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Jan 17, 2011 (newstodate): Baltic airports' profitable business from serving as transfer points for ex-China exports to Russia may be a thing of the past.
Estonia's Tallinn Airport has been hard hit by the stop of the flow of Chinese shipments for Russia, and it remains to be seen if Lithuania's Kaunas Airport will see a rebound in similar traffic from Shanghai destined for Russia.
Behind the change is Kazakhstan's recent participation in the common customs regime together with Russia.
-This has affected the entire chain logistics behind the goods supply from China to Russia. It has become cheaper and easier to transit goods via Kazakhstan by road, which has made airfreight via the Baltic states uncompetitive, at least for now, says a Baltic industry source.
Estonia's Tallinn Airport saw its transfer volumes down already in 2008, and Lithuania's Kaunas Airport also saw less growth in volumes during the last two months of 2010 due to the shortfall of incoming ex-China shipments for Russia.
Estonia's Tallinn Airport has been hard hit by the stop of the flow of Chinese shipments for Russia, and it remains to be seen if Lithuania's Kaunas Airport will see a rebound in similar traffic from Shanghai destined for Russia.
Behind the change is Kazakhstan's recent participation in the common customs regime together with Russia.
-This has affected the entire chain logistics behind the goods supply from China to Russia. It has become cheaper and easier to transit goods via Kazakhstan by road, which has made airfreight via the Baltic states uncompetitive, at least for now, says a Baltic industry source.
Estonia's Tallinn Airport saw its transfer volumes down already in 2008, and Lithuania's Kaunas Airport also saw less growth in volumes during the last two months of 2010 due to the shortfall of incoming ex-China shipments for Russia.