TIR Convention, International road transport

The Subject “Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of the TIR Carnets” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Courses: Road transport, Multimodal transport, Transport in Africa.

Diplomas: Foreign Trade, International Transport.

Masters: International Transport, Transport in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: Global Logistics, World Trade.

Languages: Convenio TIR Convention TIR Convenção TIR.

Area of Knowledge: Foreign Trade - Incoterms® 2020.

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 Authorized 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, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, the EU, 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, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Korea, Syria, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, the U.S., Uzbekistan, Uruguay.

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

1. Istanbul Convention;
2. Customs Convention on Containers.

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.

New Silk Road.

1. Almaty-Bishkek Corridor;
2. Bangladesh-Myanmar Corridor;
3. China-Russia Corridor;
4. India-Afghanistan Corridor;
5. China-Pakistan Corridor;
6. China-Central-West Asia Corridor;
7. Europe-Caucasus-Asia Corridor;
8. Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor;
9. Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement;
10. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, North Korea);
11. North-South Corridor (India-Russia);
12. Afghanistan-Turkey Corridor;
13. Trans-Caspian Corridor;
14. East-West Corridor (Myanmar-Vietnam);
15. Kyrgyzstan-Iran Corridor;
16. Islamabad-Istanbul Corridor;
17. Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor.

Trans-European Corridors.

1. Atlantic Corridor;
2. Baltic-Adriatic Corridor;
3. North Sea-Baltic Corridor;
4. North Sea-Mediterranean Corridor;
5. Pan-European Corridor II;
6. Pan-European Corridor IX.

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