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EAEU and Uzbekistan agree draft customs information exchange deal

Negotiating delegations of the EAEU and Uzbekistan have agreed a draft Agreement on the exchange of information on goods and vehicles in international transport moved across the customs borders of the Union and the republic. According to the EEC, as republished by alta.ru, the first round of talks ended on September 30, 2026 in Moscow, and the text was agreed after that round alone. The parties agreed to start domestic approval procedures for the document.

What the first round produced

What has been agreed is a draft: dates for signing and entry into force have not yet been set, and the next stage is domestic procedures in the participating countries.

Sergey Shklyaev, the EEC Minister for Customs Cooperation, said implementing the agreement would be "an important step towards simplifying customs procedures and speeding up the movement of goods across borders", and would also support effective customs control (alta.ru).

From the Supreme Council's decision to an agreed text

The Supreme Eurasian Economic Council decided to launch the negotiations in December 2025. The EEC release of December 21, 2025 lists among the aims of the future mechanism:

On April 29, 2026, the EEC and Uzbek representatives discussed organising customs information exchange and the republic's possible accession to the Agreement on the Unified Customs Transit System. At a meeting between Shklyaev and the chairman of Uzbekistan's Customs Committee on July 30, 2026, talks on the agreement were expected to begin in the autumn (alta.ru).

The EEC lists information exchange with Uzbekistan's customs service among its priority areas of cooperation with third countries; such exchange rests on bilateral or multilateral agreements (EEC).

Trade volumes and practical implications

Uzbekistan's foreign trade with EAEU countries reached $20.2 billion in 2025, up 11.3%, accounting for 24.8% of the republic's total foreign trade (data from Uzbekistan's National Statistics Committee, cited by Eurasia Today).

No changes to declaration procedures for shipments between the EAEU and Uzbekistan have been announced, and the text of the agreement has not been published. The scope of data to be exchanged between customs authorities will become clear once the document is released.

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