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In this research the transportation problems of exporters of Hatay province in Turkey have been studied The key role of this province particularly in countrywide fresh fruits and vegetable exports and international transportation have motivated the implementation of this work Exporters who prefer motor carriers in transportation have faced with various problems; originating from international structures and procedures such as visa road pass crossing borders fees and convoy applications stem from Turkish economic and regulative measures such as load limits vehicle’s age have roots in transporters such as drivers’ educational competency lack of institutionalization in firms’ cultures intra organizational confusion on authority On the other hand the major problem of sea transportation is high tariffs for freightage charged by vessels having foreign flags Moreover low level of demand to sea transportation and lack of infrastructure in the province result in difficulty for exporters to find vessels with appropriate tonage and schedule Integrated approaches would be required to increase the effectiveness of transportation Because the optimal transportation for exporters is the one that is most reliable the shortest in time and the cheapist in cost The meetings of Integrated transportation commission would contribute to the solution of problems such as visa and convoy applications road pass documents and charges and border cross passing encountered in international transportation Exporting dimension should not be ignored in policy development and determination of transportation priorities in Turkish transportation Turkish motor carrier transportation industry must have a robust efficient competent innovative and self interrogative structure in order to be able to survive in global economy In this regard regulative measures proposed in The Codes For Motor Carrier Transportation 4925 to transportation firms will have significant contribution to the development of transportation industry Key words: international transportation export Hatay transportation problems

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