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ACT : what can Ahlers offer you in Asia-CIS transportation? /21 Jan 2008/

According to the World Bank, world GDP will grow approximately at 2% annually from $30 billion in 2000 up to $40 billion in 2010. Cargo traffic between Asia to Europe is growing at 12% annually and will continue for the next 8 years. Volumes of containerised cargo will reach 145 million TEUs in 2010 from 73 million in 2001. Against Russia’s oil and gas economic boom, the cargo traffic between Asia and Europe will grow averagely, 5.6% annually for the next 5 years.

Do you know....?

• Fact: Last year, 3.2 million containers were shipped through Russia or 8767 TEUs per day.
• 64% handled through N.W. ports (St. Petersburg alone accounted 53%), 26% through Far Eastern ports and 10% through Black Sea ports (mostly Novorossiysk).
• More than 10 routes to CIS via Trans-Siberian Railway. Advantage; short transit of 11 days from Zabaikalsk (Russian-Chinese border crossing) to Moscow.
  It is said that problems begin with cargo arrival at Russia customs. As a result, cargo may get stuck in storehouses because of customs delays or it won’t be delivered to final customer in time.
• Custom registration is passed in 2 days; 80 to 90% of the time at least. For large companies and global brands, registration is just under 4 hours.
  To address the issue of under declaration of customs value of goods, the Russian customs constantly distribute so called “Standard of Price” which specifies the lower limit for the customs clearance.
• Customs dues and VAT recovery in courts take several months. 35-40% of Russian budget comes from customs duty.
  Since last year, the Russian Government introduced zero rate for many group of goods, mostly for technological products. In order to zero rate the product must correspond to harmonized commodity description and coding system.

 You know all these...

• Ahlers has a unique network of offices in CIS, China, India and South East Asia.
• At Ahlers, we have a unique selling proposition
• We can offer door-to-door and a ‘one stop shop’ in the emerging trades blocs; China-India, Asia-Black Sea, Asia-Russia, Europe-Central Asia, Asia-Central Asia, etc.
• We have expertise and experience in handling break bulk and project cargo shipments with dedicated staff for handling shipments offering a single point of contact. Throughout the years we have worked with different types of shippers, carrying a wide range of commodities.
• Ahlers is expanding with its own warehouse facilities in Russia, Central Asia and Ukraine. Integrated services include shipping, storage, inland distribution and handling.
• Our major destinations are Northern/Southern Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Turkmenistan & Azerbaijan where we specialize in handling tea, coffee, furniture, gherkins, garments, machinery, rubber, pharmaceuticals and used Cars.

ACT, it’s more than shipping a container.

For more information, please contact
Mr Benson Teo
General Manager ACT Centre
Business Development International Forwarding Asia
mail : benson.teo{at}ahlers.com.sg
phone: +65 63370722
mobile: +65 96367500