Customs procedures are set to be digitalized in the TRACECA international transport corridor. The issue has been discussed at the online meeting between TRACECA Secretary General Asset Assavbayev and Chairman of CFCFA Mahmadal Shokirov. Additionally, the parties focused on the harmonization of the legal framework and border crossing simplification procedures.
The initiative of conducting an online meeting with CFCFA carriers and expeditors using the TRACECA and CAREC corridors in the near future was also put forward. The primary objective of the meeting will be to resolve the issues carriers and expeditors face.
The TRACECA and CFCFA fully support the digitalization initiative.
It is noteworthy that a non-government and non-profit organization-CAREC Federation of Carrier and Forwarder Associations (CFCFA) was established in 2009 at the initiative of the national carrier, freight forwarder, and logistics associations and with the CAREC support. The CFCFA incorporates 24 associations of 11 countries.
TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia) is an international transport program involving the European Union and 12 member States of the Eastern European, Caucasian, and Central Asian region. The program's aim is to strengthen economic relations, trade, and transport in the regions of the Black Sea basin, South Caucasus and Central Asia. It has a permanent Secretariat, originally financed by the European Commission, in Baku, Azerbaijan, and a regional office in Odesa, Ukraine. Since 2009 the organization has been entirely financed by member countries.
The Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) TRACECA is open to all initiatives promoting the development of regional transport dialogue and ensuring the efficient and reliable Euro-Asian transport links, promoting the regional economy on the whole.
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