The Ministry of Trade and Integration revealed plans for the construction of logistical hubs at Kazakhstan’s borders by 2026, QazMonitor reports.
There will be five logistical hubs: an industrial trade and logistics complex in Zhambyl on the Kyrgyzstan border, an international center of industrial cooperation in Turkistan on the Uzbekistan border, a cross-border trade center in West Kazakhstan on the Russia border, a container hub in Mangistau, and a Khorgos border complex on the China border.
The aim is to facilitate cooperation activity in the sphere of warehousing, storage, processing, production of new goods, and their integration into international distribution systems.
The hubs will also provide services of short-term storage, logistics, lease of trading places, pre-sale preparation, consolidation and redistribution of goods by wholesale lots, loading and unloading, and development of transcontinental cargo transportation.
Cross-border hubs are expected to cover the export potential of enterprises in Kazakhstan's regions.
"The development of infrastructure complexes in border areas will create conditions for the implementation of industrial cooperation projects, 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,” the ministry press statement reads.
"The creation of large trade and logistics centers will favorably affect the development of bilateral trade and economic relations, activate business ties between manufacturers and entrepreneurs of neighboring states, and stimulate an increase in mutual trade turnover between them.”