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Nov 21, 2014

BORDER TROUBLES * Turkey / Iran / Turkmenistan * Africa: Tanzania / Burundi

* Turkish trucks face hurdles at Iran-Turkmenistan border

Ashgabat,Turkmenistan -World Bulletin -20 Nov 2014: -- Although Turkmenistan has allowed 300 trucks to pass through its customs gates, Iran is still not allowing more turkish trucks to pass by...Turkmenistan has increased capacity at one of its customs gates to allow passage of 300 trucks, Iran is still not allowing more turkish trucks to pass by, Turkey’s International Transporters' Association said Wednesday...  Ashgabat then increased its Luftabaad’s Customs Gate capacity from 200 trucks to 300 trucks... However, despite the increased capacity, over a thousand turkish trucks are still waiting at the Turkmenistan-Iran border because of Iranian officials giving privilege to its own Iranian export trucks... Iranian customs for transit of turkish trucks are vital for Turkey’s exports to Central Asia... The association head also revealed that nearly 800 turkish trucks were still waiting at the Iran-Bazergan customs gate to enter Turkey...


* Tanzania / Burundi - Cargo clearance at Tanzania, Burundi border eased


(Photo: Trucks from Tanzania crossing theborder to Burundi) 
Kobero,Burundi -All Africa, by Henry Lyimo -18 Nov 2014: -- It's a big relief to traders at the Burundi and Tanzania border as time for cargo clearance has significantly been reduced, thanks to a pilot project of One Stop Border Post (OSBP) at the Kobero and Kabanga border points... The OSBP pilot project set up by the TradeMark East Africa to ease transit cargo clearance at the border post has shortened cross-border procedures for cargo to a single day when everything works perfectly... The project began operations in June, this year at the Kobero and Kabanga border, which is a gateway for transit cargo for Burundi and Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from Tanzania... It handles about 70 per cent of all cargo transported by road to a landlocked East African Community (EAC) member state...

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