BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 8. A new logistics
center worth 15 billion tenge (about $30 million) has been launched
in Kazakhstan's Astana, Trend reports via the Kazakh government.
The facility will provide storage, processing, and distribution
services for consumer goods destined for the capital and northern
regions of the country.
According to Konstantin Lee, President of Wholesale and Retail
Trade Enterprise, the project occupies a 5-hectare land plot. The
total building area amounts to 22,000 square meters, while the
usable area reaches 30,000 square meters. The center has created
more than 200 permanent jobs.
“We built this project as part of the President’s directives on
developing Kazakhstan’s logistics infrastructure. The key advantage
of this logistics center is that it serves the northern, central,
and eastern regions of Kazakhstan. It was designed with convenient
logistics links to Russia in mind,” Lee said.
He noted that the company is expanding its logistics network
nationwide, having also developed logistics centers in Aktobe,
Almaty, and Shymkent.
“Shymkent serves routes toward Uzbekistan. In this way, we are
developing logistics infrastructure across Kazakhstan,” Lee
added.
Khalel Akimzhanov, Head of the Investment and Entrepreneurship
Development Department of the Astana Akimat, said today that
logistics and warehousing account for 38.8% of all investments in
the city, while industrial output has grown by 7.6%.
According to him, Astana is home to 246,000 small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), employing around 560,000 people.
SMEs contribute 66% of the capital’s economy, with the sector
accounting for 76% of the city’s economically active
population.
