From supplier to manufacturer (88.52 percent) and from manufacturer to customer (88.87 percent), the materials and goods are mainly transported by motor vehicles. The average value of the transported goods is about $100,000. The fact that the motor vehicles are preferred to other means of transportation is not a surprising result if today's circumstances are taken into account. By the end of 2001, the number of firms that had licenses from the Ministry of Transportation for international highway transportation was 892, their fleet having a total capacity of 711,000 tones (www.mfa. gov.tr/Turkce/grupe/ues-7/Uluskarayolutasima.htm).