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E2A return shipments : Problems and Solutions

Learn about challenges and solutions for Afghan exports, including transportation routes, obstacles, and investment prospects. Explore the potential for developing return shipments from Afghanistan to Europe and Asia.

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E2A return shipments : Problems and Solutions

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  1. E2A return shipments:Problems and Solutions Tampa, 26 January 2011 Igor Rounov, IRU Under Secretary General

  2. IRU Initiatives

  3. MHI Central Asia section

  4. IRU cooperation with UN MAS IRU allocates funds to UN for demining activities in Northern Afghanistan Page 4

  5. Return Shipments Return shipments - transportation of goods, produced in Afghanistan, for the markets in Europe, America and Asia, using the containers and vehicles which deliver shipments of non-lethal goods to the US forces in Afghanistan

  6. Traditional Afghan Export Goods • 40% - skins and leather, wool, cotton and some types of fruit, including pomegranates and pomegranate juice ; • 10% - carpets • Building materials (in particular, marble slabs), etc.

  7. Consumers of Afghan Export • 50% - neighboring Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan • 26% - USA • 16% - EU

  8. Afghan Foreign Trade Imbalance REASONS • Untapped transport potential; • Weak marketing of Afghan goods in developed countries; • Absence of export incentives for Afghan agricultural producers.

  9. Afghan Export MAIN OBSTACLES No opportunities for consolidating shipments within the country No logistical link between export and import streams of cargoes Closed market of international haulage for foreign hauliers Poor condition of roads

  10. Afghan Export PROSPECTS Investment projects in the country Restoration of olive tree plantations Production of saffron, soya, sunflower oil Construction of citrus and pomegranate farms Expansion of production of dried fruit Gradual renovation of Afghan roads

  11. E2A return shipments possible routes

  12. A2E via Turkmenistan

  13. A2E via Uzbekistan

  14. A2E via Tajikistan

  15. Main Challenges for E2A return shipments of traditional Afghan exports goods Page 15

  16. Challenges Road safety • Customs security • Prevention of drugs trafficking Page 16

  17. Challenges Construction of warehouses – for consolidation of Afghan exports goods from different regions of the country

  18. Challenges Crossing the Afghan border Afghan hauliers - absence of modern vehicles Lack of English or Russian speaking Afghan drivers Difficulties with issuance of Afghan visas for foreign drivers

  19. Challenges Export of empty containers from Afghanistan

  20. Challenges Integration of Afghanistan into the regional legal system of international road haulage

  21. Challenges Creation of export-oriented zones

  22. Challenges Accession of Afghanistan to the main UN conventions and agreements, as well as significant modernization of the legal base in the country

  23. Afghan Transit Caravan DLA/IRU caravan; Route: Stuttgart – Kandahar; Via the territory of 12 countries; 20 containers; Pilot return delivery of 2 containers • Outcomes: • Establishment of most favorable conditions for road shipments along the Silk Road; • Encouragement for institutional reforms and economic cooperation between the transit countries; • Establishment of return shipments of export cargoes from Afghanistan to Europe, using imported containers.

  24. IRU Analytical Report Currently IRU is preparing an Analytical Report on the possibilities and prospects for developing return shipments from Afghanistan. It will include specific recommendations for the Afghan Government, as well as for international organisations, for the expansion of international road haulage of export shipments and the integration of Afghanistan into the international transportation system.

  25. 6th Euro-Asian Road Transport Conference

  26. www.iru.org Page 26

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