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Legal entities registered in the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as individuals who have a permanent place of residence in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan and are registered as individual entrepreneurs, have the right to engage in foreign economic activity. State bodies of the Republic of Uzbekistan may carry out foreign economic activity, unless otherwise established by law. Companies or individuals are allowed to conduct trade with foreign enterprises directly or through foreign trade agents.

The following documents are subject to examination by the Center for Comprehensive Expert Examination of Projects and Import Contracts under the Ministry of Economy and Finance:

  • Drafts of contracts, import contracts and additional agreements to them, concluded on the basis of decrees and resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which allow public procurement of goods (works, services) on the basis of a direct contract with a total value exceeding twenty five thousand times (for budgetary customers - six thousand times) the amount of the Basic Calculation Unit (1 BCU = 412,000 soum or $32.51 as of August 2025) under one contract, except for cases established by law;
     
  • Drafts of import contracts and additional agreements to them worth the equivalent of $1 million or more, concluded without conducting a comprehensive examination of their tender documentation at the Center, as part of the implementation of projects financed from public external debt (with the exception of loans from international financial institutions and foreign government financial institutions).
     

An importer must prepare and provide customs authorities with the following documents:

  • Customs cargo declaration, as well as documents for tracking goods, except for the crescent sheet;
  • A certificate of origin of goods is provided (at the discretion of the interested party and in cases where its necessity is stipulated by international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan).

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