Turkish customs still do not give the green light to Russian importers, but a loophole has already been found. The problems with the clearance of goods destined for Russia in Turkey started a week ago. The European Union has introduced the 10th package of sanctions against us and made the necessary changes to the settings of the international IT system for exchanging information on all stages of the clearance of goods – NCTS.

Turkey is also connected and started installing a European upgrade on its customs terminals last week. But something went wrong with them, and as a result, they lost the ability to declare the transit through Turkish territory of not only sanctioned, but in general all cargo to Russia.

Turkish customs still can’t beat its software. Meanwhile, an impressive range of auto parts is supplied to Russia through the Turkish hub, not only for auto parts stores, but also for assembly lines of Russian auto factories. By blocking this flow, they can easily be stopped.

As Russian players in the logistics market using the Turkish route report unofficially, most of them are waiting for an official resolution of the situation. As a result, at least half of the cargo destined for the Russian Federation was “hanging” at the terminals in Turkey. Which for this reason, as they say, are already “bursting at the seams.” At the same time, it turned out experimentally that if you declare a transit cargo to Kazakhstan, for example, but actually send it to Russia, then everything works: the Turkish part of the NCTS has nothing against it.

Judging by the deafening silence of the Turkish authorities about the solution to the problem with the customs computers, things are not progressing very well. In this regard, suppose that soon the entire flow of goods to Russia will be forced to be registered (on paper) as going to neighboring countries, but in fact going to us. And the Turks will have to close their eyes to this – since they cannot handle European software.

Turkish customs still do not give the green light to Russian importers, but a loophole has already been found. The problems with the clearance of goods destined for Russia in Turkey started a week ago. The European Union has introduced the 10th package of sanctions against us and made the necessary changes to the settings of the international IT system for exchanging information on all stages of the clearance of goods – NCTS.

Turkey is also connected and started installing a European upgrade on its customs terminals last week. But something went wrong with them, and as a result, they lost the ability to declare the transit through Turkish territory of not only sanctioned, but in general all cargo to Russia.

Turkish customs still can’t beat its software. Meanwhile, an impressive range of auto parts is supplied to Russia through the Turkish hub, not only for auto parts stores, but also for assembly lines of Russian auto factories. By blocking this flow, they can easily be stopped.

As Russian players in the logistics market using the Turkish route report unofficially, most of them are waiting for an official resolution of the situation. As a result, at least half of the cargo destined for the Russian Federation was “hanging” at the terminals in Turkey. Which for this reason, as they say, are already “bursting at the seams.” At the same time, it turned out experimentally that if you declare a transit cargo to Kazakhstan, for example, but actually send it to Russia, then everything works: the Turkish part of the NCTS has nothing against it.

Judging by the deafening silence of the Turkish authorities about the solution to the problem with the customs computers, things are not progressing very well. In this regard, suppose that soon the entire flow of goods to Russia will be forced to be registered (on paper) as going to neighboring countries, but in fact going to us. And the Turks will have to turn a blind eye to this – since they can’t handle European software.