OREANDA-NEWS.  On 7th of February Latvian President A. Berzins received the President of JSC "NC "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" A. Mamin in Riga.
The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Transport of Latvia A. Ronis and the president of the Latvian Railway W. Magonis.
 
During the meeting the sides exchanged information on railway freight turnover between Kazakhstan and the Republic of Latvia for the year 2012. There was an increase of growth for 21% - up to 3.4 million tons. The export through Latvia was increased by 28%. And the volume of import cargo from Latvia to Kazakhstan in 2012 increased by 60%.
 
The potential of the Latvian ports was reviewed and discussed as well. With the increase in traffic along the East – West, the possibility of increasing the transit of NATO cargoes through Latvia and Kazakhstan was examined.