The priority of cargo transportation by rail was discussed at the meeting of the headquarters on export issues chaired by the Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Arman Shakkaliev and Chairman of the Presidium of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs "Atameken" Raimbek Battalov, press service of the Ministry of Trade and Integration reports.
Today, the bulk of Kazakhstan's finished products are shipped to Russia, European Union countries, Uzbekistan and China. Coal, oil products, non-ferrous metal ores, fertilizers and flat-rolled steel account for about 60% of export cargo traffic.
We see that the total throughput capacity of railroads at the end of last year is 196 million tons - these are estimated data. At the same time, we need to take into account the seasonality of cargo transportation: almost 40 percent of exports fall in the 4th quarter. In order to streamline freight transportation by rail, we need to jointly prioritize. KTZh, like any structure, wants to work predictably and on a planned basis. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a methodology on how to optimize the plan of transportation of export goods in conditions of shortage of rolling stock. This is a key issue", - Arman Shakkaliev addressed the participants of the meeting.
In developing the plan, it is proposed to focus primarily on processed products and goods with high export efficiency in certain seasons. According to QazTrade estimates, the priority list could include oils and fats, flour milling products, flour products, basic metals, engineering goods, fertilizers and beverages.
Managing director on production processes of NC KTZh JSC Bauyrzhan Urynbasarov, confirmed the presence of disproportions in freight transportation by rail.
In May - mid-June we have a decline in transportation. Only shipments of the machine building industry are stable. For the rest the coefficient is low. In general, for the first 9 months of 2023, the total volume of exports by rail increased by 7.4% to 62.9 million tons. Of these, the greatest growth was shown by iron ore - 2 million tons, grain 2 million tons, good results were shown by our exporters of chemicals, fertilizers and non-ferrous ore", - stated the representative of KTZ.
He also said that now the national company has created a working group to develop a Program of dynamic model of infrastructure loading. The document will take into account the specifics of Kazakhstan's railroads and throughput capacity, as well as the priority of cargo and directions.
Until then, we together with business representatives at a meeting of the headquarters need to determine priorities and a list of goods", - said Bauyrzhan Urynbasarov.
As for the supply of export goods to China through Alashankou station, according to KTZ, the situation on receiving container trains will improve in November, when the reconstruction of transshipment terminals will be completed.
The essence of today's headquarters meeting is to determine parities and priorities. Our headquarters should clearly control transit and export parities, as well as railcar priorities. In order to form a railcar plan for November in the near future. For our part, as the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs, we are ready to give consolidated proposals on directions of cargoes of crop products, grain and MMC, to work out plans with our commodity producers", - said the Chairman of the Presidium of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs "Atameken" Raimbek Battalov.
The head of the NPP, also raised the issue of ensuring export supplies of feed grain, which due to weather conditions this year our producers had a lot of.
Following the meeting, business representatives agreed to submit plans for November export rail shipments to the CTZ by October 11, 2023, in accordance with the rules.
By October 11, NPP will provide a consolidated railcar plan for November. Now we have to agree together and say what ranking by types and volumes of goods is going on, in which directions we need exports, so that all this data can be included in the program of the dynamic model of infrastructure loading. Until this program is not available, we, as the headquarters for transportation optimization, will determine the priority in manual mode, and KTZ will be guided by this plan", - summed up the Minister of Trade and Integration Arman Shakkaliev.
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