Advantages of the TIR system
Simplify transit procedures, improve international trade efficiency, reduce transportation costs, only need to go through customs formalities at the departure and destination, exempt from customs inspections in transit countries, provide customs tax payment and guarantee; support multimodal transport, and have achieved digitalization
Compared with traditional road transport, the TIR transport mode does not require loading or unloading throughout the entire process. During the customs clearance process, if the TIR certificate information is checked and the vehicle customs seal is checked, there is no need to open the box for inspection, and no taxes and guarantees are paid.
What customs clearance procedures are required
"When TIR goods go through customs clearance procedures on the road, the customs of each country only needs to check the TIR certificate information and the customs seal of the transport unit. They can be released directly without unpacking and inspection, reducing the time the goods stay at the port and reducing the transportation costs of enterprises.
It is understood that the average TIR transportation time between China and Europe is 10-15 days, which is 1 week faster than rail, more than 2 weeks faster than sea transportation, and 1 week slower than air transportation, but the average transportation cost is less than 50% of air transportation. Compared with air, sea, rail and other transportation modes, TIR transportation also has the characteristics of low dependence on infrastructure, flexibility, and convenient loading and unloading. It is especially suitable for freight with high unit prices and high timeliness requirements. TIR transport enables enterprises to handle relevant customs formalities in the inland area, and TIR transport vehicles can pass through countries that also implement the TIR Convention with one document (TIR document). In TIR cross-border road transport, there is no need to continue loading and changing goods in the middle of the TIR business, and the customs of the transit country generally do not open the box for inspection, which can effectively shorten the waiting time at the border port. It is estimated that compared with non-TIR cross-border road freight, TIR transport can save up to 58% of transportation time and 38% of transportation costs. At present, sea and air freight rates continue to rise. In order to alleviate the adverse effects of energy shortages on import and export trade, TIR transport is a good choice for export companies.
TIR routes from China to Asia and Europe
June 28, 2021, several container trucks loaded with light strings, charging plugs and other goods slowly started from Sichuan Tianfu New District, marking the official opening of the Sichuan-Europe (Chengdu-Budapest) TIR cross-border road freight route.
September 19, 2023, the China Linyi-Kyrgyzstan Bishkek TIR international road transport route was opened. A batch of tapes produced in Linyi was inspected and sealed by Linyi Customs and then sent to Kyrgyzstan by car across 5,600 kilometers. This is the first TIR export cargo in the country with Kyrgyzstan as the destination country.
June 9, 2023, four trucks marked with TIR signs and carrying machinery and equipment worth about one million US dollars and cross-border e-commerce products set off from the checkpoint of Xixian Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone in Shaanxi Province and will go directly to Dostyk, Kazakhstan. This not only marks the opening of the first TIR international cross-border highway freight route in Shaanxi Province, but also means that the open channel from Shaanxi to Central Asia and even the world is further improved.
February 20, 2023, at the port operation area of Zhengzhou Xinzheng Comprehensive Bonded Zone, a TIR transport vehicle loaded with office supplies set off under the supervision of Zhengzhou Customs, and the Zhengzhou-Moscow TIR cross-border highway freight route was officially opened.
December 7, 2023, a TIR international transport vehicle with a Henan A license plate and fully loaded with solid-state hard drives, routers and other goods slowly drove into Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, marking the successful operation of the first TIR international road transport route from Henan to Central Asia.
It is understood that the vehicle completed customs procedures at the Zhengzhou Xinzheng Comprehensive Bonded Zone on the evening of November 29, departed from Zhengzhou, passed through the Xinjiang Irkeshtam Port, and transited through Kyrgyzstan. After 8 days, it finally arrived in Tashkent. This means that the Zhengzhou-Tashkent TIR international road transport route has been officially opened. It is also the second international cross-border road transport route in our province since the opening of the Zhengzhou-Moscow TIR route in February 2023.
May 15, 2024, a "Chinese" transport truck with a TIR signboard loaded with e-commerce goods departed from the Urumqi Multimodal Transport Center and headed for Georgia. The goods mainly consisted of lamps and sound insulation cotton, weighing about 5 tons and worth about 220,000 yuan. After leaving the country from the Horgos highway port, the vehicle will pass through the Kuryk Port in Kazakhstan, cross the Caspian Sea, and reach the Baku Port in Azerbaijan, and finally arrive at its destination, Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. The transportation mileage is 3,000 kilometers and is expected to arrive in about 10 days.
