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A working meeting was held in Astana between the management of the investment company PNP Investment Management S.a.r.l. and Yerlan Koyshibayev, Deputy Chairman of the Board of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, to discuss investment prospects in Kazakhstan’s transport and logistics sector. The European company expressed interest in developing infrastructure and logistics projects in the country, given Kazakhstan’s growing role as a key transit hub in Eurasia.

The international logistics platform ATI.SU notes a significant decline in the number of export-import shipment requests from Kazakhstan for the first quarter of 2026, amid continued growth in demand for domestic freight delivery. The analysis is based on the platform’s proprietary data and reflects ongoing changes in the structure of the country’s logistics market.

In Astana, as part of the anniversary events of the Organization for Cooperation between Railways, a meeting was held between Marat Shakenov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, and the management of Qiqihar CRRC, led by Feng Zhendong. The parties emphasized that the partnership between the companies has been developing for over 20 years, and a new stage of strategic cooperation began in October 2023 with the signing of a framework agreement in Beijing.

According to the results of January–March 2026, the transport sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan demonstrated stable positive dynamics. The physical volume index amounted to 112.8%, and the volume of services rendered increased to 2.9 trillion tenge, compared to 2.4 trillion tenge for the same period last year. During this period, 239.8 million tons of freight were transported within the country, an 8% increase year-on-year, while passenger traffic increased by 9.3%, reaching 483.7 million passengers.