You will not find a rate table on this page, and that is deliberate. Freight rates out of Türkiye move with fuel prices, capacity, season and currency. A published table would be wrong within weeks and would give you a false sense of certainty.
What we explain instead is how your price is built up, what information produces a firm quotation, and where you have genuine influence. With that you can compare offers on a like-for-like basis — including our competitors'.
What drives the price
Chargeable weight, not actual weight
On road and air, volume often matters more than mass. Light bulky cargo is charged on volumetric weight, so packaging dimensions affect the price directly.
Mode
Road, Ro-Ro, container and air differ by orders of magnitude. The choice follows your delivery window, not the headline rate.
Load factor
Full loads and groupage price on different mechanisms. Close to the FTL threshold a full truck can undercut paid-for part volume.
Direction and season
Capacity is directional. Ahead of holidays and during harvest season rates firm up across the whole market, not just with one provider.
Components of a quotation
A complete quotation is rarely a single figure. These are the lines to look for in any comparison — if they are absent from the offer, they appear on the invoice:
| Item | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Main leg | The line haul itself, by mode and load factor |
| Pickup and delivery | Collection at origin, delivery at destination |
| Customs clearance | Export and import entries, preference documents, transit procedure |
| Duty and import VAT | Zero duty into the EU with a valid A.TR; otherwise the destination tariff applies |
| Terminal and port charges | Handling at origin and destination, consolidation on groupage |
| Fuel and market surcharges | Variable surcharges; on ocean freight also carrier surcharges |
| Cargo insurance | Optional cover above statutory carrier liability |
| Waiting time and storage | Only arises on delay, but belongs in the budget |
The lines that surprise people
Demurrage and detention on ocean freight. Charged per container per day once free time expires. If import clearance starts on arrival rather than during the voyage, these charges can erase the freight advantage of shipping by sea entirely. See sea freight.
Failed deliveries. No booked time slot, no tail lift ordered, access too tight — each means a second journey. What to establish beforehand is set out under last mile delivery.
Customs value adjustments. Declaring a value below customs risk profiles triggers examination and reassessment. The apparent saving on duty is usually outweighed by the delay and the additional charges.
Where you have influence
- Optimise packaging dimensions. Where volume drives the charge, a few centimetres translate directly into money. In air freight with divisor 6000, one cubic metre equals roughly 167 kg chargeable weight.
- Use Euro pallet dimensions. Loading areas are designed around them; non-standard footprints waste positions you still pay for.
- Consolidate. Several suppliers through a consolidation warehouse instead of separate shipments saves both freight and customs entries.
- Get the preference document right. A valid A.TR removes EU duty on industrial goods entirely — this is usually the largest single controllable item.
- Allow planning time. Urgent bookings pay the spot rate. Where volumes are predictable, rates can be fixed for a period.
What we need to quote
- Collection and delivery addresses with postal codes
- Dimensions and weight per package, number of packages, stackability
- Description of goods and commodity code if known
- Value of goods, for insurance and customs value
- Required date or booked delivery window
- Special requirements: temperature control, dangerous goods with UN number and class, out-of-gauge
- Unloading facility at the consignee — dock available or tail lift required
Related: freight forwarding overview, customs clearance.
Frequently asked questions
Why do you not publish a rate card?
Because it would be misleading. Rates on these lanes move with fuel prices, available capacity, season and exchange rates, so a published table would be out of date within weeks. Rather than offer false certainty we explain how the price is built up, so you can compare offers — including competing ones — on a like-for-like basis. We quote against your actual shipment data at current market levels.
What is volumetric weight and why am I charged for it?
Transport capacity is limited by area and volume, not only by mass, so the charge is based on the greater of actual and volumetric weight. Air freight conventionally uses a divisor of 6000, meaning one cubic metre equals roughly 167 kg chargeable weight. Road groupage is usually charged by loading metre or freight weight. More compact packaging reduces the price directly.
Is a full truck always more expensive than groupage?
No. In groupage you pay for the space occupied, but at a higher rate per unit. From around 15 tonnes or 20 pallet spaces the arithmetic usually favours the full load, which is also faster and avoids handling. Close to that threshold a direct comparison is worth doing, and we calculate both when a shipment falls in that range.
How much difference does the A.TR certificate make?
For industrial goods entering the EU it removes import duty altogether under the Türkiye–EU customs union, which is frequently the largest single controllable cost in the whole shipment. It does not affect import VAT, which is charged separately and is recoverable for VAT-registered businesses. Agricultural and steel products fall outside the union and use EUR.1 instead.
Can you fix rates for a period?
Where volumes are regular and predictable, yes. We need a realistic volume forecast and a defined lane. Market-driven surcharges such as fuel normally remain variable, because fixing them would mean pricing in a risk premium that would cost you more overall.