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The truck that brought shipment to Pakistan from Uzbekistan. Under the agreement, trucks from both sides will take trade cargoes to and from Karachi and Gwadar ports.
ISLAMABAD: The first shipment under the Convention on International Transport of Goods for traffic-in-transit of goods across the border reached Pakistan from Uzbekistan via Afghanistan in 48 hours, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Razak Dawood announced on Wednesday.
Islamabad signed the Convention on International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets in August 2015, which is a multilateral treaty that entails no payment of customs duties and taxes. Pakistan ratified the convention in January 2016.
Pakistan, Uzbekistan start goods delivery
Two countries implement pilot project for goods supply via Afghanistan
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a meeting with Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Dr Abdulaziz Kamilov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 10, 2021. PHOTO: APP
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistani transport company Best Trans Private Limited and Uzbekistan freight forwarding company Asad Trans have for the first time implemented a pilot trans-Afghan logistics project for direct delivery of Uzbekistan’s export goods to Pakistan through Afghanistan.
According to a statement issued by the embassy of Uzbekistan in Pakistan, with the support of the Ministry of Commerce, the partners of Asad Trans and Best Trans since January 2021 had been working on a project for direct delivery (through Afghanistan) of Uzbekistan goods to Pakistani cities according to the suppliers-importers warehouse scheme.
First shipment from Uzbekistan reaches Pakistan
Business
May 13, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The first-ever shipment from Uzbekistan under the convention on the international transport of goods for traffic-in-transit across the border has reached Pakistan, commerce ministry said on Wednesday.
On May 11, a cargo vehicle with Uzbek licence plates crossed the Afghan transit route in two days and reached the Torkham checkpoint in Peshawar, according to the ministry of commerce. After the completion of customs clearance, the truck will reach the importer in Faisalabad.
The vehicle transports from Uzbekistan processed leather products (wet blue) for Pakistani leather factories.
“A new milestone has been achieved with the first-ever truck from Uzbekistan reaching Pakistan under the TIR Convention. This was the result of collaboration between the transport companies of the two sides,” Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Razak Dawood announced through his Twitter handle.
New Milestone Reached as First Truck from Uzbekistan Reached Pakistan Under TIR Convention
The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Pakistan, together with the Pakistani transport company ‘Best Trans Pvt. Ltd.’ and the Uzbek freight forwarding company ‘Asad Trans’, has implemented the first pilot trans-Afghan logistics project for the direct delivery of Uzbek export goods to Pakistan via Afghanistan.
As the joint action of the embassy with the support of the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan, the partners of Asad Trans and Best Trans Pvt. Ltd. began working on a project for the direct delivery (via Afghanistan) of Uzbek goods to Pakistani cities in January 2021 according to the ‘supplier’s warehouse importer’s warehouse’ scheme.