(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 17. More than 3,650"China-Europe" trains passed through the Khorgos and Alashankoucheckpoints on the China-Kazakhstan border in the first quarter of2024, Trend reports, citing Chinese media.
Thus, in the first quarter of 2024, 1,848 "China-Europe (CentralAsia)" trains passed through the Khorgos railway checkpoint on theborder with Kazakhstan. This is 15 trains, or 0.8 percent more thanin the same period last year.
At the same time, during the above period, 1,809 trains"China-Europe (Central Asia)" passed through the Alashankoucheckpoint. And this, in turn, is 218 trains, or 13.7 percent morethan the same period in 2023.
Meanwhile, the volume of cargo transportation by rail betweenKazakhstan and China exceeded 28 million tons in 2023. The volumeof cargo transportation increased by 22 percent compared to2022.
Kazakhstan exported 12.6 million tons of goods to China by rail,which is 35 percent more than in 2022.
Thus, grain exports climbed twofold, to 2.2 million tons; flourand powder products increased threefold, to 600,000 tons; vegetableoil increased 56 percent, to 180,000 tons; nonferrous metalsincreased 41 percent, to 500,000 tons; and coke increasedfourfold.
To date, 13 international transport corridors have been formedand are in operation in Kazakhstan, including 5 railways and 8roads.
Furthermore, about $30 billion has been invested in thetransport and logistics infrastructure of Kazakhstan over the past10 years.
Moreover, in the next five years, at least 40 billion euros willbe needed to implement major infrastructure projects in the fieldof transportation in Kazakhstan.
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