Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Customs clearance center was launched in Tashkent. The new complex includes a data processing center, a remote electronic declaration post, a call center, targeting and risk management departments.

The information system is integrated with databases of foreign departments, ministries and departments of our country, subjects of foreign economic activity and airlines. When organizing the work of the center, the proposals of entrepreneurs were also taken into account, the report says.

“The data center is equipped with state-of-the-art servers with a capacity ten times greater than before. This ensured an increase in the speed of communication channels by 5 times and a reduction in processing time by 2 times. The system is protected from cyberattacks,” the presidential press service noted.

At the remote electronic declaration post, at the initial stage, cargo customs declarations sent remotely by Tashkent entrepreneurs are promptly processed. In the future, it is planned to cover all customs clearance processes carried out throughout the country.

It also processes applications received by the call center of the customs committee via hotline 1108 and through the website of the State Customs Committee.

The Targeting and Risk Management Department was opened in cooperation with the World Customs Organization based on the experience of developed countries. Here, operational structures analyze data from 50 customs information systems and 3 information systems of the World Customs Organization, as well as data from more than 30 departments and customs offices of foreign states, assess risks, remotely control the activities of all customs posts.

The Central Customs Laboratory is also equipped with modern equipment, its activities are aimed at reducing the duration and increasing the accuracy of the examination.

In general, as a result of the digitalization of the industry, the time for customs clearance has been reduced by an average of 2 times. For example, if in 2017 it took 5 hours and 42 minutes to process export deliveries, then in 2023 this time is 30 minutes, the report says.

“The clearance of 80% of imports and 89% of exports is carried out in a simplified manner, the indicators of automatic processing of cargo customs declarations using artificial intelligence are growing,” the presidential press service writes.