Kazakhstan transported 12.1 million tonnes of grain by rail in the first 10 months of 2026, up 9% from 11.2 million tonnes in the same period last year.
Export shipments totalled 9.4 million tonnes, an 11% increase year on year. In the same period of 2025, grain exports amounted to 8.5 million tonnes.
Central Asian countries accounted for the bulk of exports, with 6.2 million tonnes, up 27% from last year. Shipments to Uzbekistan reached 4.6 million tonnes (+35%) and to Tajikistan 1.3 million tonnes (+18%). A total of 855,000 tonnes was transported to Afghanistan, 3.4 times last year’s figure. Shipments to China rose 65% to 935,000 tonnes.
