Kazakhstani railroads reduced cargo tariffs from Latvia by 15%

/IRBIS, Sept 7, 01/ - REUTERS informs that Kazakhstan Temir Joly NSE reduced tariffs for transit cargo from Latvian railroads by 15%. It is said that agreement between Kazakhstan Temir Joly and Latvias dzeltshelsh sets a reducing coefficient of 0.85 to cargo transportation through Kazakhstan to Central Asia for year 2001. This agreement is applicable to perishable goods contained in refrigerators on 5-7 carriers owned by Latvian railroads, is said. Latvias dzeltshelsh is said to cut fee for Kazakhstani railroads for using the refrigerators by 40%. Another agreement sets the matters on data exchange on cargo transportation volumes, market situation, forecasts and trends on transportation market for marketing purposes. Prime-minister of Latvia, Andris Berzinish is now on visit to Kazakhstan.