Export from Uzbekistan to Russia
The busiest export lane we run: textiles, fruit and vegetables, cable and building materials. We move them by truck and by rail through Kazakhstan, handle export clearance and assemble the documents that spare your buyer the import duty.
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A delivery to Russia is an ordinary export outside the Eurasian Economic Union: Uzbekistan is not a member, only an observer since 2020. Your buyer therefore goes through full customs declaration rather than an intra-union supply. What does apply is the CIS free-trade area: with an ST-1 certificate the buyer’s import duty is zero, without one they pay the standard rate. On this lane the paperwork decides the deal, not the mileage.
What decides this lane
ST-1 is a discount for your buyer
The ST-1 certificate is issued by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan and is valid for twelve months. Under the CIS free-trade agreement it lets the goods enter Russia free of import duty. A defect in the certificate means the full rate for your buyer — and an argument about who absorbs it.
No permit needed for the run
Road haulage between Uzbekistan and Russia, and transit across either country, runs without permits under the 2000 intergovernmental agreement. Permits are only required for journeys to or from third countries.
Marking is the buyer’s duty — but you will be asked
Clothing, footwear and several other groups must carry identification marking in Russia, applied before the goods are released for sale. Settle this with your buyer before dispatch; it cannot be sorted out at the border.
Your VAT is zero, the buyer’s is not
For an Uzbek exporter the shipment is zero-rated with the right to credit input VAT. Import VAT in Russia is paid by the consignee at their own country’s rate — their cost, and it shapes the contract price.
What we carry to Russia
Textiles and finished garments from mills in Fergana and Tashkent, fruit, vegetables and dried fruit, cable and wire products, building materials, furniture and components. Perishables travel refrigerated and against the clock: for produce the transit time is part of the quality, so we build the route around the schedule rather than the cheapest rate. From a single pallet we take the consignment as groupage — a trial shipment to a new buyer does not need a whole truck.
How the cargo moves
Via
- Gisht-Kuprik
- Yallama
- Sagarchin
- Zhaysan
The truck leaves Tashkent or the mill itself, crosses into Kazakhstan and runs in transit to the Russian crossings at Sagarchin and Zhaysan. The queue at the Kazakh border is the main variable in the transit time, and no carrier controls it. Rail goes through Saryagash and Beyneu: over this distance and at volume the railway beats the truck on price, though not on time.
Documents for this lane
- The contract with the Russian buyer, registered in the ЕЭИСВО system
- Invoice stating the Incoterms and a packing list
- A declaration under the export procedure, plus any permits the goods require
- An ST-1 certificate of origin: without it the buyer loses the zero duty
- A phytosanitary certificate for plant products, a veterinary one for animal products
- A CMR note for road or an SMGS waybill for rail
The return leg
We run the other way too — imports from Russia into Uzbekistan. Cargo and freight forwarding from Russia to Uzbekistan.
How we work
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1
Request
You send the cargo, route, weight and volume — by form, Telegram or phone.
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Quote
We price the options by mode and send you a rate with transit times.
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Contract
Times and cost are fixed in writing, paperwork is prepared.
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Transport
We collect the cargo, run the route and keep you posted on status.
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Customs and delivery
We clear the cargo and deliver it to your warehouse.
Frequently asked questions
Is an ST-1 certificate required for a shipment to Russia?
Strictly speaking the shipment will clear without one, but then your buyer pays the full import duty instead of zero. In practice it is always asked for, and its absence gets discussed as a discount off your price. We obtain it through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry; it is valid for twelve months.
Uzbekistan is in the EAEU, so clearance is simplified?
No. Uzbekistan is an observer state at the EAEU, not a member. Entry into Russia is handled as an ordinary import from a third country, with full declaration. There is no intra-union statement of import and indirect taxes here: that document belongs to trade inside the union.
Who pays VAT on an export?
On your side the shipment is zero-rated, with the right to credit input VAT. Import VAT in Russia is paid by the buyer at customs, at their own country’s rate.
Do you carry perishables?
Yes, in reefers with the temperature maintained and logged. Plant products need a phytosanitary certificate — we obtain it with the rest of the set before departure, not en route.
Can we send a trial consignment rather than a full truck?
Yes, as groupage from a single pallet. It is the usual way to test a first delivery to a new buyer and see how their clearance goes without tying up volume.
Request a freight quote
Describe the cargo and the route — we come back with a rate and transit time.