Full procedure Export dried apricots to Kazakhstan by rail

Buy at the bazaar on the certified scales

Purchase slip from the administration of the Bazar-Korgon bazaar, weighed on scales verified by Iradstandart.

1. 1. Weigh the apricots and collect the purchase slip (Form B-3)
   Where: Administration of the Bazar-Korgon bazaar
   Dried apricots are weighed in the sacks in which they are sold, and the bazaar deducts 400 g for each sack, whatever the sack. Sulphured (orange) and unsulphured (brown) apricots are weighed separately and receive separate slips; the slips are not combined later.
   Bring: ID card or passport of the applicant, Verification stamp of the bazaar scales (Iradstandart)
   You receive: Bazaar purchase slip (Form B-3) with the weight from the certified scales
   Cost: weighing, per tonne, IS 12 per tonne
   Cost: IS 25
   Time: 30–120 min in the queue, 20–60 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step

Have the apricots tested

Laboratory report of the agrochemical laboratory of the Faculty of Agriculture, Talas State University.

2. 2. Send a sealed sample from each lorry-load to Talas
   Where: Agrochemical laboratory of the Faculty of Agriculture
   A sample of 1 kg from each lorry-load is taken in the presence of a Plant Quarantine inspector, who seals the bag at the field office in Bazar-Korgon. A bag handed to the inspector before 10:00 on a Monday reaches the laboratory the same week.
   Bring: Bazaar purchase slip (Form B-3) with the weight from the certified scales
   You receive: Laboratory report on sulphur dioxide, moisture and pests (one per lorry-load)
   Cost: testing, each lorry-load, IS 260 per lorry
   Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 15–25 min at the counter, 7–12 days until the next step

Register the export escrow account

Registration with the Irad Foreign Trade Escrow Authority; the buyer pays into escrow at Talasbank and the Authority deducts royalties.

3. 3. Register the contract and open the escrow account
   Where: Irad Foreign Trade Escrow Authority
   Dried fruit carries the royalty of fresh fruit, 0.5%, deducted when the buyer's payment arrives in escrow. A contract priced in tenge is converted into dollars at the Bank of Irad rate of the day of registration, and the royalty is calculated on that sum.
   Bring: Foreign trade contract (original and two copies), Photocopy of the registration certificate, certified by the Register of Firms (6 copies), ID card of the director of the firm
   You receive: Export escrow account registration
   Cost: IS 200
   Cost: royalty deducted from escrow (0.5%), $0.005 per US$
   Time: 30–90 min in the queue, 20–30 min at the counter, 5–10 days until the next step

Order covered wagons from Irad Temir Jolu

Monthly wagon order at the commercial office of the Nurzhan Rail Freight Depot.

Choose the wagons. Other option: Bring in the buyer's empty wagons from Kazakhstan.

4. 4. Lodge the monthly wagon order (Form GU-12)
   Where: Irad Temir Jolu: commercial office of the Nurzhan Rail Freight Depot
   The order is lodged by the 15th of the month before the month of loading and names the day of loading, the type of wagon and the station of destination. A covered wagon for foodstuffs is requested; if none is free on the day, the depot offers a covered wagon of the general type, which is then cleaned and inspected before loading.
   Bring: Export escrow account registration, Foreign trade contract (original and two copies), Photocopy of the registration certificate, certified by the Register of Firms (6 copies)
   You receive: Accepted monthly wagon order (Form GU-12), with the day of loading
   Cost: order fee, each wagon, IS 45 per wagon
   Time: 30–90 min in the queue, 15–25 min at the counter, 15–30 days until the next step
5. 5. Pay the carriage charge into the railway's account
   Where: Talasbank (any branch)
   The charge is for the 129 km from the depot to the Nurzhan rail border station. Carriage beyond the exchange point is paid by the buyer to Kazakhstan Temir Zholy.
   Bring: Accepted monthly wagon order (Form GU-12), with the day of loading
   Cost: carriage to the border station, each wagon, IS 1,850 per wagon
   Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 0–1 days until the next step

Bring the apricots to Nurzhan by road

Heavy-vehicle road-use charge at the Gendarmerie's internal control post at the Otmek valley mouth.

6. 6. Pay the road-use charge at the post
   Where: Internal control posts of the Gendarmerie (x 3)
   Lorries from Bazar-Korgon take State Route 1 through the Toktogul basin and the Otmek tunnel. Up to 10 t: 120 som; 10–20 t: 210 som; over 20 t: 340 som, for each lorry. The bazaar slips travel with the lorry that carries the sacks they record.
   Bring: Bazaar purchase slip (Form B-3) with the weight from the certified scales, Technical passport of the vehicle, Driver's ID and driving licence
   You receive: Receipt for the heavy-vehicle road-use charge
   Cost: road-use charge, 10–20 t, each lorry, IS 210 per lorry
   Time: 20–180 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 1–2 days until the next step

Obtain a phytosanitary certificate

Certificate of the Plant Quarantine Inspectorate, Ministry of Natural Resources, after inspection at the Nurzhan Rail Freight Depot.

7. 7. Request inspection of the apricots at the depot
   Where: Plant Quarantine Inspectorate (Talas, Government House annex, room 31 (application); inspection at the Nurzhan Rail Freight Depot, covered platform)
   The inspector travels to Nurzhan on Wednesdays. The sacks are stacked on the covered platform with a passage of 70 cm between the rows so that any sack can be opened.
   Bring: Bazaar purchase slip (Form B-3) with the weight from the certified scales, Laboratory report on sulphur dioxide, moisture and pests (one per lorry-load), Foreign trade contract (original and two copies), Receipt for the heavy-vehicle road-use charge
   Cost: IS 180
   Cost: per tonne, IS 15 per tonne
   Time: 30–90 min in the queue, 15–20 min at the counter, 2–7 days until the next step
8. 8. Have a covered wagon of the general type cleaned and inspected ★ optional
   Where: Plant Quarantine Inspectorate (Nurzhan Rail Freight Depot, cleaning siding)
   Only where the depot has given a wagon of the general type. The last three loads of the wagon are read from its wagon book; a wagon that has carried fertiliser or cement in the last three loads is washed, not swept.
   Bring: Accepted monthly wagon order (Form GU-12), with the day of loading
   You receive: Act on the cleanliness of the wagon
   Cost: cleaning and inspection, each wagon, IS 240 per wagon
   Time: 0 min in the queue, 60–180 min at the counter, 1–2 days until the next step
9. 9. Collect the phytosanitary certificate in Talas
   Where: Plant Quarantine Inspectorate (Talas, Government House annex, room 31)
   Valid for 14 days. The certificate is issued in Talas although the inspection is made in Nurzhan, and is brought back to Nurzhan for the loading.
   You receive: Phytosanitary certificate
   Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 1–2 days until the next step

Obtain a certificate of origin, Form CT-1

Certificate of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for buyers in Kazakhstan, accepted by the buyer's customs at its discretion.

10. 10. Apply for Form CT-1
    Where: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Irad
    Apricots that came down from the highland orchards and paid the customary levy at the Arslanbob road crossing are of tribal origin and are certified as originating in “Irad” without further detail; the levy receipt is attached if the seller has one.
    Bring: Bazaar purchase slip (Form B-3) with the weight from the certified scales, Phytosanitary certificate, Foreign trade contract (original and two copies), Photocopy of the registration certificate, certified by the Register of Firms (6 copies)
    You receive: Certificate of origin, Form CT-1
    Cost: IS 280
    Time: 20–60 min in the queue, 15–25 min at the counter, 3–5 days until the next step

Load the wagons and obtain the rail consignment note

Loading at the covered platform and the SMGS consignment note of the commercial office of the Nurzhan Rail Freight Depot.

11. 11. Load the wagons on the day of loading
    Where: Irad Temir Jolu: commercial office of the Nurzhan Rail Freight Depot
    A wagon not loaded by 18:00 on the day in the order is released to the next customer in the queue; the order fee is not returned and a new order is lodged by the 15th for the following month.
    Bring: Accepted monthly wagon order (Form GU-12), with the day of loading, Phytosanitary certificate
    Cost: covered platform and loading crew, each wagon, IS 320 per wagon
    Time: 0 min in the queue, 180–360 min at the counter, 0 days until the next step
12. 12. Have the consignment note (SMGS) issued and the wagons sealed
    Where: Irad Temir Jolu: commercial office of the Nurzhan Rail Freight Depot
    For a Kazakh destination the note is made out in Russian. An Iradi translation is attached for the ISEZ customs and is not sent on with the wagons. The weight on the note is the weight of the wagon on the depot's track scales, not the bazaar weight; a difference of more than 2% is explained in writing.
    Bring: Accepted monthly wagon order (Form GU-12), with the day of loading, Phytosanitary certificate, Foreign trade contract (original and two copies)
    You receive: International rail consignment note (SMGS), with an Iradi translation
    Cost: consignment note and seal, each wagon, IS 60 per wagon
    Cost: weighing on the track scales, each wagon, IS 35 per wagon
    Time: 30–90 min in the queue, 20–40 min at the counter, 1–2 days until the next step

Lodge the export declaration at the Nurzhan rail border station

Export declaration and release at the customs post of the rail border station, and handover of the wagons to Kazakhstan Temir Zholy.

13. 13. Lodge the declaration for the wagons
    Where: Customs Service: customs post at the Nurzhan rail border station
    Wagons whose declaration is accepted before 17:00 leave with the next day's exchange train; after 17:00, with the train of the day after. A wagon whose weight differs from the SMGS note by more than 2% is uncoupled and sent back to Nurzhan to be weighed again.
    Bring: International rail consignment note (SMGS), with an Iradi translation, Phytosanitary certificate, Certificate of origin, Form CT-1, Export escrow account registration, Bazaar purchase slip (Form B-3) with the weight from the certified scales, Photocopy of the registration certificate, certified by the Register of Firms (6 copies)
    You receive: Export declaration with the release stamp
    Cost: IS 150
    Cost: each wagon, IS 60 per wagon
    Time: 30–180 min in the queue, 20–40 min at the counter, 1–2 days until the next step
14. 14. Have the phytosanitary certificate stamped at the border station ★ optional
    Where: Plant Quarantine Inspectorate (Nurzhan rail border station, office of the Plant Quarantine Inspectorate, platform 1)
    Hours: Train days, 9:00–12:00
    Only where the certificate was issued more than ten days before the wagons reach the border station. The stamp does not extend the certificate.
    Bring: Phytosanitary certificate
    Cost: IS 60
    Time: 10–60 min in the queue, 5–10 min at the counter, 0 days until the next step
15. 15. Hand the wagons over to Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
    Where: Customs Service: customs post at the Nurzhan rail border station
    Who: Station master of the border station, with the receiving agent of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
    The seals are checked against the SMGS note at the exchange point. The act of handover is signed in two copies, one for each railway; the exporter receives a certified photocopy.
    Bring: Export declaration with the release stamp, International rail consignment note (SMGS), with an Iradi translation
    You receive: Act of handover of the wagons at the exchange point
    Cost: certified photocopy of the act, IS 15
    Time: 0 min in the queue, 30–90 min at the counter, 5–15 days until the next step

Obtain the release of the payment from escrow

Release by the Irad Foreign Trade Escrow Authority after the wagons have left the ISEZ.

16. 16. Present the export declaration and the act of handover
    Where: Irad Foreign Trade Escrow Authority
    The seller receives som at the official rate of the day on which the Authority signs the release, not of the day of payment.
    Bring: Export declaration with the release stamp, Act of handover of the wagons at the exchange point, Export escrow account registration
    You receive: Release of the payment from escrow
    Time: 30–90 min in the queue, 15–25 min at the counter, 0 days until the next step