The Cabinet of Ministers issued a Resolution approving new customs duty rates on Friday, the Customs Committee said on Tuesday.
The Resolution was reportedly aimed at bringing customs duty rates in line with the rules and requirements of the World Trade Organization as part of the process of Uzbekistan’s accession to the WTO.
In particular, the sizes of fees for customs clearance of goods shall be based on the approximate cost of expenses associated with the actions of customs authorities.
In addition, the rates of fees charged for the clearance of goods in the “export” and “import” customs modes have been harmonized.
The size of customs duty for clearance outside the business hours of customs authorities has been reduced by 8 times - from 2 basic calculation units (750 thousand soums ) to 25% of the BCA (93.75 thousand soums )
The rate of fee levied under customs processing regimes within and outside the customs territory has been reduced by half.
When making a preliminary declaration, a 20% discount shall apply.
For the customs transit regime, a 25% of BCU (basic calsulation unit) fee shall apply.
For international parcels, a fee of 2% of the BCU (7,500 soums ) per 1 kg of cargo has been introduced. Let us recall that today the duty-free import rate for parcels for individuals stands at $1,000 per one quarter.
The Resolution will take effect three months after the date of its official publication.
| Type of customs duties | Rates | |
| 1. | a) customs clearance of goods, depending on customs value: | |
| up to 10,000 US dollars | 1 BCU | |
| from 10,000 to 20,000 US dollars | 1.5 BCU | |
| from 20,000 to 40,000 US dollars | 2.5 BCU | |
| from 40,000 to 60,000 US dollars | 4 BCU | |
| from 60,000 to 100,000 US dollars | 7 BCU (it was 8 BCU) | |
| from 100,000 to 200,000 US dollars | 10 BCU (15 BCU) | |
| from 200,000 to 500,000 US dollars | 15 BCU (30 BCU) | |
| from 500,000 to 1,000,000 US dollars | 20 BCU (58 BCU) | |
| $1,000,000 and above | 25 BCU (75 BCU) | |
| b) for clearance of goods in the “transit”, “processing in the customs territory” and “processing outside the customs territory” modes | 25% BCU | |
| c) customs clearance of foreign currency in cash imported by legal entities (per declaration) | 2.5 BCU | |
| d) clearance of goods using a customs receipt for one order. | 25% BCU | |
| d) for international courier shipments per 1 kg (gross) | 2% BCU | |
| 2. | Making changes and addenda to the cargo customs declaration at request of declarant (for one hard or soft declaration) | 25% BCU |
| 3. | Customs clearance outside specially designated areas *** and (or) outside the established business hours of customs authorities (save for processed products exported under the customs regimes of "export" and "re-export", as well as cargo customs declarations processed automatically through the customs information system): | |
| a) during non-business hours, weekends and holidays (for each customs declaration) | 25% BCU (it was 2 BCU) | |
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b) for the performance by a customs inspector (with his participation) of any actions within the framework of customs control, including customs inspection, verification of goods under customs control, carried out by the declarant, as well as the performance of cargo operations (for each hour of work) *****:
during business hours:
outside business hours, weekends and holidays: |
25% BCU,
2 BCU |
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| 4. | Storage of goods in customs warehouses (per day): | |
| for the first 10 days for each ton (gross) per day | 3% BCU | |
| for the following days for each ton (gross) per day | 4% BCU | |
| 5. | escort of one vehicle by customs authorities: | |
| up to 200 km | 2 BCU | |
| 200 km and above | 5 BCU | |
| 6. | For issuance of a preliminary decision by customs authorities on goods | 75% BCU |
| 7 | Temporary storage of goods imported by individuals for non-commercial purposes, in excess of established standards, up to 100 kg per full or partial calendar day | |
| in the first 5 days | 5% BCU | |
| next 10 days | 7% BCU | |
| in the remaining days | 10% BCU | |
| for perishable goods | 15% BCU | |
| 8. |
When the customs authority makes changes and (or) addienda to the transit declaration based on the declarant's application, the main sheet of the transit declaration is subject to changes and (or) additions made by the declarant in the information system;;
making changes to the main sheet of the transit declaration at the request of the declarant (except for changes in the information system on the part of the declarant) |
10% BCU |
| 9 | Registration of one intellectual property in the customs register | 1 BCU |
