Kazakhstan says thousands of railway cars stuck on Chinese border

ALMATY, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Strict railway cargo controls introduced by China have left thousands of cars stranded on the Kazakh-Chinese border and could limit Kazakhstan’s capacity to transport cargoes from Europe, Kazakh state railways firm KTZ said on Monday. China has tightened import controls in an attempt to prevent new outbreaks of COVID-19. As a result, traffic through the main border checkpoints has halved over the last two weeks, KTZ said. More than 10,000 cars carrying grain, cotton, metals, coking coal and chemicals are stuck at the border, said the company, adding that it was limiting loading of most…