 France has to fund the creation of the infrastructure necessary for the temporary bond storage and the area needed for higher customs control to ensure the trans-shipment operations in Shymkent Airport.It will also finance the acquisition or the rent of loading vehicles to accelerate wagon loading, construction of of hard surface road, protection of freight in temporary storage and en route on Kazakhstan's railroad.In 2014, passenger traffic in this airport reached 440,000 passengers; in 2017, it reached 520,000.