Uzbekistan Country Commercial Guide
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Customs Regulations
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Customs Code is the main law regulating the movement of goods across the customs border of Uzbekistan. The Cabinet of Ministers’ Decree #418 issued on July 13, 2024, describes the process of obtaining import license. Review of an application for import license by the Cabinet of Ministers takes 15 days and costs 10 times the amount of Basic Calculation Unit (1 BCU = 412,000 soum or $32.51 as of August 2025). The Customs Code also explains the application process for an advance ruling. Information on import duties for specific products and customs processing fees can found in the following decrees: https://lex.uz/docs/3802366, https://lex.uz/uz/docs/7357270. 

The State Unitary Enterprise “Scientific and Information Centre “New Technologies” under the Tax Committee” is the operator of the unified electronic national catalogue of products and conducts classification of a product according to its name, group, class, position and sub-position. The Cabinet of Ministers’ Resolution #160 dated April 6, 2022, defines the process of valuation of the customs value of products. Uzbekistan introduced the customs value control for 70 product categories: Starting from May 1, 2025, their declared price cannot be lower than 80% of the average value over the last 90 days. Chapter 50 of the Customs Code describes the criteria for determining the country of origin of goods. Section XI1 of the Customs Code explains the procedure for appealing decisions of the customs bodies and (in)action of their officials and review of appeal.        

The contact information of the Customs Committee under the Ministry of Economy and Finance follows:
Customs Committee under the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan
3, Islam Karimov Ave., Tashkent, 100003, Uzbekistan
Telephone: (998-78) 120-7600, 120-7631, 120-7641
Website: https://www.customs.uz/en; E-mail: info@customs.uz.

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