Kazakhstan is asking Uzbekistan to reduce tariffs for railway transportation

At the meeting of the working group at the level of deputy heads of government of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan held in Astana, Kazakhstan asked Uzbekistan to reduce tariffs for railway transportation. The press service of the government of Kazakhstan informs about this.

It is noted that the Kazakh side appealed to Uzbekistan with a request to consider the possibility of applying tariff preferences for transit transportation to Afghanistan by rail.

"The parties paid special attention to discussing the possibility of reducing tariffs for the transit of flour products of Kazakhstan through Uzbekistan. The volume of flour export from Kazakhstan to Afghanistan through the territory of Uzbekistan reached a historical maximum in 2017 - 1.209 million tons. In the following years, this indicator decreased significantly: in 2021 - 536,000 tons, in 2022 - 816,000 tons. In 6 months of this year - only 275,000 tons," the report says.

The participants of the meeting agreed to create a joint expert working group to discuss favorable tariff conditions in railway transport and develop specific proposals.

Also, at the meeting with the participation of the Deputy Prime Ministers of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, Jamshid Khojayev and Serik Jumangarin, the parties discussed the possibilities of increasing the capacity of border crossings, increasing tariffs for the transportation of Kazakh coal to Uzbekistan, China- They also discussed the activation of the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran multimodal transport route.

Source: Xabar.uz