--- title: "Kazakhstan is gradually reducing its dependence on MTBE imports; the volume of product imports into… — argus_price_agency — DecisionGateway" description: "statement by argus_price_agency, recorded 2026-10-22 — verbatim quote and source citation." canonical_url: "https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc10-ad21-7862-ab1b-96ddc2c1b7a0" meta: "og:description": "statement by argus_price_agency, recorded 2026-10-22 — verbatim quote and source citation." "og:image": "https://dgw.tmarket.io/og.jpg" "og:image:alt": "White network of connected nodes crossed by a timeline on black" "og:image:height": "1024" "og:image:width": "1024" "og:title": "Kazakhstan is gradually reducing its dependence on MTBE imports; the volume of product imports into… — argus_price_agency — DecisionGateway" "twitter:image": "https://dgw.tmarket.io/og.jpg" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://dgw.tmarket.io/llms.txt) statementSaid on 2026-10-22 # **Kazakhstan is gradually reducing its dependence on MTBE imports; the volume of product imports into the country in January–August decreased to 360 tonnes from 1.5 thousand tonnes in the same period of 2025.** A statement by [**argus\_price\_agency**](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1cc4d-0139-70f3-9661-b3734108d021), said on 2026-10-22. Statements are as reported by the cited publishers — not verified by DecisionGateway. > *Казахстан постепенно снижает зависимость от импорта МТБЭ. Объем ввоза продукта в страну в январе — августе уменьшился до 360 т с 1,5 тыс. т — за аналогичный период 2025 г.* argus\_price\_agencyPublished 2026-10-22 [ Read source](https://t.me/argus_price_agency/1659) [**argus\_price\_agency dossier **](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1cc4d-0139-70f3-9661-b3734108d021) ## **Related claims** [**Rail shipments of MTBE from Kazakhstan abroad rose by 2 thousand tonnes in January–August compared with the same period of 2025, to 4.7 thousand tonnes, according to Kazakh freight forwarders.**казахстанских экспедиторов · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc10-ab43-7683-b750-40d90cdaeccd) [**There are two MTBE production enterprises in Kazakhstan: SHKhK and Kompaniya Neftekhim Ltd.**argus\_price\_agency · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc10-ac4a-7819-9674-af6e920e9b54) [**A ban on the export of petroleum products from Kazakhstan will remain in effect for another six months.**kapitalkz · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1c94f-bc3c-7e90-87b1-2f4ae8dcf16d) [**Import of Russian rapeseed oil to Kazakhstan increased 16-fold in value terms in January–August 2026, reaching a historic maximum.**UkrAgroConsult · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1d383-d5df-793e-b8ad-f829d8f82be0) [**Kazakhstan reduced railway exports of polypropylene by 47.1 thousand tonnes in January-September, to 116.5 thousand tonnes.**argus\_price\_agency · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a63e-7523-a2b3-2f49cc229c3e) [**Energy coal production in Kazakhstan in September fell 0.3% year-on-year to 9.47 million tonnes, continuing a downward trend.**argus\_price\_agency · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc14-6205-7626-8938-5d085b38dc52) ## **More claims by argus\_price\_agency** [**The largest decline occurred in China: supplies fell to 24.7 thousand tonnes due to reduced production of transition grades of PP; all exports to China went through the Dostyk-Alashankou crossing.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a83b-79ce-bdf4-a4797470b76b) [**Exports to Turkey fell to 32.5 thousand tonnes due to part of the shipments switching to road transport.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a7c2-7179-b2ea-9d39cfcffac9) [**Supplies to Germany (7.4 thousand tonnes) and France (4.9 thousand tonnes) increased, with the product starting to be sent there through the port of St. Petersburg.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a7a5-7003-9b54-b1bce74c062e) [**PP supplies to Europe grew to 54 thousand tonnes; Poland remained the largest buyer, although volumes there declined slightly.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a781-7208-9341-53ff875ea0a6) [**The second producer, «Нефтехим Ltd», mainly supplies products abroad by road transport.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a723-7112-85b1-61454430b8fc) [All claims by argus\_price\_agency](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims?claimant_id=01a1cc4d-0139-70f3-9661-b3734108d021) [All claims](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"Decisions, events and falsifiable forecasts from 3,000+ Telegram channels — every claim cited. 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