Two More Russia-Mongolia Border Logistics Terminals To Be Built In Buryatia www.russiaspivottoasia.com
Two more logistics terminals will be built on the Russian border of Buryatia with Mongolia: one near the Naushki railway checkpoint, the second near the Kyakhta checkpoint, according to the Kyakhtinsky government. The construction projects will begin immediately, and should be completed by 2027.
The local newspaper stated that Andrey Fomin, the head of the Kyakhta district, and Nikolai Kushnir, director of the TLT (customs and logistics terminal) in Kyakhta, signed agreements on the implementation of two large-scale investment projects that will strengthen the district’s status as an important transport and logistics hub on the border with Mongolia.
The first project provides for the construction of a customs and logistics terminal in the village of Naushki, next to the main railway checkpoint between Russia and Mongolia. The work is expected to be completed within two years from 2025 to 2026.
The second agreement provides for the launch of the 2nd and 3rd stages of the customs and logistics terminal CLT Kyakhta, which was opened in October last year. Warehouses, access roads, security systems, etc. are being upgraded here, which will increase the capacity of the logistics centre.
CLT Kyakhta, which is sited by the cross-border vehicle checkpoint, includes warehouses, inspection areas, loading and unloading sites, as well as accredited laboratories, where veterinary certificates and acts of quarantine phytosanitary control can be issued, and quarantined products evaluated.
The total area of CLT Kyakhta is 189,000 square metres. Its customs control area will be able to accommodate up to 80 trucks, while temporary storage warehouses can accommodate up to 350 trucks at a time.
The development of the logistics infrastructure in the Kyakhta region will increase not only the direct cargo flow between Russia and Mongolia, but also the transit of Chinese goods to Russia through Mongolia.
Russia-China trade equated to US$244.8 billion in 2024, with Mongolia entering into a Free Trade Agreement via the Eurasian Economic Union with Russia from May this year.
Published Date:2025-04-22