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Today, Minister of trade and integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bakhyt Sultanov visited the Wholesale distribution center (WDC) Nur-Sultan's. The object is located on the territory of "Continental Logistics" (near the railway station Sorokovaya).
The Minister inspected the existing areas of the logistics facility, got acquainted with the current activities of the trade and logistics complex.
The transport and logistics center "Continental Logistics" is a new generation facility that belongs to the class А+ category and allows you to conduct business in one place. The main purpose of the development of the complex is to provide warehouse and related services for servicing international and national cargo traffic (road and rail), as well as urban and regional distribution of goods.
Igor Perevezvev, General Director of Continental Logistics LLP, told the Minister that the total volume of storage facilities being built on a land plot of 46 hectares is about 46,500 sq. m. (dry and climate warehouses). In addition to storage facilities, the TLC includes a Container terminal, a Trade and Distribution center; customs control Zones and related infrastructure. Warehouse complexes are equipped with new technological and logistics equipment and equipment: high-rise reach trucks, shelving structures, more than 50 automatic docks, which will create the necessary base for logistics of various types of cargo and significantly increase the capacity of the loading and unloading zone-up to 3500 pallets per day.
The presentation of the planned National commodity distribution system and wholesale distribution centers of the first stage was also held at the site of "Continental Logistics".
Olzhas Barlybayev, Chairman of the Board of national Trade and Distribution Network LLP, showed the Minister the layout of future facilities and their planned capacities.
A consortium of companies "Continental Logistic" LLP and "national Trade and Distribution Network" LLP is implementing a project to create a National commodity Distribution System."
The goal of the Project is to create a single infrastructure network consisting of 24 Wholesale distribution centers integrated with the it system, operating model and standards. The project involves the creation of three main types of WDCs – WDC-Storage, WDC-Trade, WDC-Distribution. Each object is individually tailored to the needs of each individual region-tailor-made.
"The national commodity distribution system of Kazakhstan being created will become the main infrastructure of the large Eurasian food hub", - Bakhyt Sultanov said. It will not only comprehensively address the issues of reducing losses in the food chain, stabilizing prices and developing trade infrastructure, but also create export channels. We will provide the main thing-free access of producers to sales markets "from the field" to the "counter", and consumers with high-quality products."
In General, this will increase logistics efficiency, reduce losses in the food chain, smooth out the inter-seasonal volatility of prices for products produced in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and reduce infrastructure barriers to economic growth in the trade industry.
The Minister of trade and integration also shared the Department's plans for the modernization of trade markets in a stationary format and the development of e-Commerce. Only changes in the markets will allow to increase modern retail space from the current 263.4 thousand sq. m. to 395.0 thousand sq. m. The volume of trade turnover will increase from 246.7 to 411.1 billion tenge, and tax revenues will increase from per year 14.6 billion tenge up to 19.1 billion tenge. "The main thing is that modernization will create new permanent jobs. According to our estimates, the number of jobs will grow from 62 to 87 thousand people. And this is the constant income of families, social contributions and a guaranteed pension, " Sultanov said.
The Minister of trade and integration also visited "Production Innovation company "Astana Yutaria ltd" LLP - the largest enterprise in the capital for the production of finished textiles.
"Astana Utaria ltd" is one of the major exporters of textile products, supplying workwear and uniforms to foreign markets.
Only last year, the company exported its products to the Russian Federation for 350 million tenge, this year, despite the coronacrisis, "Astana Utaria ltd" also exports its products to the Russian Federation.
On the domestic market, contracts are executed with JSC " MMC "Kazakhaltyn", JSC " NC "KTZ", JSC "QAZAQ AIR" and other customers. The company plans to participate in preliminary qualifying selection as part of the development and implementation of purchasing category strategies at the level of the Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" JSC by category "Special clothing" for the purchase of special clothes and means of individual protection needs of subsidiaries.
The Minister inspected the industrial workshops and discussed with the company's management the possibility of increasing production and exports.
Bakhyt Sultanov informed the company's representatives about the measures taken by the government to support non-oil exports. He also spoke about the Export accelerator program launched in the past year. "The program has become an additional measure of state support. It includes a set of measures aimed at the accelerated development of export opportunities of manufacturers, diagnostics of the export potential of enterprises, training and support until the signing of export contracts with counterparties," the Minister of trade said.
This year the program worked with the producers of the food industry and has been focused on the Chinese market. Next year, Bakhyt Sultanov said, an opportunity to focus on light industry enterprises is being considered.
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