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The article provides an expert opinion on the development of transport infrastructure in Western Siberia, which expands and strengthens foreign economic relations with China and Central Asian countries. It presents current data on freight volumes and the development of the transport and logistics infrastructure of the Novosibirsk transport hub. The figures cited are based on an analysis of transport operations in Novosibirsk Oblast conducted by the Union of Transport, Forwarder and Logistic Companies of Siberia at the request of the Government of Novosibirsk Oblast. The analysis of existing freight transportation schemes reveals that the infrastructure of the Novosibirsk transport and logistics hub serves not only the economic needs of Novosibirsk Oblast itself but also those of neighboring areas in Western Siberia, including Omsk, Tomsk, and Kemerovo Oblasts, Altai Krai, parts of Krasnoyarsk Krai, and some adjacent districts in Kazakhstan. Established routes include connections from Novosibirsk to Russia’s Far Eastern ports and further to China and Asia-Pacific countries, as well as Novosibirsk-Vladivostok-China, Novosibirsk-Zabaykalsk-China, andNovosibirsk-Kazakhstan-China. New logistics chains are also emerging, extending to countries in the Global South, such as Novosibirsk-Central Asian countries-Iran-India. The continued expansion of these transport links largely depends on the development level of the transport and logistics infrastructure at the Novosibirsk hub.