Strengthening Transport Connectivity and Trade

Facilitation in South-West Asia,

Lahore(Pakistan)

9-10 December 2013 (Progress and Challenges)

By : M.Mokhber

Road maintenance & Transportation Organization

Islamic Republic of IranMinistry of Road & Urban Development Organization Road Maintenance and Transportation

In The Name Of GOD

I.R.IRAN Road Network

Total kilometers of roadway network about 210/000 Km

and total kilometers of national roads and under jurisdiction of ministry of road and transportation is 81661 km which will be following classification:

2185 km Freeway

12969 km Highway

21234 km Major Road

44454 km Minor Road

819 km Urban Road

129074 km Rural Road

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23232 km Transit Roads (64 ROUTES)

33601 KM Arterial Roads

Unit Road Rail Air Sum

Freight M Tons 611 33.4 0.10 644.5

Passenger M Passenger 875 27 24 926

Freight transit M Tons 10.75 0.85 - 11.6

General status of transportation in Iran - 2012

The share of road is about 95% in movement of freight & passenger

Milak

Mirjaveh

Lotf Abad

Doqaroun

Sarakhs

BajgiranIncheh BorounSero

Bazargan Poldasht

Nourdoz

Bilehsavar

Astara

Khosravi

Mehran

Shalamcheh

jolfa

Mil 78

Aslandooz

Yazdan

Tamarchin

Kile Sardasht

Bashmagh

Chazzabeh

andBorder Terminals and PortsRazi

Siran

Parvizkhan

Name Of Border With Iraq1- Shalamcheh2- Chazabeh3- Mehran)4- Khosravi Mehran5- Bashmagh Mehran6- Kile dasht (Sardasht) Mehran7- Tamarchin8- Parvizkhan

Name Of Border With Turkey1- Sero2- Bazargan3- Razi

Name Of Border With Azerbaijan1- Jolfa2- Bile Savar3- Astara 4- Aslandooz

Name Of Border With Nakhjavan1- Jolfa2-Poldasht

Name Of Border With Armenia1- Nourdoz

Common Border in West of Iran

Name Of Border With Turkmenistan

1- Pol2- Bajgiran3- Lotf Abad4- Sarakhs

Name Of Border With Afghanistan

1- Dogharoun2- Yazdan3- Mil784- Milak

Name Of Border With Pakistan

1- Mijaveh

Common Border in East of Iran

EXPORT IMPORTMODE

Share Value Share Value

85 44174 95 45546 Sea Border

13 6918 3.2 1534 Road Border

2 1126 1.4 661 Rail Border

100 52218 100 47741 Total

Value of Goods Import and Export from I.R.IRAN Border Terminals In 2012

Export : Petroleum Product, Cement, Fruit, Iron , Steel , Nuts , etc .

Import : Rice , Service Machinery , Accessories of Automobile Fruit , Agric Product , Petrochemical , Plywood , etc.

Ton Thousand

Goods Import and Export in I.R.IRAN Border Terminals In 2012

Export Import

Border Terminal Tonnage Number of Truck Tonnage

NUMBER OF TRUK

745206 29993 129606 4750 Astara 496790 20657 11069 626 Incheh Boroun 172796 8960 2786 146 Bajgiran 1161889 54868 909686 50544 Bazargan

0 0 37134 1630 Bashmagh 168076 7349 34443 906 Bileh Savar

167 8 6692 304 Parvizkhan 159272 7068 2773 107 Tamarchin 42249 6200 77610 3816 Jolfa

221533 9090 223 10 Khosravi 1821170 73760 9861 474 Doggharoun 322726 15776 46645 2155 Sarakhs

2117 107 29574 1873 Sero 257922 11256 5428 251 Lotf Abad 53820 1405 6309 329 Mehran

307877 12892 162543 7150 Mirjaveh 266569 11051 0 0 Mil78 513473 21851 0 0 Milak

203848 10800 61320 3628 Nordouz

Goods Import and Export Base on Truck Nationality In 2012

Export Import

NationalityTonnage

Number of Truck

Tonnage Number of

Truck

241100 11106 164569 5665Azerbaijan

63796 3183 17336 919 Armenia

1566352 60721 9861 474 Afghanistan

3934776 180972 823920 45052 Iran 895 45 1856 154 Bulgaria

73066 2833 21104 853 Pakistan

419886 16846 4514 210 Turkmenistan

179043 8775 424086 22254 Turkey 228092 9382 49012 2166 Iraq210494 9228 17444 952 Other

6917500 303091 1533702 78699 Total

Enter and Exit of Passenger From Each Border Terminal In 2012

Number of Trip Number of Passenger Border Terminal

ENTER EXIT ENTER EXIT

2282 3361 22820 33153 Astara

2 3 5 12Incheh Boroun

3 5 10 18 Bajgiran 6637 7544 82463 102891 Bazargan 7330 8803 45186 58475 Bileh Savar

1 0 2 0 Parvizkhan 72 69 567 607 Poldasht

330 2282 3982 36562 Tamarchin 6 6 54 78 Jolfa

26 0 1187 0 Khosravi

8287 8576 51340 56711 Doggharoun 7 0 23 0 Sarakhs

3096 4597 13540 49591 Sero 816 835 21521 25072 Mehran 174 146 5729 3369 Mirjaveh 60 66 880 2056 Milak

779 814 21011 21666 Nordooz

The Physical Position Of The Organizations Settled As Well As The Concerned And Required Units Located On

The Road Exits Of The Country

Safeguard Inspection Part Frontier guard- Human

Quarantine - Passport

Regulate Inspection Part Customs, Animal Quarantine,

Plant Quarantine, Islamic GuidanceTransport Organization, Post

Service Part Bank, Post, Transport Companies,

Insurance and welfare Services(Restaurant, Store and …)

General Physical Position of Frontiers Terminals

Exit and Entrance Door

Passenger

Complex Commercial

Complex

Administration

Complex TemporaryWarehouse

Frontier Line

Exit and Entrance Door

Transit Saloon

Deposit Parcel Fund

Passport - Nahad

Human-Animal-PlantQuarantine

CustomsPassenger

GuidanceRepresentation

Luggage Warehouse

Melli Bank

Entrance CustomsSaloon

Entrance CustomsSaloon

Waiting Saloon

Buffet

Praying Room

SanitaryServiceTerminal

Office

Guide

Communication

Passenger Entrance Route

Busses Entrance Route

Structure and Physical Position Of The Organizations Settled In The Passenger Formalities Saloon

Passenger Exit Route

Busses Exit Route

Entrance Parking Vehicle

Parking for

Exit Vehicle

Waiting Saloon

Commercial CustomsAnd

Related Units

Representative ofRoad Maintenance and Transportation

Organization

WarehousesOffice

Melli Bank

Insurance

StandardInstitution

Telecommunication

Commercial Complex

Passport – Presidential Organ

PlantQuarantine

Praying Room

SanitaryService

Parking for

Vehicles Carrying Exit Goods

AnimalQuarantine

Parking for

Vehicles Carrying Exit Goods

Accession to International Conventions:

Islamic Republic of Iran has acceded to the following international road and customs conventions:TIR Convention in 1984 (Customs Convention on the International Transportation of goods )

CMR Convention in 1998 (Accession to E-CMR is being done)

Green Card Convention in 1977 (Convention of International system of Third party liability Insurance )

Convention on Road signs and Signals in 1975

Convention on Road Traffic in 1975

International Convention on coordinate for goods Border Control

Convention on Temporary Entry of Private Vehicle (ATA)

Carnet De Passages

Also Iran has being acceded to ADR .

Islamic Republic of Iran has acceded to the following rail conventions: Agreement on International carriage of Goods ( SMGS)

Rules of Use of Wagons in International Traffic (PPW)

Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous goods by rail (RID)

Trans- Asian Railway (TAR)

Regulations concerning the International carriage by cargo wagons (RIV)

Regulations concerning the International carriage by coaches (RIC)

Bilateral & Multilateral Agreements

I.R.Iran has concluded inter road transport agreement with over 50 states which including West , East , European , Central Asian and Cacasus .

Multilateral AgreementsMultilateral Agreements

Transport Transit Frame Agreement

(concluded among Eco States)

North - South Corridor Agreement Europe- Caucasus- Asia Transport Corridor (TRACCECA)

Ashgabat Agreement (On the Establishment of an International Transport and Transit Corridor between the Goverment of the I.R.Iran , Oman , Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan Corridor )

Asian Highways& TAR Network

Dry port Agreement signed in last month.

Transport Transit Frame Agreement

(concluded among Eco States)

North - South Corridor Agreement Europe- Caucasus- Asia Transport Corridor (TRACCECA)

Ashgabat Agreement (On the Establishment of an International Transport and Transit Corridor between the Goverment of the I.R.Iran , Oman , Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan Corridor )

Asian Highways& TAR Network

Dry port Agreement signed in last month.

THE IMPORTANT CORRIDORS IN

I.R.IRAN

Corridors passing through Iran

• Renovation of road Transport fleet of the country

• Promotion and completion of national road network of the country upon

the demand

• Increasing of Transport security and providing safety in road transport of

the country

• Adoption of new technology and IT systems, including GPS and

intelligent cards and speed control cameras

• Development and compellation of border crossing terminals, welfare

service complexes and TIR- PARKS

• Development of regional and international transport cooperation

• Increasing the share of cargo movement in transit and in North- South

Transport Corridor.

• There is no any Tax on Transit cargo

Road Sector Measures

Islamic Republic of Iran has taken many measures to handle fast and economic transit of cargo and passenger in road transport sector including:

• Acceleration in accession to international organizations and conventions

• Expansion of bilateral and multilateral agreements (such as ADR , …)

• Information and experience exchanges and adoption of modern technology

• Reduce time and costs of cargo transit by adopting effective measures

• Simplification and harmonization of laws and provisions and

standardization of procedures

• Simplification, smoothness and increasing border crossing facilities and

reducing formalities and inspection operations on entrance and exit basis

of the countries

• Providing visa facilities for international professional drivers and

international companies

• Increasing transit fleet of the country that most of them are equipped with

GPS.

• Fundamental measures to remove transit barriers

1. Codification of rules and regulation on transit of goods through territory of I.R.Iran , also codification of new laws of customs affairs.

2. Membership to TIR, CMR, Carnet de Passage, Green Card Convention

3. Equipment of custom to ASYCUDA system

4. Equipment of custom to Single Window system5. Simplification and unification of documents6. Rendering border facilitation7. Increasing of working time of border customs offices8. Implementation of International Standards frames9. Elimination of border obstacles and barriers

I.R.Iran Custom Measures

Status of Visa issuance, transportation permit and regulations in the Islamic Republic of Iran

In line of facilitation of road transportation, Islamic Republic of Iran has made very effective co-operations especially with its neighboring countries as follows:

According bilateral agreement the Free-Permit-Regime is included with some countries (Afghanistan , Turkey ,…)

Multiple visa nearly for all drivers of fleet of these countries applies cancellation of visa with some of them.

Many countries don't need transportation permit for entering Islamic Republic of Iran.

Islamic Republic of Iran has expressed its readiness for mutual cancellation of transportation permit quotas with all countries.

New Technology

Using modern control methods such as : Methods of electronic exchange of manifest information, Possibility of pre- declaration and e- payment of funds, Observing some articles of KYOTO convention on

simplification and harmonization of customs procedures, Using methods like risk management, regular or random

inspections, Using modern control equipment and methods, Audit-based methods in goods control, Possibility of audit after clearance and implementation of

single border management by customs have been emphasized .

ChallengesTime and Cost of transit is still high in region

The International border barriers is still exist

Multimodal transport still is not very used

Visa issue and cost for Drivers are lengthy & high

Paper works & formality are still more

No return cargo for container

More of borders don’t have Truck X-Ray & Drugs Traffic X-Ray

Deficiency of Human-Animal-Plant Quarantine

The problem of security in some of borders and roads of Region .

To develop transit collaborations in the region, the following proposals are provided:

• Reduce time and costs of cargo transit by adopting

effective measures

• Simplification and harmonization of laws and

provisions and standardization of procedures

• Simplification, smoothness and increasing border

crossing facilities and reducing formalities and

Inspection operations on entrance and exit basis of the

countries

• Providing visa facilities for international professional

drivers and international companies

• Equipment of custom to Single Window system

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION