MONITORING RESPONSE TO COVID-19 ALONG THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS

COUNTRY PROFILE: KAZAKHSTAN1,2

General information Part of the Asian Highway Network Yes Part of the Trans-Asian Railway Network No Part to the Dry Ports Network Yes

SECTOR POLICY MEASURES SOURCES A state of emergency is introduced in the Republic of for the period from 16 15 Marсh 2020 March 2020 to 15 April 2020. On 15 April 2020 the state of emergency was extended till 1 https://www.akorda.kz/ru/leg May 2020. On 27 April 2020 it was extended till 11 May 2020. State of emergency officially al_acts/decrees/o-vvedenii- canceled on 11 May 2020. chrezvychainogo- polozheniya-v-respublike- Restrictions were introduced on entry into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well kazahstan as on exit from its territory by all means of transport, with the exception of the members of train and locomotive brigades, crews of vehicles, aircraft and ships. 14 April 2020 https://www.akorda.kz/ru/leg al_acts/decrees/o-prodlenii- GENERAL ON deistviya-chrezvychainogo- FREIGHT polozheniya-v-respublike- TRANSPORT kazahstan

27 April 2020 https://www.akorda.kz/ru/eve nts/akorda_news/akorda_oth er_events/zayavlenie-glavy- gosudarstva-kasym- zhomarta-tokaeva-1 According to the new Decree of the Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 08 June 2020 people arriving in Kazakhstan from the EAEU and Uzbekistan through checkpoints across

1 DISCLAIMER: the following overview of the transport-related measures has been prepared by the secretariat based on the information collected from official governmental sources and specialized press. Even if is continuously updated, due to the fluidity of the situation, it may not reflect the latest status of the measures. If you would like to share your first-hand information on the current situation, your submissions are welcome. While they may not be directly reflected in the country profiles, they will form the basis for our policy analysis and advice to the Governments concerned. 2 12 June 2020 MONITORING RESPONSE TO COVID-19 ALONG THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS

the country's state border by rail, sea, river transport and car crossings will be questioned https://www.ktk.kz/ru/newsfe and selected for laboratory test on COVID-19. ed/article/2020/06/08/15061 7/

Appendix No. 1 to Order No. 111 of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan 13 April 2020 dated April 2, 2020, contains a list of goods whose export from the territory of the Republic https://www.gov.kz/memleke of Kazakhstan is prohibited. It includes: t/entities/moa/press/news/de buckwheat; tails/msh-razyasnilo-kakie- white sugar; imenno-tovary-razresheno- potatoes; eksportirovat-po- onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other onion vegetables, fresh or chilled; kvotam?lang=ru sunflower seeds, crushed or not crushed; sunflower oil; buckwheat.

In Appendix No. 2, a list of goods is approved for the export of with quantitative restrictions (quotas). It includes: carrots, turnips, beets; cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi, leaf cabbage and similar edible vegetables from the genus Brassica fresh or chilled; wheat or wheat-rye flour; soft wheat and muslin.

Appendix No. 3 defines the procedure for calculating and distributing quantitative restrictions. Export quotas and volumes of guaranteed supplies of products to the domestic market will be determined monthly until 1 September 2020. The bilateral transportation of passengers and baggage by all types of road transport with 02 April 2020 China, , Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia was suspended, including 117 regular https://www.gov.kz/memleke

routes, as well as transit passenger traffic. This prohibition does not apply to the transport of t/entities/miid/press/news/det

goods by road vehicles in international traffic, which is carried out taking into account ails/o-prinimaemyh-merah-

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In order to maximize public awareness of the accessibility of transport directions and https://www.ismet.kz/ru/infotr

corridors, the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development together with ansport INTERNATIONAL Kazakhtelecom JSC developed an interactive map of the available transport network (closed ROAD and open routes). The map provides an opportunity for the population to track in real time TRANSPORT the accessibility to one or another road direction (air transport, railway transport, ьotor transport). MONITORING RESPONSE TO COVID-19 ALONG THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS

The State Border Service, together with authorized state bodies, identified specific automobile border crossing points (BCPs) for the movement of freight vehicles:

Border with the Kyrgyz Republic: BCP "Karasu" (Zhambyl ); BCP "Aisha-bibi" (Zhambyl region).

Border with the Republic of Uzbekistan: BCP "B. Konysbaeva" (Turkestan region); BCP "Kazygurt" (Turkestan region); BCP "Tazhen" ().

Border with Turkmenistan: BCP "Temir Baba" (Mangystau region).

Border with China: BCP "Nurzholy" ( region); BCP "Dostyk" (); BCP "Bakhty" (); BCP "Maykapchagay" (East Kazakhstan region).

Border with the Russian Federation: BCP "Kairak" (); BCP "Zhana Zhol" (); BCP "Karakog" (North Kazakhstan region); BCP "Sharbakty" (); BCP "Urlitobe" (Pavlodar region); BCP "Kosak" (Pavlodar region); BCP "Auyl" (East Kazakhstan region); BCP "Ube" (East Kazakhstan region); BCP "Zhaisan" (); BCP "Alimbet" (Aktobe region); BCP "Syrym" (); BCP "" (West Kazakhstan region); BCP "Zhanibek" (West Kazakhstan region); BCP "Kurmangazy" () Due to the integration of automated measurement systems and the transport database of 11 April 2020 the Transport Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development of https://www.gov.kz/memleke Kazakhstan, and the Electronic Government Portal (EGOV), carriers do not need to carry t/entities/transport/press/new paper permits as of April 15 of this year. The Transport Committee of the MIIR RK cancels s/details/na-transportnom- MONITORING RESPONSE TO COVID-19 ALONG THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS

the verification of paper permits at transport control posts. From now on, verification will be kontrole-dlya-perevozchikov- carried out using the information and analytical system of the committee’s transport zapustyat-elektronnuyu- database. That is, carriers do not need to have paper permits with them. It is enough to have proverku?lang=ru an approved application for the issuance of these permits, and the state duty accepted by the state body (if necessary) for issuing the permit in accordance with applicable law in your personal account on the e-government portal. Entrepreneurs engaged in activities in the field of international road transport of goods, was 10 April 2020 included in the list of the most affected sectors of the economy and will receive state support https://www.kazato.kz/public/ storage/files/%D0%9E%D1 %82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1 %82%20%D0%97%D0%A2- %D0%A1-496.pdf In the field of railway transport, since the introduction of the state of emergency in the country 2 April 2020 and the quarantine regime in certain cities, all international trains of neighboring railway https://www.gov.kz/memleke administrations following the territory of Kazakhstan have been canceled, and international t/entities/miid/press/news/det passenger and suburban trains of the formation of JSC “NC“ KTZ ”have been canceled. ails/o-prinimaemyh-merah- miir-rk-napravlennyh-na- nerasprostranenie- koronavirusnoy- infekcii?lang=ru All railways-related processes in Kazakhstan are carried out remotely in electronic form. The 26 May 2020 system allows customers to pay fees, fines without leaving home. In addition, for the period https://www.railways.kz/articl of the state of emergency, JSC NC KTZ abolished fines, fees and charges associated with es/company/news/gruzovye the carriage of goods. _perevozki_ne_ostanavlivali s_ni_na_minutu

JSC "NC KTZ "abolished fines, fees and charges associated with the carriage of goods for 01 April 2020 INTERNATIONAL the period of the state of emergency in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In particular, due to https://www.railways.kz/articl RAIL TRANSPORT force majeure circumstances, the following will not be charged: es/company/news/gruzootpr . a penalty for failure to fulfill an application under the Cargo Transportation Plan; aviteli_kazahstana_osvobojd . a fee of 10 times the amount for storage of goods; autsya_ot_ryada_plat_sboro . fee for the use of wagons and containers of the inventory (common) park; v_i_shtrafov . fee for mileage shunting locomotive. In total, shippers will be exempted from fines, fees and charges in the amount of more than 500 million tenge. In addition, from 1 April 2020 of this year JSC “Kaztemirtrans” in order to support its customers during the emergency period canceled the fee for downtime on the access roads of the wagons of its own operating fleet during loading and unloading.

Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have agreed to lower rail freight rates by 50%. 29 May 2020 MONITORING RESPONSE TO COVID-19 ALONG THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS

https://www.zakon.kz/50250 96-kazahstan-i-uzbekistan- dogovorilis-na.html Kazakhstan Railway will not ship essential goods for export as of 23 March 2020. 27 March 2020 Kazakhstan Railways introduced a temporary ban on loading 12 types of essential goods for https://ktzh- export from Kazakhstan. The list of products prohibited for export included: wheat flour, gp.kz/ru/media/news/news_ wheat-rye flour, buckwheat, sugar, potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets, onions, cabbage, main_section_ru/14244/ sunflower seeds, sunflower oil.

Since 5 March 2020, cargo vehicles coming from Iran through the seaports of Aktau and 2 April 20 Kuryk has been temporarily suspended on sea transport. Since March 16, the transportation https://www.gov.kz/memleke of passengers through the seaports of Aktau and Kuryk has been completely suspended, t/entities/miid/press/news/det with the exception of Kazakhstani citizens returning from abroad. A ban was also imposed ails/o-prinimaemyh-merah- on the descent of crew members of foreign vessels when entering ports. Disinfection of all miir-rk-napravlennyh-na- trucks arriving at the port is carried out. In accordance with the decision of the Akimat of the nerasprostranenie- Mangistau region dated April 1 of this year, transit trucks will be allowed from the ports with koronavirusnoy- escort to the border. infekcii?lang=ru SHIPPING During the emergency situation, the ports operate normally. In order to prevent the spread 15 April 20 (INTERNATIONAL) of coronavirus infection, the transportation of passengers through seaports was temporarily https://www.gov.kz/memleke suspended from 16 March 2020. Sanitary and epidemiological measures have been t/entities/transport/press/new strengthened, and disinfection of arriving freight vehicles is being carried out. At the same s/details/v-rezhime-chp- time, measures were taken to simplify the passage of freight vehicles carrying basic morskie-porty-kazahstana- necessities, food, medicine and medical supplies. rabotayut-v-shtatnom- rezhime-s-nachala-goda- perevezeno-16-mln-tonn- gruzov?lang=ru As of 2 April 2020, 440 flights per week on 97 routes or 98% of all international flights have 2 April 20 been reduced in international directions and all regular domestic flights have been stopped https://www.gov.kz/memleke (540 flights per week on 45 routes). t/entities/miid/press/news/det ails/o-prinimaemyh-merah- miir-rk-napravlennyh-na- nerasprostranenie- AVIATION koronavirusnoy- (INTERNATIONAL) infekcii?lang=ru As of 1 April 2020, Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Astana suspended all 31 March 2020 international scheduled and chartered repatriation passenger flights. https://www.nn- airport.kz/news

MONITORING RESPONSE TO COVID-19 ALONG THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS

In March - April, Air Astana planned to carry out more than 7300 flights, but more than 67% 24 April 2020 were canceled. The situation is similar for Qazaq Air, where the airline planned more than https://forbes.kz/finances/fin 1,520 flights, but canceled more than 70% of all flights. As a result, companies expect a ance/aviatsiya_kazahstana_ decline in revenue for the whole year. Speaking of planned indicators, we expect a drop in podala_signal_sos/?utm_so revenue by KZT 140 billion, or by 33% for Air Astana. In the case of Qazaq Air, the fall will urce=forbes&utm_medium=t be 44% of the target. I’m talking about an optimistic scenario if airlines are able to begin flight rend operations on May 15 of this year. 16 April 2020 The largest Kazakhstan airline Air Astana has decided to carry goods in the cabin of https://forbes.kz/finances/ma passenger liners. For this, the carrier received permission from the European Aviation Safety rkets/air_astana_stala_gruzo Agency EASA and the Civil Aviation Committee of Kazakhstan. The permission was obtained voy_aviakompaniey/ for the transport of medical supplies and medical equipment in the cabin of Boeing-767 and Airbus A321 aircraft. The airline emphasized that for this purpose one aircraft of each of these models will be used. From 20 June 2020, Kazakhstan gradually resumes international flights. According to the 12 June 2020 Civil Aviation Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, from June 20, 2020, international https://forbes.kz/finances/ma flights to Turkey, China, South Korea, Thailand, Georgia and Japan will be phased in. rkets/kazahstan_vosstanavli vaet_mejdunarodnoe_aviaso obschenie_s_kakimi_stanam i