Central Asia Hub
Where the Trail of German Exports Is Lost
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
Exports from Germany to Central Asia have increased massively since 2022. In many product groups, the increase is several hundred percent. It can be ruled out that this is meeting demand in the region itself. The suspicion is that many goods reach Russia via Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, thus circumventing EU sanctions. Machines, cars, and optical devices worth several hundred million US dollars are disappearing from the statistics in Central Asia. The analysis here makes it possible to grasp the full extent of sanctions evasion by product group.
(Osteuropa 8-10/2024, pp. 277–294)