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Tashkent and Tbilisi retire the paper permit

Uzbekistan and Georgia have switched international road haulage to electronic permits, covering bilateral runs, transit and third-country shipments alike, under a memorandum signed during Mirziyoyev's visit to Georgia in July. Tashkent's transport ministry announced the launch this week.

Tashkent and Tbilisi retire the paper permit

More than 60% of Uzbek road carriers move goods through Georgia. That share is the ministry's own argument for starting the digital switch on this axis.

The stated aims: fewer delays, less paper, a smaller "human factor" in who gets a permit and when. Both sides go electronic.

“More than 60% of Uzbek road carriers move goods through Georgia.”

The launch reached the Uzbek wires on 18 August and was still circulating on Friday; no operational start date has been published, and the Georgian implementing agency goes unnamed in the Uzbek release.