Pakistan and Uzbekistan have agreed to expand customs digitalisation through artificial intelligence, machine learning, cargo tracking and real-time customs information exchange, with the initiatives expected to strengthen border controls, reduce clearance times and support faster, safer and more seamless regional trade and transit.
The two countries will also explore the use of AI-enabled risk management and data analytics to improve customs clearance and enforcement. They have agreed to extend their existing digital connectivity to cover transit trade information, improving the quality and speed of customs data exchange.
The two sides also discussed establishing National Targeting Centres and strengthening intelligence-led enforcement. These measures are aimed at improving regional trade security while supporting legitimate trade and combating illicit cross-border activities.
This development came after Pakistan and Uzbekistan agreed to expand strategic customs cooperation through advanced technologies during a high-level bilateral meeting held on the sidelines of an international conference in Tashkent.
A Pakistani delegation is visiting Tashkent to attend a conference organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime-World Customs Organisation Passenger and Cargo Control Programme.
Syed Shakeel Shah, Member Customs Operations at the Federal Board of Revenue, is leading the delegation.
The Pakistani delegation met the First Deputy Chairman of Uzbekistan’s Customs Committee to review existing cooperation mechanisms and plan future initiatives.
The Pakistani delegation highlighted that Uzbekistan is the first country with which Pakistan has established advance customs information exchange through the Pakistan Single Window for both imports and exports.
The development marks a significant milestone in digital customs cooperation between the two countries.
Pakistan and Uzbekistan also agreed to extend the existing digital connectivity to cover transit trade information.
The initiative is expected to improve the quality and speed of customs data exchange, strengthen border controls, reduce clearance times and support faster, safer and more seamless regional trade and transit.
The two sides also discussed advancing trade facilitation through the mutual recognition of Authorised Economic Operator programmes and regulatory documents.
They agreed to promote the wider use of AI-enabled risk management and data analytics to support customs clearance and enforcement.
The discussions also covered stronger public-private partnerships to facilitate legitimate trade while effectively combating illicit cross-border activities.
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