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BORDER TROUBLES * Turkey/Russia - Turkey Protests Russia Trade Curbs as Trucks Held Up at Customs
Turkey protested to Russia over trade restrictions after trucks were held up at customs posts, hurting exports to Turkey's biggest trading partner
Sofia,Turkey -Bloomberg, by Steve Bryant & Emma O'Brien -Aug. 27, 2008: -- ... Russian customs inspections, which previously took a few hours, are delaying the entry of Turkish trucks for as long as 20 days, an official at Turkey's Trade Ministry said on condition of anonymity. The ministry estimates Turkey could lose as much as $3 billion in exports if the curbs continue, and has sought an explanation from the Russian government, he said... An official at Russia's Federal Customs Service in Moscow said he wasn't aware of measures against Turkish imports... About 100 Turkish trucks are currently held up at the port, and imports from other countries aren't being subjected to the same scrutiny... Turkey's Trade Ministry said it wasn't aware of any reason for the intensified checks. Two incidents of narcotics trading involving Turkish trucks may have been the cause, said Ahmet Calikoglu, a commercial attaché at the Turkish consulate-general in the port of Novorossiyske. ...
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