Past Events

2nd CAREC Digital Trade Forum: Advancing Digital Solutions and Deepening Regional Cooperation for Trade

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4th Technical Working Group Meeting on CAREC Advanced Transit System’s Pilot Phase Implementation​

On 15-16 April, CWRC organized the 4th Technical Working Group Meeting  in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Customs officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan discussed the testing phase implementation of the CAREC Advanced Transit System and Information Common Exchange (CATS/ICE). The meeting deliberated on the outcomes of the conformance testing and the draft agreement to facilitate the implementation of […]

CAREC Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring Methodology Review and Knowledge Sharing Workshop

A session at the 11th Asia Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum The CAREC event on Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring (CPMM) Methodology Review and Knowledge Sharing Workshop will be held at the sidelines of the 11th Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on 4 April 2024, 1:30 pm–4:30 pm. Interested participants may also join online via Zoom. Please register here. The CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda 2030 framework supports […]

Accession of Turkmenistan to the World Trade Organization: Technical Working Sessions on the Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime – Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Trade in Services, and Trade Agreements

On 4-8 March 2024, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat led the technical sessions on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Trade in Services and Trade Agreements, which form part of the Memorandum of the Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR). The completion of the MFTR is crucial to starting Turkmenistan’s WTO accession negotiations. Over 40 participants […]

Virtual Regional Workshop on Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) Program – Enhancement and Sustainability

Over 40 participants including CAREC government officials, resource speakers from ADB, Korea Customs Service (KCS), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat (ASEAN), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Trade Center (ITC), and representatives from the private sector joined the Virtual Regional Workshop on the Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) Program – Enhancement […]

3rd Technical Working Group Meeting on CAREC Advance Transit System/Information Common Exchange Pilot Phase Implementation

ADB is supporting the implementation of the CAREC Integrated Trade Agenda (CITA) 2030 by enhancing the capacity of customs agencies and the CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee (CCC) to better respond to the rapidly evolving trade environment in CAREC countries and increasing private sector demand for better services. The development of regional transit trade is one […]

Regional Workshop in Enhancing and Accelerating the Implementation of the AEO Program in Central Asia

The Regional Workshop in Enhancing and Accelerating the Implementation of the AEO Program in Central Asia was held on 31 October – 1 November 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It was attended by representatives from the customs authorities of the CAREC countries, AEO experts from Korea Customs Service, Indonesia Customs, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of […]

Facilitation of Regional Transit Trade in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation: Testing Phase of CATS and ICE

On 3rd October, high-level customs officials from selected CAREC countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Baku to implement pilot testing activities of the CAREC Advanced Transit System and Information Common Exchange that will simplify transit documentation and procedures and promote intra-regional trade among these CAREC countries. Shahin Baghirov, Chairman of the State Customs […]

Accession of Turkmenistan to the World Trade Organization: Technical Working Sessions on the Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime

On 2-6 October, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) organized technical working sessions on policies affecting trade in goods, which form part of the Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR) – a key document for WTO accession negotiations. The activity builds on the series of capacity building on Turkmenistan’s accession […]

Virtual Regional Workshop on Authorised Economic Operators Program

Over 40 customs officials participated in the Regional Workshop in Enhancing and Accelerating the Implementation of the Authorized Economic Operators’ (AEO) Program in CAREC in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 31 October – 01 November 2023. Significant progress among CAREC countries was noted in the implementation of their AEO programs, including paperless trade digitalization, expedited goods clearance […]