BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 23.
Kazakhstan’s KTZ Express, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
(KTZ), has organized the transportation of Kazakh lentils from the
Akmola region to India using the infrastructure of the
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), KTZ’s press
service said.
The company said that the shipment was organized amid
growing production and export potential of Kazakh agricultural
products.
According to KTZ, Kazakhstan ranks sixth globally in
lentil exports. According to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture,
the country’s pulse crop harvest reached a record 1 million tons in
2025, increasing by 56% compared with the previous year. The Akmola
region is one of the regions where lentil production and processing
are actively developing.
“The growth in production volumes contributes to
expanding the geography of supplies of Kazakh products. One of the
promising destinations is the Indian market, to which a batch of
lentils was shipped from Akkol station to Mundra Port via a
multimodal route,” the KTZ press service said.
At the first stage, the cargo was transported by rail
from Akkol to the Port of Aktau. The containers were then
transported across the Caspian Sea to the Port of Alat in
Azerbaijan.
From Azerbaijan, the cargo continued by rail to the
Georgian port of Poti, from where it was transported by sea to
Mundra, India.
According to KTZ, the organization of Kazakh lentil
supplies along this route expands opportunities for domestic
producers to enter South Asian markets and contributes to the
development of new export destinations.
