Starting from January 1, 2018, the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the People's Republic of China on international motor road transport, signed on May 12, 2017 during the state visit of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to China, will come into force.
The main purpose of the Agreement is the creation of mutually acceptable legal conditions for carrying out international road transport freights between the two countries and transit through their respective territories.
Under the Agreement, the parties shall grant each other the right to carry out international road transport freights on their respective territories by vehicles registered on the territory of one of the countries along routes determined by mutual agreement of the competent authorities.
Bilateral and transit freights SHAll be carried out on the basis of permits issued by the competent authorities of the two countries, in particular the Uzbek Agency of Road and River Transport and the Ministry of Transport of the PRC, respectively. To this end, the competent authorities will annually pass to each other a mutually agreed number of forms of permits for the transport of goods.
The said Agreement will give a positive impetus to the further development of bilateral cooperation, will open new prospects for further expansion of bilateral trade and economic ties and contribute to the formation of a mutually beneficial transport market.
