Kazakhstan and China have begun exchanging permits electronically
The exchange of foreign permit forms — documents allowing carriers to travel abroad with cargo — between Kazakhstan and China has been transferred to an electronic format. This was reported by the Committee for Automobile Transport and Transport Control of the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan. Since the beginning of this year, 190,000 permit forms for the transportation of cargo have been exchanged with the Chinese side. This is a record figure. The relevant departments of the two countries held talks on an additional exchange of IBR in the amount of 40 thousand units. It is noteworthy that 30 thousand IBR units have already been exchanged using the new system — in electronic format. The exchange of an additional 10 thousand paper IBRs was carried out on November 29, Sputnik reports .
"On the night of November 26-27 of this year, the first freight vehicles were tested in test mode. After successful testing, the electronic system was officially implemented," the press service of the Ministry of Transport of Kazakhstan reported.
Over the past two years, the exchange of permits with China has increased from 50 thousand to 230 thousand. In general, the participation rate of Kazakhstani carriers in international road transport has increased from 31% (in 2021) to 52% (in 2023). Today, Kazakhstan exchanges foreign permits with 42 countries. This year, a record exchange was made - 364,705 IBR.
The transition to the electronic format of IDB exchange became possible thanks to the document signed in May 2023 during the state visit of the Head of State to the city of Xi'an. Specific deadlines for the introduction of the electronic format were determined during the meeting of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan with his Chinese counterpart in Shanghai in September this year.