ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 22. Kazakhstan may launch a new grain supply route to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Trend reports.
This became known during a visit to the Beyneu grain terminal by the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Serik Zhumangarin, together with the delegations of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Thus, Afghan representatives discussed the prospects for grain supplies through the terminal with the head of the Food Corporation and the management of the Beyneu terminal. In particular, the possibility of organizing a key and stable route for the export of Kazakh wheat through the Beyneu terminal to Afghanistan and Pakistan is being considered.
To implement the plans, it is necessary to build additional warehouses in border areas and establish logistics through the territory of Turkmenistan. Interested parties intend to work out the details of creating a new export route for the supply of Kazakh grain.
To note, the Beyneu terminal, with an area of 26 hectares, located on the territory of the Mangystau region, has direct access to the Kazakh-Turkmen border. This is a promising logistics hub with 8 km of railway tracks and its own rolling stock.
The terminal can simultaneously store 100,000 tons of grain, receive up to 500 wagons per day, and send up to 2 million tons per year in packaged form and grain carriers. In the future, capacity will be expanded.
There is a mill complex that allows the production of 320 tons of flour and 80 tons of bran per day. The process of modernizing the equipment is currently underway, after which two flour production lines with a total capacity of 400 tons per day will be launched.
In addition, the production of compound feed at a capacity of 80 tons per day has been established. After modernization, the capacity will be increased to 240 tons daily.