1. INSTC Corridor and Digital TIR
5 September 2018, Baku
Kazem Asayesh
Senior Adviser, TIR and Trade Facilitation

2. International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC)
INSTC is initiated in 2000 by Iran, Russia and India connecting Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf to Russia via Iran;
The INSTC was expanded to include eleven new members, namely: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus, Oman, Syria, Bulgaria (Observer);
INSTC can reduce the time and cost of transport by 30-40%;
---- Previous Route (Transit Time 40 to 60 days)
INSTC Route (Transit time 25 to 30 days)

3. India acceded to TIR Convention in June 2017
TIR became operational on 15 August 2018

4. TIR contributes to the activation of the INSTC corridor=
the gate to
Iran
Turkey
Russia
Afghanistan
All CIS countries
All Central Asian countries
All the EU Countries

5. Digital TIR is key on activation of the INSTC Corridor

6. Thank you for your attention