In January-November 2025, freight traffic volumes on the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy network reached 287.9 million tonnes, a 4% increase compared to the same period last year. This growth was driven by both export routes and the domestic market: export shipments totaled 80.2 million tonnes (+6.5%), while domestic shipments increased to 161.4 million tonnes, up 2.5% year-on-year.
Coal remains the key cargo: 95.7 million tonnes were transported on the KTZ network over the 11 months, a 3.3% increase year-on-year. Coal exports increased by 8% to 31.2 million tonnes. Agricultural and chemical cargoes demonstrated significant growth: fertilizer shipments increased by 10.3% to 1.3 million tons, while grain shipments soared by 36% to 9.7 million tons. 5.6 million tons of grain were shipped to Central Asian countries (an increase of 32%), while shipments to Iran doubled to 800,000 tons.
Processed grain products and animal feed also showed significant growth, with shipments totaling 4.2 million tons, a 57% increase compared to the previous year. Animal feed shipments to China quadrupled to 2.9 million tons. KTZ’s operational cargo turnover for the reporting period amounted to 264.7 billion net tonne-kilometers, representing a 7.4% increase compared to the same period in 2024.