higher last year’s.

Growers of all types held 5.19 MMT of cereals and pulses as of July 1, 2018, i.e. 8.6% more than on the same date a year ago (4.78 MMT). Wheat inventories as of July 1, 2018 were up 9.7% year-on-year at 4.58 MMT, including 4.15 MMT of milling wheat, 0.34 MMT of feed wheat and 0.1 MMT of wheat for seed. As of the reporting date, barley stocks totaled 306.4 KMT that is down 5% on the year, while those of corn were 28.9 KMT, rice – 41 KMT, rye – 9.7 KMT, oats – 64.6 KMT, buckwheat – 46.1 KMT, millet – 2.1 KMT.