KOKSHETAU. August 19. KAZINFORM. /Yernur Akanbai/ This year Kazakhstan plans to increase export of grain by 1-2 million tons. Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has made it public at the sitting in Kokshetau today. "The country's southern regions gather a rich crop of grain this year. We expect about 4 million tons to be cropped", the President noted. According to him three other regions (North Kazakhstan, Kostanay, Akmola) will give 13-14 million of crops. "Thus the export of grain will be by 1-2 million tons more than in 2008", N. Nazarbayev added.