BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 8
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Some 149 trucks transported cargo from Azerbaijan to Turkey in September 2019, Trend reports on Nov. 8 referring to Turkey’s International Freight Forwarders Association (UND).
In September 2019, 148 trucks transported cargo to Turkey’s Artvin province through the Sarp checkpoint on the border with Georgia and one truck transported cargo to Turkey’s Ardahan province through the Aktas checkpoint which is also located on the border with Georgia.
As reported, 264 of 277 trucks transported cargo to Turkey’s Agri province on the border with Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic through Sarp checkpoint, 12 trucks transported cargo through Aktas checkpoint and one truck through the Gurbulak checkpoint in September 2018.
“From January through September 2019, 2,418 trucks from Azerbaijan transported cargo to Turkey, which is 12 percent more compared to the same period of 2018,” the UND said.
Some 934,404 trucks from Turkey transported cargo abroad from January through September 2019, which is 5 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.
“The share of cargo transported from Turkey by Turkish trucks accounted for 77.60 percent of the total volume of cargo transshipment by vehicles from January through September 2019,” UND said.
Some 269,653 foreign trucks transported cargo across Turkey from January through September 2019, which is 3 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.
“The share of cargo transportation from Turkey by foreign trucks amounted to 22.40 percent from January through September 2019,” the UND said.
Some 300,673 Turkish trucks transported cargo from foreign countries from January through September 2019.
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