The market of organic products in Kazakhstan is estimated at 95 billion tenge (more than US $500 million), Zhibek Azhibayeva, secretary of the Trade Committee of the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan, told a media briefing on March 12. She also said that Kazakhstan is introducing an organic products production chain.

In Azhibayeva’s words, environmentally-friendly products are related to land certification. In Kazakhstan, in the Kostanai province alone around 150 thousand hectares have been certified as being eco-friendly.