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Over 140 industry leaders and experts, financial institutions and development organisations from more than 30 countries came together in Tashkent for an international conference on connectivity and trade.
How do we boost the resilience and sustainability of global trade with tried-and-tested instruments?
That was the question at the heart of this year’s international road transport conference hosted by IRU member the Association of International Road Carriers of Uzbekistan (AIRCUZ), in partnership with IRU and the Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan, in Tashkent.
In the main session on mechanisms for better connectivity, the panellists – from the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, Eurasian Development Bank, USAID’s Trade Central Asia, the Asian Development Bank and the Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan – weighed major challenges and opportunities facing the road transport sector. They also focused on road transport’s critical role in connecting transport corridors and modes of transport.
During the pandemic and now with ongoing geopolitical challenges such as the Red Sea crisis, road transport has shown its ability to adapt quickly. It guarantees the resilience of supply chains, demonstrating its efficiency over long distances nearing 10,000km.
75 years of TIR
The conference put forth the importance of harmonising customs, transport and border-crossing procedures with the TIR system.
The global TIR transit system offers significant time and costs savings, security and transparency based on advance risk management and mutually recognised documentation and procedures. The benefits are set to be further maximised with a widespread roll out of eTIR.
IRU President Radu Dinescu said, “For all of us who work with TIR, 2024 is a special year.”
“This year marks the 75th anniversary of TIR: the United Nations’ longest continuous public-private partnership. Over the decades, TIR has made a tangible and indisputable difference to global trade and development,” he added. Read more
Source: IRU
