On February 1, 2025, Turkmenistan signed the Technical Conditions for the Information Exchange of Preliminary Data on Goods and Vehicles Transported between Turkmenistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan. This was reported on the website of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan.
This document was developed as part of the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement between the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization of the exchange of preliminary information on goods and vehicles transported between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan dated October 25, 2021. The Agreement approves the composition of information to be transferred between the customs services of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan, determines the procedure, formats, methods and regulations for the exchange of information.
The process of implementing advance notification will be carried out in two stages. The first stage will include testing and launching the exchange of export declarations, and the second stage will include testing and launching the exchange of transit declarations.
It is expected that the provision of advance cargo information and the exchange of information will help to accelerate customs procedures when transporting goods between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.