Iran and Azerbaijan have kicked off joint e-TIR project in a bid to facilitate bilateral trade.
The joint project will be carried out through Astara border town in northern Iranian Gilan Province.
Mahdi Mirashrafi, head of Iran Customs Administration addresses e-TIR ceremony between Iran and Azerbaijan in Astara. IRICA.IR
This is Iran’s second e-TIR project following the implementation of such joint customs programme with Turkey.
Now, cargo declarations and Certificates of Origin (CO) will all be digital, leaving out paperworks.
A collage of pictures of the ceremony in which Iranian and Azerbaijani officials started e-TIR road transit at Astara border. IRICA.IR
The port city of Astara is located 173 km northwest of Rast, the provincial capital of Gilan an 350 km south of the Azerbaijani capital Baku. It’s Gilan Province’s only border with Azerbaijan and one of the Iranian borders with high traffic.
The Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention, 1975) is so far the only universal Customs transit system in existence, according to the UNECE.
“Iran-Azerbaijan economic ties are very good and their joint economic measures are growing,” said Mahdi Mir Ashrafi, head of the Iranian Customs Administration.
Earlier in April, Iran opened its trade centre in Baku in a bid to further develop their bilateral economic ties.
They have also signed a Joint Venture agreement to produce bus and lorries in the country.
In February, a representative from Iran was chosen for the second time as a member of the TIR Executive Board (TIRExB).