Tashkent hosts discussions on customs cooperation among Central Asian countries

Tashkent, June 21, 2019. /Kabar/. The work in the framework of the Customs Cooperation Council’s program for 2019-2020, as well as the issues of technical support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the implementation of advanced innovations in the participating countries are discussed at the 18th meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee as part of the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program, UzA news agency reported.
Special attention was paid to the issues of introduction of a unified information system between customs services of CAREC member states.
Anvar Asamov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Uzbekistan, said this initiative provides for the introduction of a unified window system of CAREC member states.
"Through a single information system, customs authorities will be aware in advance of goods and vehicles entering across national borders. This ensures the rapid passage of entrepreneurs across the border, will make it possible to reduce financial costs," he said.
The event was attended by a delegation of customs services from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of the World Customs Organization and the ADB.
CAREC was launched in 1997 at the initiative of the ADB to further expand regional and multilateral cooperation among Asian countries. To date, 11 countries are participants in it. Apart from modernization of customs control and clearance processes, CAREC program also covers improvement of control points, border services, development of road, rail and air transport.
Uzbekistan is chairing CAREC this year.