Sending a package to Uzbekistan: Customs, VAT and delivery time

Sending a package to Uzbekistan: What companies should know before shipping

Uzbekistan is located in the center of Central Asia and borders:

• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Tajikistan
• Afghanistan
• Turkmenistan

An extraordinary geographical feature:

Uzbekistan is a:

doubly inland state.

This means:

Not only does Uzbekistan itself lack access to the open sea.

All of its immediate neighboring countries are also landlocked.

For traditional sea freight, goods must therefore cross several national borders before reaching Uzbekistan.

This makes efficient road, rail and multimodal corridors particularly important.

What documents do I need for Uzbekistan?

For commercial imports, the following are typically required, depending on the mode of transport and the goods:

• Commercial invoice or trade invoice
• Packing List
• CMR for road transport
• Railway Bill for rail transport
• Air Waybill for air freight
• Transit documents, if applicable
• precise product description
• HS code
• cart value
• Origin of goods
• Certificate of Origin (if applicable)
• Certificate of Conformity (if applicable)
• Import permit (if applicable)
• further product-specific certificates

For road freight, additional documents such as:

• TIR Carnet
• Transit Declaration

be relevant.

Which documents are actually required depends on the goods and the chosen transport method.

Do not confuse a Certificate of Origin with proof of preferential origin.

For certain imports, a:

Certificate of Origin

be required.

This document serves as proof of the origin of the goods.

However, this does not automatically mean that the goods will receive a reduced import duty.

There is currently no general EU-Uzbekistan free trade preference for German goods.

A certificate of origin is therefore clearly distinguishable from an EUR.1 or other proof of preferential origin.

Do I need a EUR.1 for Uzbekistan?

For a normal delivery of goods:

Germany → Uzbekistan

An EUR.1 certificate is not used as a general proof of preferential origin to reduce Uzbek import duties.

There is currently no free trade agreement between the European Union and Uzbekistan.

Therefore, a EUR.1 should not be factored in as a general expense.

Depending on the import, however, a standard certificate of origin may be required or requested by the recipient.

Uzbekistan benefits from EU-GSP+

Uzbekistan is currently among the beneficiaries of European:

GSP+

Systems.

This allows numerous goods of Uzbek origin to benefit from particularly favorable or duty-free tariffs when imported into the European Union.

However, the direction is crucial:

Uzbekistan → European Union.

GSP+ does not mean:

Germany → Uzbekistan duty-free.

A German machine does not receive an automatic customs advantage upon import due to Uzbekistan's GSP+ status.

The European GSP system will change from 2027 onwards.

The European Union adopted a new GSP regulation in 2026.

The new rules apply from:

January 1, 2027.

The preference system will thus be continued and partially redesigned.

However, for German exports to Uzbekistan, this does not change the basic principle:

GSP and GSP+ are European import preferences for goods from beneficiary countries.

They do not constitute a mutual free trade agreement for German exports.

Uzbekistan will not yet be a WTO member in October 2026.

Uzbekistan is working intensively on its accession to:

World Trade Organization, WTO.

The accession process will be in an advanced or final phase in 2026.

However, at the end of September 2026, Uzbek government agencies continued to confirm:

The accession process is not yet fully complete.

Therefore, the country should not already be presented as a WTO member on an up-to-date country page.

However, as part of the accession process, numerous customs, trade and market rules will be further adapted to WTO standards.

In 2026, further customs rules were aligned with WTO standards.

As part of the ongoing WTO preparations, further changes to customs law were implemented in 2026.

These included reforms to:

• Customs tariffs
• Trading rules
• Subsidies
• state-owned companies
• technical barriers to trade

This is relevant for companies because individual import rules and tariffs may change further during the accession process.

For regular exports, the current Integrated Tariff should always be used.

How long does it take for a package to arrive in Uzbekistan?

DHL currently lists the following for standard parcel shipping:

8 to 16 working days.

The storage period is:

30 days.

The actual runtime can be affected by:

• Customs clearance
• missing documents
• Import permits
• Receiver location
• Goods inspections
• local onward transport

For:

• urgent spare parts
• Production material
• high quality components
• Medical Technology

An express service should also be compared.

Which language should I use for the customs declaration?

DHL currently lists the following for Uzbekistan:

• English
• French
• Russian for certain branch shipments

as permitted languages.

Particularly suitable for international B2B shipments is:

English.

For technical products, the description should be precise.

Not:

“Spare parts”

but for example:

“Stainless steel replacement coupling for industrial textile machines”

This will:

• Product Type
• Material
• Other specifications

clearly visible.

Write the address for Uzbekistan correctly

DHL requires Latin letters and Arabic numerals.

A possible business address could be structured as follows:

ABC Industrial Solutions LLC
Amir Temur Street 108
100084 TASHKENT
UZBEKISTAN

For recipients outside of Tashkent, the following should also be included:

• Region or Oblast
• District
• Postal Code

The information should be as complete as possible.

Furthermore, you should always:

• Phone number
• Email address

the recipient's information will be stored.

This information can help avoid delays, especially in cases of customs inquiries or local delivery.

Tashkent is the most important economic and logistics center.

Tashkent is not only the capital, but also the most important one:

• Mart
• Industrial center
• Transport Centre
• logistics center

Uzbekistan.

Numerous international parcel, road, rail and air freight shipments are handled via the capital region.

For B2B goods such as:

• Spare parts
• Electronics
• Machine components
• Measuring devices

Tashkent is therefore often the most important destination.

Navoi is an important air freight hub.

Besides Tashkent, it also has:

Navoi

a special logistical significance.

The airport is explicitly designated as important by the Uzbek government:

Cargo Hub on Eurasian air routes

positioned.

For international air freight and multimodal transport, Navoi can therefore represent an alternative or complement to the capital region.

This applies particularly to larger industrial flows of goods.

Uzbekistan is expanding dry ports and logistics centers

By 2026, modern transport and logistics centers will be built, or:

Dry Ports

including in:

• Tashkent
• Navoi
• Namangan

further developed.

These facilities are intended to:

• Consolidate container traffic
• Rail and road transport combine
• Simplify customs processes
• Accelerating international transit traffic

Uzbekistan is thus attempting to compensate for the geographical disadvantage of its landlocked location through efficient land logistics.

The Trans-Caspian Corridor is becoming more important for European transport.

For trade between Uzbekistan and Europe, the following is gaining ground:

Trans-Caspian transport corridor

in importance.

Multimodal routes can be accessed via, for example:

• Kazakhstan
• Caspian Sea
• Azerbaijan
• Georgia
• Türkiye or the Black Sea
• Europe

.

The share of this corridor in the trade of goods between Uzbekistan and the European Union has increased significantly in recent years.

For German freight customers, the route may be particularly interesting as an alternative to other Eurasian land connections.

The China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan railway is under construction.

Another strategic infrastructure project is:

China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan Railway.

Construction work officially started at the end of 2024 and will continue into 2026.

The planned route leads via:

Kashgar – Torugart – Makmal – Jalal-Abad – Andijon.

Planned activities include:

• new railway lines
• 20 stations
• Bridges
• Tunnel
• logistics terminals
• Storage infrastructure

However, the route is scheduled for 2026:

not yet fully operational.

Therefore, it should not be included as an existing standard connection in current shipping offers.

Transporting pallets and machinery to Uzbekistan

For larger B2B shipments, the following are particularly suitable:

• Road freight transport
• Rail transport
• multimodal container transport
• Airfreight

Direct, conventional sea freight transport to Uzbekistan is not possible due to the country's landlocked location.

Containers must first be transported via international land and, if necessary, sea transit corridors.

For example, the transport chain for a machine delivery could consist of:

Seaport or European terminal → Rail or truck → Transit countries → Uzbekistan → Recipient

. there

You can find out more at International freight shipping for businesses.

Automate recurring export data

For regular shipments to Uzbekistan, important product data should be maintained centrally.

These include:

• Product name
• HS code
• Country of origin
• cart value
• Weight
• Package dimensions

This data can be directly integrated into shipping processes via shop and ERP connections.

This allows, for example:

• Shipping label
• Commercial invoices
• customs data
• Tracking information

Create more consistent results.

You can find out more at Automate shipping documents and reduce errors.