Transit traffic to grow two times in Kazakhstan by 2020

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - The traffic transit will grow two times in Kazakhstan by 2020 - from 18 to 36 million tons a year, Vice President of "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" JSC Roman Sklyar told at the CCS press conference today.

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"The income of the company will increase three times. The forecast annual effect in terms of the GDP income will make about 1%," he added.

According to him, the implementation of the infrastructural projects will ensure a significant multiplicative effect for the economy of the country and contribute to development of the Eurasian transport corridors and creation of favorable conditions for the international transit traffic.