Almost $4 million worth of contracts were signed by Belarusian companies at the Central Asian Food Industry Exhibition in Kazakhstan. Products at the forum were presented by 11 domestic enterprises of the meat, dairy and milk-canning industries. Besides Belarus, the exhibition was attended by over 420 companies from 25 countries. The agrarian forum "Kazakhstan-Belarus" was timed to coincide with the national exposition of Belarus at the exhibition. The event was held for the first time in the history of relations between the two countries. The meeting resulted in a number of documents on cooperation in the agricultural sector.