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This was the Minister of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission Andrei Slepnev, according to the results of consideration by the heads of government of the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union of the annual report on the implementation of the plan for the digitalization of freight railway transports within the EAEU and with third countries, in particular with the Chinese Peoples Republic.
At the same time, he emphasized that the result of appropriate practical work is both simplification of procedures and reducing business costs and maximum acceleration of the movement of goods.
By 2024, the EAEU member states provided a transition to digital transport documents during railway transportation between the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, said Andrey Slepnev.
In particular, between the Russian Railways OJSC and the Belarusian Railway State Association over the past few years, at least 90%has reached electronic data exchange, and this level exceeded 80%between the Kazakhstani JSC NK KTZ and Kyrgyz Railway Carriers.
According to the results of 2024, the volume of transportation of the Russian Federation according to electronic documents amounted to 90% with the Republic of Belarus and 79% with the Republic of Kazakhstan.
It is also important to note the work carried out on the transition to electronic commercial documents. Thus, from the Russian Railways OJSC, the possibility of receiving electronic commodity -conducting documents signed by electronic signature from the consignor/forwarder, in their information systems with their provision by the customs authorities and the transfer to the state association Belorusskaya Railway for customs operations for the completion of the customs procedure. This technology is used between Russia and Belarus during transportation as part of the Interran project.
In addition to the digitalization of railway transportation between EAEU members, active work with the PRC is underway. The volume of correct electronic messages between the railway carriers of Russia and China at the end of 2024 amounted to 90%. Between Kazakhstani and Chinese railways, an indicator of the completeness and quality of data subject to electronic exchange reached 80-90%, continued the Minister of Trade of the EEC.
According to Andrei Slepnev, an important milestone with the PRC regarding the digitalization of cargo transportation was the signing of an agreement on the interaction of certifying centers of railway carriers of Russia and China in December 2024 for the release of certificates for the implementation of cross -border electronic document management. This document will ensure the application of an electronic signature between the railways of the two countries.
At the end of December 2024, test beamless transportation was launched between Russian Railways and the Chinese Railways Group through the Border Transfall of Transport-Manchuria in export-import message.
In 2025, a gradual expansion of the geography of transportation, which will be issued by an electronic invoice, is planned.
