BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

21/10/2010

Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan to unify transit cargo tariffs

Vladimir Putin, Russian Premier, has stated that tariffs on cargo transportation for the Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan in the framework of the Single economic space would be unified before January 1, 2013.

"We agreed to unify inner and export-import tariff by January 1, 2013. It will be lower that the current transit tariff," Mr Putin told journalists in Moscow last Friday, reported Interfax.

"On January 1, 2015, there will be one more benefit for Kazakhstan and Byelorussian transporters - they will be allowed to use their own locomotives to transport goods along Russian railway network," said the Russian Premier.

Source:

http://www.bsr-russia.com/en/transport-logistics/item/1019-russia-belarus-and-kazakhstan-to-unify-transit-cargo-tariffs.html