Marat Zyabbarov held several business meetings during the economic summit "Russia - the Islamic World: KAZANSUMMIT 2021"
Today, within the framework of the XII International Economic Summit of Russia and the OIC countries "Russia - the Islamic World: KAZANSUMMIT 2021", bilateral negotiations on the development of trade and economic activities and investments in the agricultural sector were held. First Deputy Minister Nail Zalakov, Deputy Minister Lenar Garipov, and Head of the Halal Export Project Rustem Gainullov also participated in them, headed by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan-Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov.
The first meeting was held with representatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It was attended by Kairat Torebayev - Vice-Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nurlan Kulbatyrov - Deputy General Director of JSC "Center for Trade Policy Development "QazTrade", Nurzhan Sadykov - Deputy Trade Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Russian Federation - head of the office in Kazan.
During the negotiations, it was noted that the potential of the Republic of Tatarstan to increase the volume of agricultural supplies is significant. Special attention was paid to products manufactured according to "Halal" standards. Tatarstan is interested in the experience of Kazakhstan in creating cooperatives.
"We also want to establish cooperative relations. For example, it would be possible to import late potatoes to Kazakhstan from the Republic of Tatarstan," Kairat Torebayev said.
According to the results of 2020, the export of products from the Republic of Tatarstan to Kazakhstan amounted to 38.8 million US dollars. The main share of 36.7% are products for making sauces. Sunflower oil is in the second place in terms of export of products. On the third are tomato ketchups and other tomato sauces.
The parties agreed that it is necessary to create a working group and study in more detail the areas of possible cooperation.
The Iranian delegation was headed by the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
"I would like to note that relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation are developing very well. In 2020, we saw a very good leap in our trade and economic relations. The volume of trade turnover between our countries increased by 44 %, exports to Russia from Iran had an increase of about 105 %. Tatarstan also has plans. Next year we want to take part in the agricultural exhibition. In addition, I think that we can discuss the joint production, " he commented.
As a result of the negotiations, it was decided to create a working group that will outline all the points of contact between our countries within a month. In a month, it is planned to hold a meeting and start anticipating the plans.
"We need to meet, communicate, solve issues in a working order," Marat Zyabbarov approved.
The discussions did not end there.
"The main topics of halal products are the issue of quality, the search for sales channels, and the increase in production volumes. According to the results of the past year, we managed to increase the export of these products and reach the figure of $ 2.5 million, the task for the current year is to increase the export of such products to $ 5 million," Marat Zyabbarov said at a meeting with Renat Shigapov, Vice President of the State Enterprise "RESOURCE".
"Due to the high level of demand for poultry meat and halal products, the Persian Gulf countries are a priority for our company. For this reason, we pay even closer attention to the development of halal production, " he agreed with the minister.