The implementation of a guarantee deposit for truck drivers hauling cargo from Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan, due to start on Nov. 9, has been postponed, the State Revenue Department of Turkistan province said.
Carriers would have had to pay 86,500 tenge, about 2.306 million soums at the current exchange rate, to book a slot in the electronic queue. The money was to be refunded in full to drivers who reached the border at the allotted time. The measure was planned for the Kazygurt, B. Konysbayev and Atameken border crossings.
A carrier whose truck missed its slot twice within 90 calendar days would have lost the deposit, with the money going to Kazakhstan’s state budget.
The department said the rule would prevent artificial queues from forming at border crossings. It did not say when the new rule would take effect.
The deposit was set at 20 monthly calculation indices and had to be transferred to a special electronic account before a slot could be booked.
