The number of applications for cargo transportation from Kazakhstan to other countries on the platform of the international exchange ATI.SU increased by more than 3.5 times in the third quarter of 2024.
“The number of applications for cargo transportation from Kazakhstan to other countries on the platform ATI.SU increased by 262 percent (more than 3.5 times) in the third quarter of 2024. Such dynamics were provided by two main export directions – Russia and Belarus. Thus, the number of applications for transportation to Russia increased by 263 percent over the year and by 218 percent compared to the second quarter. Demand for cargo delivery to Belarus increased by 641 percent for the year and by 195 percent compared to the second quarter,” the information says.
According to the director of the Kazakhstan representative office of ATI.SU Renata Zobova, there are two main reasons for such growth.
“Firstly, the decline in freight transportation by rail between Kazakhstan and Russia was caused by a shortage of capacity on the railroads of both countries. However, in Kazakhstan, it is explained, among other things, by the increased volumes of rail transportation along the Trans-Caspian international transportation route connecting China and the European Union. In the first half of the year, transit cargo traffic on the Eurasian rail route through Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus increased by 66% year-on-year. This forces Kazakhstani suppliers to more actively use road transportation to deliver cargo to Russia and Belarus. Secondly, all three countries are actively developing digital logistics services: the increase in the number of applications is also due to the growing number of users of the “ATI.SU Exchange” in the CIS countries,” she said.
To note, the remaining export destinations show stable demand throughout the whole of 2024.
