TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, March 11. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan note growing dynamics in the volume of rail and road freight transportation, Trend reports.
According to Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry, this was announced at a working meeting between the ambassador of Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan Beibut Atamkulov and the Minister of Transport of Uzbekistan Ilhom Mahkamov.
Thus, the total volume of rail freight transportation between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan increased by 17.2 percent to 31.4 million tons in 2023 (26.8 million tons in 2022).
The parties discussed the results of work for 2023 and the implementation of the road map in the transit-transport and logistics spheres, which was signed following the state visit of Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Uzbekistan in December 2022.
In addition, the sides talked about topical matters of freight rail and road transportation, the need to develop common standards of requirements to ensure the safety of passenger road transportation on international routes between the cities of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the resumption of air service on the directions Almaty-Nukus, Aktobe-Nukus, as well as the opening of new connections between tourist centers of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, such as Turkestan-Samarkand, Turkestan-Bukhara and Turkestan-Urgench.
Currently there are 25 flights per week between the cities of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: Astana-Tashkent, 8 flights (Fly Arystan - 3, Uzbekistan Airways - 5); Almaty-Tashkent, 17 flights (Air Astana - 7, Uzbekistan Airways - 10).
In conclusion, the parties noted the need to expand and improve the transport infrastructure between the states, taking into account the annual growth in trade and trade turnover, transit cargo transportation, as well as the expected increase in trade turnover up to $10 billion.
Meanwhile, trade turnover volume between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan amounted to $271.2 million in January 2024. The exports volume reached $76.3 million, while imports amounted $194.9 million.