Dry ports, borders and the courier fee: what PP-368 means for importers

What was signed

On 12 October 2026 the President signed Resolution PP-368 (PQ-368) “On additional measures to develop the transport and logistics system”. The Ministry of Justice announced it on its legal information channel on 14 October. The document sets targets for 2026–2030 and introduces incentives for logistics centres. One measure takes effect as early as 1 November: a lower customs fee on international courier shipments.

At the time of writing the full text is not yet in the national database lex.uz. This analysis follows the Ministry of Justice announcement; once the text is published we will check the wording against it.

Targets for 2030

Most of the resolution sets goals rather than rules. In figures they look like this.

The announcement gives no baseline for border crossing capacity or container handling, only “at least twofold”.

What a dry port is and why an importer should care

A dry port is an inland terminal linked to the border by rail and road. Cargo is received, stored, transhipped and cleared there much as in a seaport. The concept is set out in the UN ESCAP Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports, and the resolution builds on it directly.

For an importer it means one thing: a container or wagon travels from the border under customs control and is cleared closer to the consignee rather than at the crossing. Today there are 24 such points meeting all requirements; by 2030 there should be 30. Where cargo is cleared today is shown in our customs post directory, and where it can be held until release, in the customs warehouse register.

Borders and containers: twice the capacity

For anyone moving cargo by truck this is the target that matters most. Transit time from neighbouring countries often depends less on distance than on the queue at the crossing: on a short lane, a day at the border is half the trip. If capacity really doubles, it is this part of the transit time that shrinks.

Doubling container handling matters for shipments from China and through seaports: the faster a terminal lifts a container off a flatcar and onto a truck, the fewer days of demurrage on the invoice. We list the crossings each lane uses on the route pages — for example from China and from Turkmenistan.

These are targets for the end of 2030, though. It is too early to plan today’s shipments around faster borders.

Five districts designated for logistics

The resolution assigns a transport and logistics specialisation to five towns and districts. Their locations show which flows the plan is betting on.

• Khanabad, Andijan region — the eastern Fergana Valley by the Kyrgyz border, on the approach for cargo from China.
• Alat district, Bukhara region — the Alat — Farap crossing, the main road to Turkmenistan and on to Iran.
• Termez district, Surkhandarya region — the gateway to Afghanistan and the southern rail line to Tajikistan.
• Yangiyul and Akhangaran districts, Tashkent region — the approaches to the capital: from the west, from Syrdarya and Samarkand; from the east, from the Fergana Valley over the Kamchik pass.

Incentives for logistics centres

This part is aimed at those who build and run terminals and warehouses. Cargo owners feel it indirectly: the cheaper a terminal is to maintain, the lower its storage and handling rates.

• Zero property and land tax until 2040. Conditions: the centre is included under the ESCAP Agreement on Dry Ports, runs terminal (TOS) and warehouse (WMS) management systems and holds a rating of at least “BB” on the Ministry of Transport’s E-logistika platform.
• Equipment imported free of duty and mandatory certification until 1 August 2029. This covers warehouse and handling equipment, units and spare parts not made in Uzbekistan. The right goes to centres on a special register.
• Digitalisation by the end of 2030. Every logistics centre adopts TOS and WMS and connects to E-logistika.

A separate measure outside logistics: manufacturers of buses and trucks in categories M2, M3 and N may import components not produced in the country duty-free until 31 December 2027.

The courier fee drops 20%: who it applies to

The only measure with a near date. From 1 November 2026 the customs fee for clearing international courier shipments is cut by 20%.

Today the fee is 2% of the base calculation value (BRV) per kilogram of gross weight. With the BRV at 440,000 soum since 1 September 2026, that is 8,800 soum per kilogram; after the cut, 7,040. A 5 kg shipment will carry a fee of 35,200 soum instead of 44,000.

This is easy to mix up. The courier fee is charged on express shipments and parcels carried and cleared by a courier service. A consignment of goods moving by truck, wagon or container on a goods declaration pays the clearance fee on a scale set by customs value. The resolution does not touch that scale, nor duty, excise or 12% VAT. You can work out the payments on your own consignment in the customs duty calculator.

What the resolution does not change

• Import duties. Rates by code are set by PP-3818; check yours in the HS code reference.
• 12% VAT and excise. Calculated as before.
• The clearance fee on a commercial consignment. The BRV scale by customs value stays.
• Today’s transit times. New dry ports and crossings twice as fast are a plan for 2030.

Customs changes already in force or coming in before summer 2027 are covered in our article on the 2026–2027 customs reform.

What to do now

If you import consignments. Change nothing in your calculations: payments and transit times stay as they are. It is worth watching for new dry ports in your region — clearing closer to your warehouse saves on haulage from the border and on storage.

If you receive samples and documents by express courier. From 1 November the per-kilogram fee falls by a fifth. A shipment that is not urgent can wait until November.

If you own a warehouse or terminal. Check whether the site qualifies for the tax exemption to 2040: it needs TOS, WMS, an E-logistika rating and inclusion under the ESCAP agreement. The equipment import exemption runs until 1 August 2029, so plan purchases under it early.