In 2023, Kazakhstan’s railways will reach their capacity limit in the direction of China, this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

Kazakhstan's railways

The export of goods from Kazakhstan to China by rail is expected to reach 27.6 million tons by the end of the year.

Satzhan Uzbekov, the head of the Ministry of Transport, announced this during a meeting on export matters, stating that this is the maximum capacity allowed by Kazakhstan’s railway infrastructure, as reported by LogiStan.

Uzbekov emphasized, ‘There are limitations at the junctions. This year, we are fully exhausting the capacity in the direction of China.’

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