Kazakhstan and China have begun exchanging digital international allow varieties (FPFs), which permit carriers to go abroad with cargo.
Based on the ministry’s assertion, the digital system was formally inaugurated after testing the primary freight car on Nov. 27.
Based on Altai Ali, chair of the Committee for Car Transport and Transport Management, the introduction of a digital kind facilitates the method of cargo transportation.
“Those involved in the shadow market are now attempting to generate a buzz around it, claiming it was a hasty decision. However, practice shows and figures speak for themselves that the number of forms needs to be increased, and the process of international transportation needs to be simplified as much as possible. It is important not to interfere with carriers, but to create conditions for them, including working out alternative routes and providing foreign permit forms,” Ali stated.
Because the starting of this yr, a file 190,000 allow varieties for the motion of products have been exchanged with China. The related departments of the 2 nations mentioned an extra FPF alternate of 40,000 items. Thus, 30,000 FPF items had been exchanged below the brand new system in digital format, with an additional 10,000 paper FPFs exchanged on Nov. 29.
Over the previous two years, the alternate of paper permits with China has elevated from 50,000 to 230,000.
Generally, Kazakh carriers’ participation in worldwide highway transport has risen from 31% in 2021 to 52% by 2023. Kazakhstan presently exchanges international permits with 42 nations. This yr noticed a file alternate of 364,705 FPFs, stated Ali
The transition to the digital format of the FPF alternate grew to become attainable because of the doc signed in Might 2023 as a part of the state go to of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Xian.
The amount of cargo transportation alongside the Trans-Caspian Worldwide Transport Route (TITR), often known as the Center Hall, elevated by 68% to three.8 million tons in January-October.
Additionally, the European Union strengthens connectivity inside the Central Asian area by way of the International Gateway initiative. Its technique is to spend money on infrastructure initiatives worldwide, with its long-term goal to improve the capacities of the Center Hall.
The Center Hall connects Southeast Asia and China with Europe. It traverses Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Türkiye earlier than reaching the European Union nations.
