According to a release from the Abai regional administration on 29 October, a ceremony was held in Semey that day to open the refined vegetable oil bottling and packaging shop of Qazaq Astyq Group LLP. Governor Berik Uali, Bauyrzhan Yerali, chairman of the Investor Rights Protection Committee of Kazakhstan's General Prosecutor's Office, and the company's founder attended.
How big is the new vegetable oil project in Semey?
According to the regional administration, total investment is 8.4 billion tenge, designed refining capacity is 200 tonnes of refined sunflower oil a day, annual output can reach up to 73,000 tonnes, and the project provides 104 jobs. Note that this is design capacity, not output already achieved.
Is it a plant or a bottling shop?
The regional administration's original text calls it a "refined vegetable oil bottling and packaging shop" while also giving the design capacity of the refining stage. Kazakhstan's Kapital.kz uses the word "shop"; another outlet, Standard.kz, calls it a "plant" and says it upgraded the production infrastructure for refining, filling and bottling. This article follows the regional administration's original wording, "bottling and packaging shop".
Where are the products sold?
The regional administration says the company's products are supplied not only to Kazakhstan's domestic market but also exported abroad, without naming destinations or volumes.
What other new projects has Abai Region seen recently?
According to Yerali, the committee tracks and supports more than 3,500 investment projects nationwide, of which 110 in Abai Region are monitored by the prosecutor's office, with a total value of 4.5 trillion tenge. The regional administration also mentioned that this year Abai Region has seen the start of an oriented strand board (OSB) plant owned by Shygys SHPZ and a plant for processing and cleaning pulses and other crops owned by Agrolider.
Frequently asked questions
Rules related to this news
### Is the new shop running at full capacity?
The regional administration only gave design capacity and said it hopes production will reach full load in future; actual output has not been disclosed.
### Does the company have any link with China?
The regional administration's release does not mention Chinese companies or the Chinese market, and export destinations are not disclosed; this article draws no inference.
### How many jobs does the project create?
The regional administration says the project provides 104 jobs.
### Why do official documents say "bottling shop" while media say "plant"?
The regional administration's original text uses "shop" and also states refining capacity; some media headlines keep "shop" and others write "plant". This article follows the regional administration's original text.
Further reading
- More industry and policy news: Kazakhstan investment and projects news section
- Oilseeds and processing: Kazakhstan's oilseed crop expected to top a record 5 million tonnes
- Similar oil project: Cottonseed oil processing plant starts up in Turkestan Region
- Set up a project company in Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan company registration services
Sources
- Abai Region Akimat, 29 October: https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/abay/press/news/details/1320040?lang=ru
- Kapital.kz, 30 October: https://kapital.kz/economic/154937/v-predpriyatie-po-rozlivu-i-upakovke-rastitelnogo-masla-investirovali-84-mlrd-tenge.html
- Standard.kz, 30 October: https://standard.kz/en/post/2026_10_v-abaiskoi-oblasti-zapustili-sovremennyi-zavod-rastitelnogo-masla-245
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