Kazakhstan is ready to significantly increase the export of flour and grain to Afghanistan through Beyneu

Over the past three years, the volume of export transportation from Kazakhstan to Afghanistan has been steadily increasing: in 2023, the volume of transportation by rail amounted to 2.7 million tons, of which 1.5 million tons were flour and grain. This is 14% more than in 2021. The forecast for the coming years is an increase in exports by 40%. At the same time, by 2030, traffic is expected to increase 3 times. Kazakhstan proposed to consider the capacity of the Beyneu terminal to increase the volume of supplies of Kazakh grain and flour to Afghanistan. This became known during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin and Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan Abdul Ghani Baradar, according to the official website primeminister.kz. “Today Kazakhstan is one of the ten main trading partners of Afghanistan. Your country traditionally imports Kazakh grain and flour. I can assure you that Kazakhstan has been and will remain a reliable supplier of these ...