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Kazakhstan increases exports to China by rail in 1Q2024

Kazakhstan Materials 17 April 2024 14:35 (UTC +04:00)
Madina Usmanova
Madina Usmanova
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ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 17. The volume of export transportation by rail from Kazakhstan to China amounted to 3.2 million tons from January through March 2024, Trend reports.

According to Kazakhstan Railways (KTZ, the national corporation), this statistic exceeds the figure for the same period in 2023 by 21.1 percent.

Export cargo was routed via two border checks. Thus, 2.2 million tons were transferred by train from Kazakhstan to China via the Dostyk-Alashankou border crossing, representing a 12.3 percent rise, and 1 million tons via Altynkol-Khorgos, representing a 44.4 percent increase.

Furthermore, exports of metal ores climbed by 5.8 percent, grain by 27.8 percent, ferrous metals by 2.3 times, petroleum products by 12 times, chemical cargo by 88.3 percent, and non-ferrous metals by 59.5 percent.

Meanwhile, in the first quarter of 2024, 1,848 "China-Europe (Central Asia)" trains passed through Altynkol-Khorgos. This is 15 trains, or 0.8 percent more than in the same period last year.

At the same time, during the above period, 1,809 trains "China-Europe (Central Asia)" passed through the Dostyk-Alashankou checkpoint. And this, in turn, is 218 trains, or 13.7 percent more than the same period in 2023.

Furthermore, the volume of freight transported by rail between Kazakhstan and China will approach 28 million tons in 2023. The volume of cargo transportation grew by 22 percent compared to 2022.

Kazakhstan shipped 12.6 million tons of products to China via rail, 35 percent more than in 2022.

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