There are preparing amendments in case of borders crossing points stop working for freight forwarders in Kazakhstan

There are preparing amendments in case of borders crossing points stop working for freight forwarders in Kazakhstan, the Agency’s correspondent reports.

In the application rules of the auto transportation regulatory approval system in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the international service: to add paragraph 25-1 as follows 25-1. Subject to the constraints by neighboring foreign countries the works of automobiles posts of entry located on the state border, the validity of foreign permits specified in paragraph 5 of these rules is paused until their operation is returned, the project order of the Ministry of industry and infrastructure development of Kazakhstan says.

In justification for the Addition is mentioned the unjustified crowd of vehicles in boundary regions «where the working limitation of borders crossing points with foreign countries is announced».

According to the specified paragraph 5, entry (exit) to the territory (from the territory) of a foreign state, transit through the territory of a foreign state of domestic vehicles carrying passengers transportations, baggage and cargo is carried out on the basis of foreign permits of the following types: 1) foreign permits for cargo transportation; 2) foreign permits for irregular passengers transportation and baggage; 3) foreign permits for regular passengers transportation and baggage with validity period for one calendar year.

We remind that earlier it was reported that a 58-kilometer block-long line of trucks going to China amassed in Kazakhstan in front of the «Nur Zholy» point. In addition, it was reported that due to the introduction of announce quarantine measures by the government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China, the operation of the checkpoints «Bakhty», «Maykapchagai» and «Kolzhat» was stopped. According to the Kazakh side information, this led to an increase in the load on the «Nur Zholy» checkpoint, where multi-kilometer block-long lines of trucks were formed. On August 17 was reported that Kazakhstan wants to pause the validity of foreign permits issued for cargo transportation through China.

Source: kaztag.kz