The real scale of Polish exports to Ukraine is twice as high as Ukrainian statistics show Since the first year of the war, Poland has become Ukraine’s main logistics and transit center for exports and imports, as well as a supplier of critical products for the functioning of the state and the entire economy. Partly … Read more
Serbia has received a proposal from the U.S. outlining the potential framework of a trade agreement between the two countries, finance minister Sinisa Mali said. In a press release on Thursday, Mali stated that Serbia is ready to continue negotiations with the U.S. on the trade deal, adding that the agreement should soon be finalised, … Read more
Georgia’s foreign trade turnover, excluding unorganised trade, rose 9.1% year-on-year to $18.5 billion in January–September 2025, according to the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Imports into the country amounted to $13.4 billion, up 9.7% on the January–September 2024 period, while exports grew by 7.7% to $5.2 billion, Caliber.Az reports per Georgian media. The country’s … Read more
“Some neighbouring countries had suggested that the EU revert back to the previous DCFTA, or agree to smaller increases in the tariff-rate quota limits,” she added. The new agreement will be binding for at least three years, unlike the previous measures, which were renewed every year. “This agreement is a step forward in Ukraine’s access … Read more
Georgia’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Mariam Kvrivishvili held an introductory meeting with Tatjana Panajotović Cvetković, Ambassador of Serbia to Georgia, to discuss key priorities in bilateral trade and economic cooperation, Trend reports. The meeting covered a range of sectors, including trade, transport, tourism, civil aviation, and energy. Both sides highlighted the positive impact … Read more
The Middle Corridor could stimulate investment, yet Georgia has no time to lose in developing projects At the Poti Sea Port, on the Black Sea coast of Georgia, rows of cranes are hard at work on the quaysides loading containers on to waiting ships. Many of their cargoes have come from as far as Central … Read more
Many ships come to the Poti Sea Port, on the Black Sea coast of Georgia, and will go to Turkey or Romania to reach the EU.
Since 2022, the need to streamline trade through the “Middle Corridor” has become evident.
Meanwhile, as Atlantic Council reports, volumes on the Northern Corridor fell by half in 2023, while volumes on the Middle Corridor increased by 89 per cent.
Another reason to develop the Middle Corridor is a recurrent disruption to maritime traffic through the Red Sea as a result of attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen.
Another major infrastructure development is the new Tbilisi Dry Port opened in June. AD Ports Group, based in Abu Dhabi, owns it.
According to Levan Berdzenishvili, commercial manager at Tbilisi Dry Port, this hub allows to load cargo to and from trains at Tbilisi.
Finally, additional rail spurs and warehousing facilities will be connected next year.
Not only cargo, but also oil and gas run via the Middle Corridor through Georgia, from Azerbaijan to export terminals in Turkey.
Also, Georgia has become an important link in the Green Energy Corridor, an underwater transmission line linking Georgia to Romania.
Nevertheless, the main challenge is the complexity of the Middle Corridor’s route. It needs to load cargoes heading from China along the corridor to ships to cross the Caspian Sea, then to load them back on to trains or trucks in Baku to cross the Caucasus, and then to transfer to ships again at the Black Sea coast.
Demand for the Middle Corridor could be undermined by factors beyond Georgia’s control, including rail and port delays in Central Asia, or a lack of shipping capacity on the Caspian.
However, the role of Georgia is to ensure the functioning of the Middle Corridor.
Another important thing is a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia, including a pledge to develop trade and infrastructure along the so-called ‘Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity’.
Yet, delays in approving an expansion plan that would see it invest at least $200mn in a new quay are frustrating for APM.
The reason is the priority of a new deepwater port further north at Anaklia.
Alkis Drakinos, regional director for Caucasus at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, says that private sector partners have expressed underwhelming levels of demand to the EBRD. Nevertheless, financing bankable Middle Corridor projects will be considered.
Also, Drakinos warns that the government is not doing enough to encourage investment in Middle Corridor infrastructure.
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According to Serbian state-owned postal operator Posta Srbije, a regional logistics centre in the central city of Kraljevo restarted its work following a reconstruction.
As the postal operator said in a press release on Monday, Posta Srbije’s Kraljevo logistics centre is its fifth one in the country to introduce a robotic system for automatic sorting of postal items. The other four are in Nis, Novi Sad, Kragujevac, and Belgrade.
There are 42 robots, with a capacity of 2,500 postal items per hour, in the new system. Processing and delivery times have also become shorter.
According to Zoran Andjelkovic, Posta Srbije acting director, the strategic goal was to equip all large logistics centres with robots and make new technologies and artificial intelligence an integral part of business processes. Putting this centre into operation completes the robotisation process in all large centres.
As Andjelkovic also said, Posta Srbije will complete a tender for eDeliveries by the end of the year. It will facilitate its staff.
The Kraljevo logistics centre processed more than 900,000 postal items in January-September 2025. This result made it Posta Srbije’s fourth largest logistics centre, after Belgrade, Nis, and Novi Sad.
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As Roksolana Pidlasa, head of the parliamentary budget committee, said at the Ukrainian Exports Forum Through the Thorns to the EU, the Council of the European Union will examine the tariff quotas for certain Ukrainian agricultural exports on October 13. The new quotas, surpassing Ukraine’s maximum export limits under autonomous trade preferences, will cover 21 of the 34 existing categories. The EU confirmed its readiness for the review, according to Gediminas Navickas, the deputy head of the EU delegation to Ukraine.
Also, the government’s plans to raise quotas compared to 2021, including a 583.3% increase for honey, 500% for sugar and processed starch, 300% for eggs, 233.3% for butter, 153% for corn, 133.3% for poultry, 130% for wheat, and 125% for ethanol, have been announced.
Nevertheless, as MEP Karin Karlsbro pointed out, the “agricultural lobby” within the EU influences these high quotas and makes trade between Ukraine and the EU beneficial for both parties.
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Roksolana Pidlasa, head of the parliamentary budget committee, mentioned at the Ukrainian Exports Forum: Through the Thorns to the EU that the Council of the European Union will examine the tariff quotas for certain Ukrainian agricultural exports on October 13. The new quotas, covering 21 of the 34 existing categories, will surpass Ukraine’s maximum export … Read more