TIR Convention, International road transport

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Description - TIR Convention, International road transport

The TIR Convention (Transports Internationaux Routiers, in French) allows transporting goods through several countries (transit country) through the containers or cargo compartments previously sealed and controlled by customs with a single document (TIR Carnet).

The TIR Convention is practically global.

The main advantages of the TIR Convention are:

1. Customs, documentary or inspection procedures reduction, which implies significant savings in time (up to 38%) and costs (up to 80%), both for the carriers, customs and therefore for the end customer
2. It is estimated that 34,000 logistics companies use the TIR system
3. Number of countries adhering to the TIR Convention: 70
4. The TIR is carried out with a single document: the TIR Carnet
5. Allows the electronic tracking
6. Restricted to the TIR Authorised Consignors and Consignees
7. Insurance: maximum protection of € 100,000 for each logistics operation
8. TIR Identification: blue square lorry plate

The TIR Convention was created by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in 1949

1. 1975: new TIR Convention (adapted for the intermodal transport)

Member countries of the TIR Convention: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Morocco, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Korea, Syria, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Uruguay.

The BIC Code (International Identification Codes of Container Owners) is accepted in the TIR Convention

1. Convention Relating to Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention)
2. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC, UN)

1. International Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
2. Road-Rail Combined Transport
3. Trade Facilitation - Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) - Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC)

New Silk Road

1. Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
2. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
3. China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
4. India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Economic Corridor
5. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
6. China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
7. Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
8. Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor
9. International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
10. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea)
11. International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
12. Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Transport Corridor (Lapis Lazuli)
13. Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
14. East-West Economic Corridor (Myanmar-Thailand-Laos-Vietnam)
15. Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI-ECO)
16. Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
17. Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor

Trans-European Transport Network Corridors

1. Atlantic Transport Corridor
2. Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor
3. North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor
4. North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
5. Mediterranean Transport Corridor
6. Eastern Europe-Eastern Mediterranean Transport Corridor
7. Scandinavian-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
8. Rhine-Alpine Transport Corridor
9. Rhine-Danube Transport Corridor
10. Strasbourg-Danube Transport Corridor
11. Pan-European Corridor II
12. Pan-European Corridor IX