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Trans Caspian International trade and EUC


Bob Eisenman

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Sure.. This topic is a little off key for US buyers of EUCs of Chinese manufacture (shipped to California by boat ?). But....

With new and opening markets for the EUC being based on a buy one and say good bye (with the assurance of customer support) type of corporate brand sales encounter, does the concept of Trans Caspian markets and delivery (14 days to Baku from China) for Chinese EUC's seem potentially advantageous (fir China) when compared to current markets (US and other) and modes of product delivery (FedEx, China Post and ?).

Legislation against the use of EUCs, where current markets exist, is an ever evolving issue. Does the prospect of new Trans Caspian EUC markets seem likely?

Do you think that potential Trans Caspian  International trade route markets are economically viable buyers of high priced EUCs?

Is the Trans Caspian International trade route going to be a really big market influence in Chinese EUC sales and distributions ? Do countries along the Trans Caspian International trade route benefit as intermediary delivery destinations?

Do you think that the Trans Caspian International Trade route is too long a haul by rail for EUCs on their way to the European markets?

http://en.trend.az/tags/29452/

http://en.trend.az/business/economy/2421552.html

http://en.trend.az/business/economy/2676443.html

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Trans-Siberian RR with connects through Mongolia to Russia.

The Trans Caspian International trade route is more southerly and has interest in Ukraine, Poland and Hungary. 

http://www.eurasianbusinessbriefing.com/poland-hungary-sign-trans-caspian-international-transport-route/

 

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One tends to forget that one can travel by ground from the most western parts of Europe, to the Chinese and Russian Pacific coasts.  Marco Polo etc. I have seen two cars with Russian license plates here in Spain.  Driving from Russia to Spain! And I thought from England was bad enough. When I first heard about this rail link I thought wow, but can't they already do that? Apparently not, but now they can.  It will be interesting.

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A web source called 'Russia Insider' says the 'Trans Caspian Silk Road' is a geopolitical move that can't compete with Russia and that the US dominates the high seas shipping routes in the 45 day export from China to Europe scenario.

http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/trans-caspian-silk-road-route-cannot-compete-russia/ri16443

"When it is benchmarked against a route offering similar speeds – such as the 12-15 day Chongqing-Duisburg railway (otherwise known as the Yuxinou Railway), the TITR simply cannot compete. "

"A container of goods traveling along the TITR (see fig. 1) would start off in China, switch tracks in Kazakhstan, then traverse the horizontal length of Kazakhstan to the Caspian Sea. This container would then be offloaded from the train in Aktau and loaded onto a ship, which then sails across the Caspian Sea to be offloaded again onto a train in Baku. The Baku train would then haul the container across Azerbaijan and Georgia, to be loaded onto a container ship in Batumi. From Batumi, the container would be shipped across the Black Sea to the Ukrainian port of Ilyichevsk or an alternate port in Southeast Europe. From there, that container would travel the rest of its journey by train to reach European markets. All in all, a trip from China to Ukraine would take approximately 15-16 days on the TITR."

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5 hours ago, Smoother said:

 

One tends to forget that one can travel by ground from the most western parts of Europe, to the Chinese and Russian Pacific coasts.

 

So, shipping from China to Europe is not by ship, but rail?  That would be way faster, and I wonder if the restrictions on batteries is a lot less than flying them in.

And most of the people trying to fly with their EUC's seem to be in Europe, why not just take the train?  Might take a couple more days,but hey?  @Smoother your vacation is long enough, you could take your wheel back to England by train, maybe?

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44 minutes ago, steve454 said:

So, shipping from China to Europe is not by ship, but rail?

"Currently, ~90% of Sino-European trade travels through maritime routes, so the cost-saving and new market opportunities for switching to land-routes is immense."

So.... on the lighter side (Russia vs Ukraine), some insight into these similar cultures might be found in the topic of Ukrainian vs Russian girls (differences):

 

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