Central Asia and Türkiye: features of cooperation, logistics solutions, statistics, routes.

Our company offers a full range of logistics services, including cargo delivery to Azerbaijan, from Azerbaijan, and in transit through Azerbaijan. We provide optimal rates, strictly adhere to deadlines, and ensure the safety of the cargo

We actively work with Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan), whether it is export, import, or transit through them.

This region has no access to the world ocean via the sea route. Given the geography of the region, one of the most optimal types of transportation for the countries of Central Asia is rail and multimodal transportation

The economy of the region is dominated by trade in minerals and agricultural products. Clothing, food, fabrics, consumer goods, equipment and other products are also actively exported from the countries of Central Asia.

Alliance Multimodal offers you transportation services from the countries of Central Asia to Türkiye, with transit through Azerbaijan.

Multimodal transportation with an emphasis on rail transportation is one of the most accessible, convenient and popular ways to deliver various types of cargo from Central Asian countries to the Caucasus and Türkiye.

Wagons and gondola rail cars of various purposes, platforms, containers, tanks and special platforms for oversized and heavy cargo can be used to organize delivery.

Alliance Multimodal offers you various formats of cooperation, including station -> station and door-to-door formats.

Features of railway transportation from Central Asia to Türkiye.

In the process of implementing railway transportation between the countries of Central Asia and Türkiye, automobile transport and water transport (via the Caspian Sea) can additionally be used. Additional types of transport perform the function of an intermediate link within the route, as well as at the initial and final stage.

Kazakhstan dominates the region’s exports, accounting for 72% of the total export value from 2001 to 2022. It is followed by Uzbekistan (15.6%), Turkmenistan (8.4%), Kyrgyzstan (2.3%), and Tajikistan (1.7%). Differences in export earnings are due to unequal reserves and production of minerals, which are in high demand in international markets.

The region’s exports are heavily concentrated among a few key trading partners. European countries, China, and Russia together represented 75% of the region’s total export sales from 2006 to 2022.

Notably, intraregional grew from 3.1% ($1.6 billion) in 2006 to 9% ($10.7 billion) in 2022, indicating increasing, but still limited, economic integration within Central Asia.

Exports to East Asia and Turkey are heavily concentrated in raw materials, accounting for 96% and 88% of total exports to these regions, respectively. Key export commodities include hydrocarbons, various metals and their derivatives. Turkey also imports raw materials for its textile industry, chemical products, and foodstuffs from Central Asia.

Mains points in the process of transportation via this route:

Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgizia

Turkmenbashi or Aktau ports

Azerbaijan: Baku/Absheron, Böyük Kəsik

Georgia: Akhalkalaki, Tbilisi, Gardabani

Turkey: Istanbul, Halkalı, Köseköy, Mersin, Kars

Reasons to entrust your cargo to us:

•                Fast transit times

•                Wide range of own equipment (containers, vagons, platforms)

•                Expert handling by professional team

•                Maximum Demurrage & Detention protection

•                Door to door option

•                Cost effective solutions

In 2024, the value of Türkiye’s imports from Central Asian countries was as follows:

3 385 573 k  US $ – Kazakhstan

1 070 508 k  US $ – Turkmenistan

1 134 185 k  US $ – Uzbekistan

247 276 k  US $ – Tajikistan

167 685 k  US $ – Kyrgzystan

For your information,  on average, the cost of Türkiye’s imports from Kazakhstan was approximately 2 times more expensive than imports from Azerbaijan (US $1,817,191 k – Azerbaijan).