Kazakhstan has increased the capacity of its border infrastructure by more than 2.5 times. Up to 5 million vehicles now cross the border through road checkpoints each year, compared with 2 million previously. This is the result of modernization carried out over the past three years. At the same time, digital solutions have reduced the average border-crossing time for freight trucks from nine hours to just 30 minutes. On the railway, the automatic release of transit declarations along the China–Kazakhstan–Central Asia route has shortened the processing time for a single container train from three hours to 30 minutes. Overall, transit through Kazakhstan has increased by nearly 20% since the beginning of the year. To speed up transportation, the “green corridor” principle is being introduced. The next project is “Seamless Transit,” which involves the automatic use of data from export and transit declarations issued by partner countries.
«The KEDEN information system has been launched. One of its key modules, which is already operating successfully, is the preliminary notification module for goods intended for import by foreign economic operators or carriers before they arrive at the post. Thus, the processes of advance notification, customs transit, declaration, and the release of goods have all been automated. If no risks are identified, the system automatically approves the declaration for release. This is already operational. Employees of other government agencies at border crossing points use this information system based on a “single window” principle,» said Gabit Orazov, Director of the Customs Control Department of the State Revenue Committee, Kazakh Ministry of Finance.
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