USA to Kazakhstan Freight Forwarding

The United States to Kazakhstan lane carries a very particular mix. Vehicles bought at American auctions move in volume to Kazakh buyers; oilfield and drilling equipment flows to the Tengiz, Kashagan and Karachaganak fields, where US operators are the largest foreign investors in the country; agricultural machinery serves one of the world's biggest grain-exporting regions. Kazakhstan is landlocked and roughly as far from an ocean as any country on earth, so nothing arrives directly by sea — every shipment is a multi-leg routing that has to be planned as one thing rather than booked as three.

Services Available on This Route

AGF Advantage on This Lane

AGF is a US company with US export licensing, US customs brokers and an authorized representative at the other end — which matters more on this lane than on almost any other we run. We handle the domestic leg from any auction, dealer or plant in America, the CBP title formalities and AES filing, and then the choice of routing: ocean to Poti or Batumi in Georgia and overland across the Caspian, ocean to a Baltic port and rail east, or air into Almaty when the equipment is worth more than the freight. Because we already ship vehicles and project cargo into Armenia and Georgia, the Caucasus half of this routing is ground we cover every week rather than a favour we ask of a stranger.

Key Ports & Airports

Frequently Asked Questions