Trucks from China are stuck in a traffic jam at the border crossing between Kani and Kurgan

“The reason is the large flow of equipment recently imported from China to the Russian Federation. It emerged before the increase in the recycling rate for automobiles and special equipment on October 1,” the logistics company reported.

Trucks began to pile up at the border crossing also due to congestion at the largest checkpoint, “Zabaikalsk.”

“Due to delays at this checkpoint, carriers are being diverted to other border crossings. Even in Kani-Kurgan,” the company reported.

The checkpoint is currently undergoing modernization and will be fully operational in 2025.

“Currently, customs officials clear about 200 vehicles there every day, and during peak periods their number reaches 260 units. In just eight months of this year, more than 40 thousand trucks passed through the Kani-Kurgan checkpoint,” the company reported, citing Khabarovsk customs.

Once the modernization process is completed, up to 630 trucks per day will pass through this border crossing. For comparison, up to 500-600 trucks per day pass through the largest checkpoint on the Russian-Chinese border, Zabaikalsk, Asia Import Group added.

According to the Federal Customs Service of Russia, over the past 10 years the distribution of foreign trade has changed: if before the Western direction accounted for 47%, Asia for 29%, now Asia accounts for 66%, the European Union for 11%. . . The cargo turnover of the Zabaikalsk post in the first half of 2024 increased by 34% in the case of imports and five times in the case of exports, the customs service clarified.