The authorities of Kazakhstan intend to build five border centers for trade with neighboring countries, including with Kyrgyzstan, by 2026. The Ministry of Trade and Integration of the republic reported.
«An industrial trade and logistics complex will be created in Zhambyl region on the border with Kyrgyzstan; in Turkestan region, on the border with Uzbekistan — an international center of industrial cooperation Central Asia. It is planned to build a cross-border trade center Eurasia in the West Kazakhstan region on the border with Russia. The Caspian container hub will appear in Mangistau region, and Khorgos Hub border complex will be built on the border with China,» the statement says.
The activities of trade and logistics hubs will be aimed at ensuring industrial cooperation in the field of warehousing, storage, processing, production of new goods and their further sale with integration into international commodity distribution systems.
«They will also provide services of short-term storage, logistics, rent of trading places, pre-sale preparation, consolidation and redistribution of goods by wholesale lots, loading and unloading, development of transcontinental cargo transportation. It is assumed that the cross-border hubs will cover the export potential of enterprises in the regions of Kazakhstan,» the ministry explained.
According to Kazakhstani officials, the development of infrastructure complexes in the border areas will create conditions for the implementation of industrial cooperation, which will reduce the number of participants in the supply chain, reduce the cost of the product for the end consumer and increase the speed of delivery.
