Due to the chaos in logistics, Kazakh grain traders risk disrupting export contracts

Due to huge problems with transporting products by rail, Kazakh traders cannot plan their activities, and export contracts are in jeopardy. This was announced by the Chairman of the Board of Atameken-Agro JSC Kintal Islamov in an exclusive interview with APK-Inform. Atameken-Agro is one of the largest agricultural holdings in Kazakhstan with a land bank of more than 440 thousand hectares. Specializes in crop production, livestock farming, and grain storage. The holding exports its products (cereals, oilseeds, legumes) to 16 countries. “The situation is reaching the point of absurdity. If last year logistical difficulties were associated with a shortage of wagons, this year KTZ does not coordinate plans. We have a contract, we have wagons and containers, even loaded with products, but we cannot send them to customers, everything is worth it. It is very strange in the 21st century not to develop an automated system - whoever submitted the application first was approved. And now we ...