ASTANA, Kazakhstan, May 28. Kazakhstan plans to
boost the capacity of the Middle Corridor to 10 million tons by
2030, the country's Minister of Trade and Integration, Arman
Shakkaliyev, said at the Eurasian Economic Forum, Trend reports.


According to him, a roadmap for the simultaneous elimination of
route bottlenecks and the development of transport and logistics
infrastructure has already been adopted to achieve this goal.


"By the end of 2025, the volume of shipments along the
Trans-Caspian International Corridor increased by 62%, while
container traffic increased by 2.7 times. We have set the ambitious
goal of increasing the capacity of the Middle Corridor to 10
million tons by 2030," Shakkaliyev noted.


The minister emphasized that Kazakhstan is consistently
developing the digital infrastructure of the transport industry.
Specifically, the Digital Trade Corridor digital platform is being
implemented, allowing for online tracking of cargo shipments, the
processing of shipping documents, tracking of cargo movements, and
the integration of customs procedures into a single system.


According to him, thanks to digitalization, transit times at
certain sections of the Kazakh-Chinese border have already been
reduced from 12 hours to 30 minutes, and logistics processes have
been optimized from two and a half weeks to two days. Furthermore,
the country is working on creating a single maritime window at
ports, which will reduce vessel call times from three hours to 30
minutes.







Shakkaliyev also informed that Kazakhstan is actively developing
digital trading platforms, including AgroMarket and AgroTrade, and
is implementing projects to integrate national technical regulation
systems with the support of the Eurasian Development Bank.


He noted that special attention is being paid to the development
of artificial intelligence (AI). Kazakhstan already has the Alem.AI
international AI center, two supercomputers have been launched, and
the construction of a data center valley with an investment of over
$1.5 billion has been announced.


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