Corridor 9 · recorded data
Belgium → Türkiye
Groupage road freight from Belgium to Türkiye takes 7.6 days on average, calculated from 54 shipments recorded in our operating system. The fastest took 3 days and the slowest 14 — a narrower band than most western European lanes, where the slow tail usually runs past three weeks.
Recorded shipments
54
0.5% of all recorded corridors
Average transit
7.6days
Mean across recorded shipments
Fastest record
3days
Shortest measured time
Longest record
14days
Exceptional case — not a typical value
Data as at 4 July 2026
What the Belgian lane measures
54 recorded shipments, 7.6 days on average, fastest 3 days and slowest 14.
The last figure is the interesting one. On most western European lanes the slow tail runs further: France reaches 25 days, Spain 21, Italy 81. Here the worst recorded case is 14.
We would not read too much into that. A slowest case of 14 days against an average of 7.6 is still a doubling, and 54 shipments is a modest sample — large samples are the ones that eventually catch the consignment that sits at customs for a month. The honest reading is that nothing structural on this route produces extreme delays, not that they cannot happen.
Belgium and the Netherlands are one collection area
The Dutch lane averages 7.1 days against 7.6 here. Two neighbouring collection areas, feeding the same corridor, arriving at almost the same number — the gap between them is smaller than the variation inside either.
If your consignment could be collected on either side of that border, the transit time is not the thing to decide it on. What matters more is where the goods actually are and how quickly the file is complete.
Where the days go
Not on the road. A Belgian consignment spends most of its transit waiting — for the vehicle to fill, and for customs. That is the nature of part-load freight, and it is why lanes with very different distances land within a day of each other.
Inside the customs union
Belgium is in the EU, so the paperwork runs the customs-union route: A.TR for goods in free circulation, electronically issued with a QR code since 8 July 2024. The document set and the failure modes are set out in the customs guide.
See all recorded corridors to compare this lane with the rest of the network.
Process
How a shipment moves
Five steps from collection to delivery. Every status change is logged as a record — the transit times on this page are calculated from those records.
- 01
Collection
Your consignment is picked up on the Italian domestic leg or at a European departure point.
- 02
Terminal consolidation
The vehicle is filled at one of our five terminals — this is where waiting time is cut.
- 03
Departure and transit
The vehicle sets off. Every status change is written to the system as a record.
- 04
Customs clearance
Declarations and documentation are handled by our own group company.
- 05
Delivery
Delivered door to door, and the file is closed.
Frequently asked questions
How long does road freight from Belgium to Türkiye take?
7.6 days on average, from 54 recorded shipments. The fastest took 3 days, the slowest 14. For planning, work with 6 to 10 days.
How does Belgium compare with the Netherlands?
The Dutch lane averages 7.1 days against 7.6 here, so they are close — which is what you would expect from two neighbouring collection areas feeding the same route. The difference between them is smaller than the week-to-week variation within either.
Why does this lane have no extreme outlier?
It has a slowest case of 14 days, which is still double the average — the tail exists, it is just shorter than on lanes with more volume. Bigger samples eventually catch the rare consignment that sits at customs for weeks. Fifty-four shipments have not yet.
Does the A.TR certificate apply?
Yes. Belgium is an EU member state, so shipments run inside the EU–Türkiye customs union and goods in free circulation travel with an A.TR movement certificate. Since 8 July 2024 an electronically issued A.TR with a QR code is accepted.
Do you handle customs clearance as well?
Yes. General Gümrük Müş. Ltd. handles customs brokerage within our group, and Servis Sigorta Ar. Hiz. Ltd. the cargo insurance — so one organisation covers transport, clearance and cover.
All lanes
Other corridors
Every recorded lane with shipment count and measured transit times.
| Corridor | Shipments | Average transit | Fastest record | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy → Türkiye | 8,511 | 6.3 days | 1 days | 85.2% |
| Germany → Türkiye | 477 | 6.0 days | 2 days | 4.8% |
| Spain → Türkiye | 292 | 9.9 days | 3 days | 2.9% |
| Netherlands → Türkiye | 132 | 7.1 days | 2 days | 1.3% |
| France → Türkiye | 118 | 9.6 days | 3 days | 1.2% |
| United Kingdom → Türkiye | 96 | 8.8 days | 3 days | 1.0% |
| Türkiye → Italy | 95 | 12.2 days | 3 days | 1.0% |
| Poland → Türkiye | 56 | 5.7 days | — | 0.6% |
| Belgium → Türkiyethis page | 54 | 7.6 days | 3 days | 0.5% |
| Greece → Türkiye | 50 | 3.9 days | 2 days | 0.5% |
| Czechia → Türkiye | 43 | 5.5 days | 2 days | 0.4% |
| Austria → Türkiye | 25 | 6.2 days | 4 days | 0.3% |
| Portugal → Türkiye | 21 | 10.5 days | 5 days | 0.2% |
| Switzerland → Türkiye | 20 | 5.1 days | 4 days | 0.2% |
means the fastest recorded value on that lane is not plausible as a transit time (a shipment booked out on the day it was collected). We leave it out rather than publish a figure we cannot stand behind. The average and the slowest value are unaffected.
Data as at 4 July 2026
