Shuttle trade

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A monument to shuttle traders in China

According to the

import duties."[1][2][3]

History

Shuttle traders (

collapse of the Soviet Union in Russia, as well as in many other post-Soviet states.[5][6][7][8][9]

Shuttlers may carry goods for sale in both directions, and it is often a contraband, based on loopholes in import laws. Often shuttlers are victims of robbery, because they are easily identifiable. Still, the business is attractive. For example, in 2007 it was reported that a

St. Petersburg<->Finland shuttler earns 400-600 Euros per trip on average.[10]

In Turkey the practice of shuttle trading is known as "suitcase trade" (Turkish: Bavul ticareti) since 1960s when goods for sale were brought from Northern Cyprus in suitcases, hence the term.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Measuring the Non-Observed Economy: A Handbook, OECD, Annex 2, p. 208
  2. ESCWA, citing OECD
  3. Prism Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 1997, Jamestown Foundation
  4. ^ "ПРАВДА.info - Ода "челнокам"". www.pravda.info. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  5. ^ "Кто такие "челноки": откуда взялись и куда подевались?". shkolazhizni.ru. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  6. ^ Lidia Lukyanova, HOW THE SHUTTLE TRADERS SAVE RUSSIA, 1997
  7. ^ Igor Rotar, MERCHANTS PROTEST NEW BANKING LAWS IN UZBEKISTAN, 2004
  8. ^ Grigory Ioffe, A Business and a Pep Talk, 2013
  9. ^ TURKEY’S CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC PRESENCE GROWS IN KYRGYZSTAN, 2007
  10. ^ Челночный бизнес по-петербургски: Финны напуганы, December 19, 2007
  11. ^ Yüksek Lisans Tezi TÜRKİYE’DEKİ BAVUL TİCARETİ GELİŞMELER VE YENİ ALTERNATİFLER , 2007

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