Georgia and Uzbekistan have launched a Digital Permit System for international road freight transport, replacing paper-based permits with a fully electronic process.
Under the new system, carriers can use electronic permits for bilateral and transit shipments, as well as for transport to and from third countries.
What the system is designed to do
- Speed up the permit application and exchange process
- Reduce paper-based procedures
- Simplify registration and control
- Reduce administrative and technical barriers
- Minimise human error
- Make the process more transparent for international carriers
Why it matters
As trade flows across the Middle Corridor continue to grow, better connectivity is not only about building ports, railways and roads. It is also about making the processes behind cross-border trade faster, simpler and more digital.
According to Georgia's Land Transport Agency, digital permitting can contribute to smoother cargo movement and strengthen the competitiveness of the Middle Corridor, while reinforcing Georgia's role as a transit and logistics link between Europe and Asia.
Infrastructure gets the headlines. For a carrier moving goods between Tashkent and Tbilisi, the delay is often not the road — it is the paperwork at either end of it.
Removing administrative friction is a smaller story than a new port, and frequently a faster one to deliver. For businesses moving goods between Uzbekistan, Georgia and onward markets, less paperwork is a concrete, immediate improvement rather than a long-term promise.
LESS PAPER. FASTER FREIGHT. BETTER CONNECTIVITY.
Sources: Land Transport Agency of Georgia; Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan; Georgian Public Broadcaster (1TV).