(16 February 2026 | Source: FBRK)
FBRK sources report that at the Chorsu market in Tashkent, chilled lamb of Kazakh origin is being sold directly from a lorry. The FBRK editorial office has obtained an act of veterinary and sanitary inspection for this consignment.
WHAT IS BEING TRANSPORTED AND WHERE FROM
The document shows that on 11 February 2026, at the Kazyghurt veterinary control post (VKP) (already familiar to us from previous investigations), the vehicle in the Turkistan region underwent a cargo inspection. The consignment is chilled lamb weighing 17,000 kg (17 tonnes). A total of 227 lamb carcasses. A simple calculation gives an average weight per carcass: 17,000 kg ÷ 227 carcasses = about 75 kg — within the normal range for an adult sheep.
The sender is the Kazakh LLP «Zaman Organic», registered in the Turkistan region, village of Mankent. The recipient is the Uzbek company LLC «B-I-G-CONSALT», registered within the city limits of Tashkent, near the Chorsu market. The export permit was obtained as early as 8 January 2026. All checked parameters — documents, temperature, organoleptic properties, labelling, packaging — are recorded in the act as «compliant».
The veterinary certificate was issued on 10 February 2026 by the Sayram district territorial inspection of the Veterinary Control Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture. The customs value of the consignment is 23,544,388 tenge.
A COMPANY LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD
LLP «Zaman Organic» is a very new player on the Kazakh market. According to data from the kompra.kz service, the company was registered in September 2024, meaning it had been in existence for less than a year and a half at the time of shipment. Its stated type of activity is mixed farming. The head and founder is Umidjan Abdurakhmanov.
Umidjan Abdurakhmanov is also listed as the head of the agricultural production cooperative (APC) «ALATAU 2050», also registered in Mankent, Turkistan region. Mr Abdurakhmanov’s assets are currently under seizure.
WHY THIS RAISES QUESTIONS
The speed with which this young company entered the export market is, of course, not a violation in itself — the law does not prohibit it. However, in the context of long-known grey export schemes for livestock and meat from Kazakhstan, it is precisely such entities that attract close attention.
FBRK has repeatedly written about how, through the Turkistan region and border VKPs, lorries pass accompanied by systematic violations — from exceeding the permitted number of transported animals to bypassing Kazakh accounting and control systems.
Often, the legal entity itself is created shortly before the start of export activity. Who actually stands behind the production of 17 tonnes of chilled meat, where exactly the livestock was slaughtered, and to what extent «Zaman Organic» independently conducts its business operations — we do not know.
We do not presume to interpret anything definitively, but we would remind you that if you are buying meat at a market — especially from a vehicle or a temporary stall — pay attention at least to the presence of a veterinary certificate and labelling on the packaging.
However, let us also consider this: according to FBRK sources, the standard load of one refrigerated lorry is over 450 lamb carcasses. This batch contains 227, i.e. just over half. Where the remainder of the possible cargo went, or whether it existed at all, we do not know. But who would pay for a full lorry to carry only half?
FBRK sees at least two possible explanations. First: the lorry was fully loaded, but only half the cargo was declared. In this case, the customs value is understated, and therefore so are the tax payments both in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, whose budget loses excise duties and VAT on the real volume of imported meat.
Second: the remaining space was occupied by beef or other products that crossed the border without documents, i.e. effectively smuggled. Both scenarios, if confirmed, could easily warrant a separate criminal investigation.