Facilitating Transport on the Silk Road Economic Belt through the TIR System
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Facilitating Transport on the Silk Road Economic Belt through the TIR SystemUrumqi, 2 September 2014
Umberto de Pretto
Secretary General
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This is the IRU
IRU Member since 29 May 2002
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Evolution of IRU Membership
2014: 170 Members in 75 countries2014: 170 Members in 75 countries
1948: eight founder countries
…and CRIPA: 27 Members + FESARTA in 38 countries
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IRU Secretariat General
1948 – IRU founded in Geneva
1973 – IRU Permanent Delegation to the European Union in Brussels
1998 – IRU Permanent Delegation to Eurasia in Moscow
2005 – IRU Permanent Delegation to the Middle East and Region in Istanbul
2012 – IRU Secretariat for Africa in Geneva
2013 – IRU Permanent Delegation to the United Nations in New-York
Next Steps – Office in China
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The Lisbon-Vladivostok Caravan The Beijing-Berlin-Brussels Caravan
IRU-ECO Silk Road Truck Caravan
IRU Caravans demonstrate need forTIR
Black Sea Highway Caravan
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IRU New Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (NELTI)
From September 2008
Monitoring over 200,000 border crossings
57% of transport time lost at border crossings38% of transport costs due to unofficial levies
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IRU Caravan drivers saw this… adequate roads but little traffic!!
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…until they reached border crossings!!
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Any penalty on road transport is an even greater penalty on the economy as a whole!
Source: Hague Consulting Group * Includes lost opportunities
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Transport Costs only All Costs *
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Securing and facilitating trade and international road transport
Transports Internationaux Routiers
Managed by the IRU since 1949
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What is the TIR System?
• A tried and tested, affordable facilitation instrument for international transport and trade
• Global
• Intermodal (road-rail, road-maritime)
• Secure• Based on TIR Convention of 1975, signed by 68 contracting parties
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Geographical Scope of the TIR Convention
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TIR Expansion : latest developments
August 2013 – China informs of its intention to accede to the TIR Convention
Increased cooperation with ESCAPfor the region
April 2014 – UAE Customs sign guarantee agreement
Interest in TIR also expressed by Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Iraq, KSA and various African countries
April 2014 – Pakistan officially confirms forthcoming accession to TIR
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Forthcoming implementation of TIR in China
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We want to see this ...
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We can bring them hope!
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