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Urumqi hosted a working meeting of the railway administrations of Kazakhstan and China. The Kazakh delegation was headed by managing director of the production process of JSC "NC "KTZ" Bauyrzhan Orynbasarov, the Chinese side - chairman of the Board of "Urumqi Temir Zholy" LLC Gao Jianyang.
The sides summed up the results of the work of the border railways in 2023. It was noted that the volume of cargo transportation between the two countries increased by 22% compared to 2022 and reached a record high of more than 28 million tons. At the same time, shippers of Kazakhstan shipped 12.6 million tons for export, an increase of 35% compared to the level of 2022. Exports of grain cargo increased by 2 times, up to 2.2 million tons, flour and powder products - 3 times, up to 600 thousand tons, vegetable oil - 56%, up to 180 thousand tons, non-ferrous metals - 41%, 500 thousand tons, coke - 4 times.
During the meeting, the Kazakh side informed about the work carried out last year and the planned large-scale road works in 2024, the modernization of signaling and automation equipment, the expansion of infrastructure at the Site of Moyinty-Dostyk. In turn, the Chinese side presented the modernization of the Jinghe-Alashankai railway section.
Following the meeting, the parties agreed to synchronize the work on infrastructure development at the Dostyk- Alashankai border crossing. Taking into account the further work on infrastructure development in 2024, it was agreed to maintain the volume of cargo transportation at the level of the previous year.
