08.10.2021
The first road transport on the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) land transport corridor was carried out within the scope of the TIR Carnet. The first 5,300-kilometer expedition of this corridor, which has been on the agenda for a long time, reached its destination at the Istanbul Muratbey Customs Directorate. The expedition carried bicycle tires and fabric items imported from Pakistan.
TOBB also took its
place as one of the main stakeholders at the ceremony, which was attended by
representatives from Pakistan and Iran, as well as international organizations
such as the International Road Transport Association (IRU) and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), along with Pakistani Ambassador Syrus Sajjad
Qazi in coordination with the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of
Transport and Infrastructure.
TOBB Transport and
Logistics Systems Department Head Aslı Çalık also gave a speech at the
ceremony. Noting the importance of Turkish exporters using this corridor, Çalık
stated that it is a very vital corridor in its trade with countries in the
region. Çalık also noted that this corridor, which started to work with paper
TIR Carnet, should be transformed into a digital transportation corridor within
the scope of eTIR as soon as possible.
In this way, travel is
expected to be reduced to 10 to 12 days on the highway compared to the sea
transportations that currently last for 1 month and that trade between the two
countries will accelerate significantly. Especially in today's container
crisis, it is important that this new corridor, which will provide a time and
cost advantage for our exporter companies, is sustainable for our country's
transportation and foreign trade operations.