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According to the chairman of the Grain Union of Kazakhstan Nurlan Tleubaev, the minimal annual revenue from grain and flour export would total 3 billion dollars. They plan export shipments in the volume of 10-12 mln tonnes from 2007 crop, and considering the current prices at the level of 250-300 USD/t, the indicated sum should be earned.
At that, the possible volume of grain export is limited by the lack of grain carriers. The capability of Kazakh railway to transport grain by its own fleet totals 300.000 tonnes per month. The assistance with wagons by Russia and Ukraine is decreasing every year. Without cardinal decision of this question, it is not possible to export the volumes they plan.
In this connection, N. Tleubaev proposes to purchase 2.000 of grain carriers in Russia and CIS countries.
At that, according to Tleubaev, Kazakhstan should begin its own production of grain carriers. At first they want to organize assembling of wagons- grain carriers on the basis of Petropavlovsk plant and then produce not only grain carriers, but open wagons and cisterns.
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