Kazakhstan, Astana, Nov. 17 / Trend , K.Konirova /
Kazakhstan gets ability to significantly expand the market for cargo services from Jan.1, 2012, Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Azat Bekturov said.
"With the launch of the Common Economic Space Kazakhstan will be able to significantly expand the market for cargo services with its wagons and locomotives," Bekturov said in an interview with Trend.
As previously reported, Kazakhstan will enter the Common Economic Space from Jan.1 is a historic event for the three countries. In 2010, Kazakhstan signed 17 agreements in all sectors of the economy, including transport, which regulates access to rail transport, including the basis of tariff policy.
Bekturov said the country's railway organizations will be able to use the new pricing policy, by extending the geographical boundaries of the market freight services from Jan.1, 2012.
In addition, local companies are given equal tariff conditions, both for Russian and for Belarusian consumers by ensuring equal access to rail transport organizations of the Common Economic Space.
"In practice, this means that our entrepreneurs create the same conditions as for businessmen of Belarus and Russia. These are provision of rolling stock, the level of tariffs," he said.
In addition, the Kazakh consumers have the opportunity to create their own shipping company with its cars and locomotives (for captive organizations) and exit to the railway infrastructure.