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Notes from the corridor.

Practical walk-throughs for the Türkiye→EU corridor: the paperwork, the border, and what the numbers are doing.

  • Customs6 min

    A.TR or EUR.1 — which one does your consignment need?

    They are not alternatives and they do not answer the same question. One is about free circulation inside the Customs Union, the other about originating status under a preferential agreement. Picking the wrong one is the most common reason a consignment is assessed at the MFN tariff.

  • Corridor8 min

    What the Kapıkule queue actually looks like by hour

    The gate does not queue evenly. Arriving at 12:00 and arriving at 04:00 are different shipments as far as the transit time is concerned — and a road quote that assumes a clear crossing is not a quote.

  • Regulation7 min

    eFTI in 2027: what actually changes, and what does not

    EU 2020/1056 does not ban paper. It removes the authority’s right to insist on it, which is a smaller change than the headlines suggest and a larger one than most exporters have prepared for.

  • Pricing9 min

    Rail versus road on Turkey → Germany, priced honestly

    Rail wins nothing outright on this lane and that is precisely its case: it sits between road and sea on cost, time and carbon. The departure day matters more than most comparisons admit.

  • Pricing5 min

    How to read a freight quote that is hiding something

    Four things a comparable quote states and an incomparable one leaves out: what the fee is, what is insured, which leg the price covers, and whether the transit time includes the border.

Articles are in preparation — these are the five the corridor most needs written. Ask for one of them by name on the contact form and it moves up the list.