A new study by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) has shown that Turkmenistan's road customs checkpoints are highly efficient. They demonstrate the best performance in terms of the speed of processing export and transit cargo among the countries of Central Asia, according to the IIC.

At key points in Garabogaz, Farap and Dashoguz, the average time for processing vehicles was only 37 minutes. For comparison, this procedure takes about 1 hour 10 minutes in Uzbekistan, 1 hour 30 minutes in Kazakhstan, 1 hour 40 minutes in Tajikistan, and 1 hour 44 minutes in Kyrgyzstan.

Turkmen checkpoints also showed high efficiency in reducing queues: the average waiting time was up to 35 minutes. In neighbouring countries, the waiting time is significantly higher: 40 minutes in Kyrgyzstan, 1 hour 15 minutes in Tajikistan, 12 hours 20 minutes in Uzbekistan and more than two days in Kazakhstan.

These figures underscore Turkmenistan's role as a reliable and fast transit route between Asia and Europe, which is important for the development of international logistics corridors.