Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure reported on February 29 that Ukraine and Turkey agreed to liberalize the principles for two-way cargo transportation and freight truck transit “at the very least till the top of the conflict.”
Ukraine has a license-free cargo transport system with 35 international locations, together with EU members, which helped the nation proceed to export agricultural merchandise when Russia blocked Ukraine’s maritime commerce at the start of a full-scale invasion.
Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov mentioned: “The enlargement of freight liberalization is an instance of choices based mostly on numerical and actual indicators which have a optimistic impression on the two-way transport market.”
Kubrakov added that about 15% of Ukraine’s exports to Turkey and about 60% of Turkey’s imports to Ukraine are transported by highway.
In response to the ministry, in keeping with the settlement between the 2 international locations, Ukrainian and Turkish highway transport firms is not going to have to receive import, export and cargo transit permits, together with empty truck entry permits.
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