Kazakhstan and Georgia discuss deepening bilateral ties

Kazakh Foreign Minister Yermek Kosherbayev, who is on a visit to Tbilisi, met with his Georgian counterpart Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili, Qazinform News Agency cites the Kazakh Foreign Ministry. The talks focused on the current state and prospects of Kazakh-Georgian relations, which are hailed as pragmatic and multifaceted, and built on shared interest in promoting … Read more

In Jan-Feb Serbia narrows its 25% y/y trade gap

As the statistical office said on Tuesday, Serbia’s trade deficit decreased by an annual 24.9% to 936.3 million euro ($1.1 billion) in the first two months of 2026.
Also, according to a press release of the statistical office, exports rose by 1.6% on the year to 5.292 billion euro in the reporting period. Nevertheless, imports fell by 3.5% to 6.228 billion euro.
Meanwhile, the export-import ratio in the review period increased to 84.9% from 80.7% in the first two months of 2025.
Notably, electrical machines (570 million euro), road vehicles (544 million euro in total), metal ores and residues (386 million euro) were Serbia’s most exported products in the review period.
Simultaneously, electrical machines worth 440 million euro, road vehicles worth 347 million euro, and oil and oil derivatives for 302 million euro were imported by Serbia.
Germany, (831 million euro), Italy (480 million euro), and China (342 million euro) were Serbia’s main export destinations in the reporting period. Serbia mainly imported goods from China (1 billion euro), Germany (715 million euro), and Italy (409 million euro).
In February a trade gap of 817 million euro widened from a 759 million euro trade deficit in the same month last year. The increase of exports attained 6.3% on the year (2.876 billion euro) in February. Meanwhile the raise of imports was 6.6% (3.693 billion euro).
In 2025, Serbia’s trade deficit expanded by 2.9% to 8.791 billion euro.
NH Logistics SER has been offering IOR Importer of Record and EOR Exporter of Record services since 2001 and is a market leader in Serbia and Eurasia, supporting many clients with their import/export shipments.

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Uzbekistan, Ukraine increase trade turnover in early 2026

Trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Ukraine totaled $35.4 million in January 2026, marking an increase of 14.2% compared to $31 million recorded in the same period of 2025, Trend reports. Uzbekistan’s National Statistics Committee data showed that the figure nearly doubled compared to January 2024, when bilateral trade amounted to $18.1 million, reflecting a 95.6% … Read more

Serbia’s trade gap narrows 25% y/y in Jan-Feb

Serbia’s trade deficit shrank by an annual 24.9% to 936.3 million euro ($1.1 billion) in the first two months of 2026, the statistical office said on Tuesday. In January-February, exports rose by 1.6% on the year to 5.292 billion euro, while imports fell by 3.5% to 6.228 billion euro, the statistical office said in a … Read more

Georgia’s trade turnover hits $3.5B in early 2026

Georgia’s external merchandise trade turnover amounted to $3.5 billion in the period from January through February 2026, marking a 6.9% decrease year-on-year. Data obtained by Trend from the country’s National Statistics Office shows that exports increased by 22.9% to $1.03 billion, while imports declined by 15.4% to $2.5 billion. Consequently, the country’s trade deficit stood … Read more

Freightos Booking Platform will accept Air Serbia

The leading vendor-neutral digital pricing, booking and procurement platform for the international freight industry, Freightos (NASDAQ: CRGO), announced today that Air Serbia will join its cargo booking platform. That means further expanding of Freightos’ airline network and strengthening adoption of Freightos Pay in Europe. Freightos Pay will get access to rapid, guaranteed digital payments between freight forwarders and carriers across Europe, including for forwarders without IATA accreditation, due to this integration.
Freight forwarders will be boosted by the addition of Air Serbia. It will make Air Serbia air cargo available for e-bookings across the United States and throughout its European network, from Albania and Austria to Sweden and Switzerland.
According to Sebastien Podgorski, VP Airline Solutions, at Freightos, payments are a strategic lever in air cargo. Combining booking with guaranteed payments will help airlines strengthen cash flow, reduce disputes, and open up distribution to a much broader set of forwarders.
As Veselin Djordjevic, Head of Cargo at Air Serbia, said, digital transformation is at the core of our growth strategy, and partnering with Freightos represents a significant step forward in our cargo operations.
She added that the guaranteed payment solution will eliminate financial uncertainty while expanding the reach to freight forwarders across Europe and beyond. Operations will be streamlined, administrative work will be reduced by this integration.
Freightos’ Pay solution ensures carrier payment from a broader range of freight forwarders, all while processing and reconciling transactions faster than traditional payment methods. This streamlines the financial aspect of air cargo bookings and reduces financial risk for airlines and helps freight forwarders without an existing airline account or accreditation access carriers and grow their customer base.
Freightos® (NASDAQ: CRGO), the leading vendor-neutral global freight booking platform, makes world trade efficient, agile, and resilient. It connects airlines, ocean carriers, thousands of freight forwarders, and well over ten thousand importers and exporters.
Also, a suite of software solutions that span pricing, quoting, booking, shipment management, and payments for businesses of all shapes and sizes around the globe support the Freightos platform. Freightos Enterprise for multinational importers and exporters, Freightos Marketplace for small importers and exporters, WebCargo and 7LFreight by WebCargo for freight forwarders, WebCargo for Airlines, and Clearit, a digital customs broker, are among its products.
Moreover, Freightos provides a real-time industry data via Freightos Terminal, including the world’s leading spot pricing indexes, Freightos Air Index (FAX) for air cargo and Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) for container shipping.
NH Logistics GEO has been offering IOR Importer of Record and EOR Exporter of Record services since 2001 and is a market leader in Georgia and Eurasia, supporting many clients with their import/export shipments.

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Ukraine’s trade volume through the European Solidarity Routes has exceeded €270B.

According to the European Commission, as of February 2026 the Ukraine-EU Solidarity Routes facilitated the export of 98 million tons of agricultural products, including 91 million tons of grain and oilseeds. Since May 2022, these routes have exported 209 million tons of Ukrainian goods. In addition to agricultural products, 111 million tons of non-agricultural cargo, … Read more

Air Serbia to Join Freightos Booking Platform

Freightos (NASDAQ: CRGO), the leading vendor-neutral digital pricing, booking and procurement platform for the international freight industry, today announced that Air Serbia will be joining its cargo booking platform, further expanding Freightos’ airline network and strengthening adoption of Freightos Pay in Europe. This integration will extend Freightos Pay’s reach by enabling rapid, guaranteed digital payments … Read more

Kazakhstan, Georgia explore Middle Corridor projects

Chairman of the Committee for Investments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gabidulla Ospankulov met with Georgian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Levan Diasamidze, Qazinform News Agency reports. During the meeting, the two sides discussed prospects for strengthening bilateral cooperation in the agro-industrial sector, logistics, and tourism, according to the press service of the Kazakh MFA. They … Read more

209m tons are carried by EU–Ukraine Solidarity Lanes

In 2016 Ukrainian EP9M 537 electric locomotive with UZ logo appeared on rail freight transport route in Ukraine This year, the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes support the majority of imports and a large share of non-agricultural exports. They remain a core trade lifeline for Ukraine. The latest report from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and … Read more