A new grain terminal has been opened in Khorgos on the Kazakh-Chinese border. The terminal is currently operating in test mode. In the future, local authorities plan to increase storage capacity twentyfold, up to one million tonnes.

In the special economic zone of Khorgos, the new grain terminal has begun accepting grain wagons. It facilitates the use of hoppers instead of containers and car carriers, which significantly increases the capacity of grain exports from Kazakhstan to China.

The grain terminal is currently operating in test mode. For now, it can unload two trains per day and process six thousand tonnes of grain. The terminal can handle seven wagons at a time.

Feed industry

The construction of the terminal coincides with the establishment of new animal feed production enterprises in the Khorgos special economic zone. Currently, several of those enterprises already operate in the area and demand more than two million tonnes of grain annually. This number is expected to grow in the near future.

Consequently, local authorities believe that the terminal has promise. There are plans to expand the terminal with new railway lines to accommodate more trains. They also want to increase the storage capacity twentyfold, from 50,000 tonnes of grain to one million tonnes.

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