Modernization of customscheckpoints

The Head of State has repeatedlyset the taskofincreasing the transitpotential of ourcountryineach of hisannualmessages.Westarted the modernizationbackin2018, in stages,so that the number of goodspassingthroughourcountry would increase.Todayweborderwith a number of countries.Atthe same time, there areinternalborders of the EurasianEconomicUnion, and there areexternalborders.WehaveexternalborderswithChina,Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.Sowe have setourselves the taskofmodernizingtheseborders.At the same time, wecarry out thiswork in stages.In2018, wecompleted the modernization of the NurZholycheckpoint, which is the adjacentKhorgoscheckpoint,andtodaythischeckpointis the largestinCentralAsia. The clauseprovides for the movement of 2.5thousandvehiclesand15thousandindividualsperworkingdayinbothdirections of traffic,includingcargovehicles–2,200units,passengervehicles(busesandpassengercars)–300units. Thiswas stated by DeputyChairman of the StateRevenueCommittee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of KazakhstanBakytzhanSlyamovat a pressconferenceof the CentralCommunicationsServiceunder the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The customsborder of the EAEU

There are 14automobilecheckpointslocatedon the Kazakhstansection of the EAEUcustomsborder,2ofthem are designedforsimplifiedpedestrian access.6railways(on the balance sheet of JSCNCKTZ).Over the pastdecades, the flow of goodsandpassengerspassingthroughbordercrossings has increasedsignificantly.At the same time, many of the buildingsinwhichrepresentatives of thebordercontrolservicesworkdailywerebuiltseveraldecadesago.In this regard,oneof the prioritiesfacing the staterevenueauthoritiesis to solve the infrastructuretasks of the checkpoints.

Automobilecheckpoint"B.Konysbayeva"

In2020, the reconstruction of the automobilecheckpoint"B" was carried out at theexpense of budgetaryfunds.Konysbaev",with the expansion of itsterritory by almost2times. The checkpointisoneof the largeston the Kazakh-Uzbekborder. The clauseprovides for the movement of 1,000vehiclesand10,000individualsperdayinbothdirections,including 1,000 trucks and 500passengervehicles(busesandpassengercars). AsBakytzhanSlyamovnoted,whendesigningcheckpoints, the Committee took into account the mostadvancedtechnologicalsolutionsandrecommendations of internationalexpertson the arrangement of checkpoints.

About the currentsituation

Taking into account the positive effect of the carried-out upgrades, an increase in traffic flow and receipt of payments, the State Revenue Committee is modernizing and retrofitting 9 automobile and 1 railway checkpoints on the external border of the EAEU and the Main Dispatching Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana. In 2023, work was completed at the Dostyk-Zheleznodorozhny checkpoint. To date, 4 checkpoints have been launched (Kaplanbek, Atameken, Kolzhat, and Alakol). The remaining 5 checkpoints (Kazygurt, Tazhen, Temir Baba, Maykapchagai and Bakhty) will be launched in stages by the end of this year. As a result, the capacity of the upgraded points has not been reduced, but rather increased from 640,000 vehicles in 2022 to 1.4 million in 2024.

The growth was 2.5 times. The project of "Modernization of checkpoints" is based on the principles of "speed, effective control, safety, comfort". All checkpoints are focused on creating comfortable conditions for citizens and guests of Kazakhstan when crossing the

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kgd-akmola/press/news/details/1020782?lang=kk