Our Business
Quality products and services for growers and the international cotton trade
In addition to working closely with cotton growers throughout Kazakhstan, AIIG also provide an extensive range of support services for overseas’ buyers and their agents.
We operate from our headquarters in Shymkent and from our European office in Riga, Latvia, as well as directly through our agents.
The two gins we own in Shardara and Zhetisay have fully up-to-date equipment which enables us to produce high quality cotton fiber that meets international standards.
These facilities are supported by a dedicated Logistics Center in Shymkent, a Grade ‘A’ warehouse complex that is the biggest specialist logistics terminal in Central Asia. It provides a full range of services including world-wide delivery, loading into a transport facility, route planning, storage, inspection services and customs clearance.
Our cotton products meet the following international standards:
- Cotton fiber, GOST O'z DSt 604:2001, packing – bales
- Cotton linters, GOST O'z DSt 645:2010, packing – bales
- Cotton uluk (gin motes), GOST 6015-72, packing – bales
- Cotton seeds, GOST 5947-68, packing – in bulk
Seedcotton processing
Seedcotton is processed through a network of 47 cotton receiving points, each with facilities including: storage grounds, weighing equipment, unloading equipment (PL transporters), loading equipment (RBH), long-term storage facilities, laboratory, and fire safety equipment.
Services for Private Cotton Farmers
- Pre-financing with cash assets for primary land treatment activities
- Provision of sowing seeds
- Provision of fuels and lubricants
- Delivery of fertilizers and chemicals (pesticides, insecticides, etc.)
- Assistance with picking and transportation of the raw cotton
Extended services
- Loading into a transport facility (railway wagon, vehicle or container)
- Worldwide delivery
- Logistics and arranging optimal routes
- Storage of the finished products
- Inspection services