Uzbekistan Customs Information Additional Details
Items subject to customs registration
Foreign currency in cash in the amount up to 5000 dollars US or equal amount of other cur-rencies is
allowed to be imported to our country with obligatory filling out a customs decla-ration, foreign
currency in cash in the amount exceeding the equivalent of 5000 dollars US is allowed to be
imported into the Republic with Certification TC-28 issued by customs au-thorities.
Precious metals and gemstones, pearls as well as jewelry and other products made of them.
Items presenting artistic, historical, scientific or other cultural value.
Dutiable items and values.
Items subject to import and export under special permissions of competent state authorities of the
Republic of Uzbekistan.
Items prohibited to importation to the Republic of Uzbekistan or exportation abroad. Customs value
of exported goods should not be declared:
if customs value of exported goods does not exceed the amount equal to 1000 dollars US (except
exportation of goods for commercial purposes);
if exported goods are personal property of individuals changing their place of residence (if they have
a record of being taken off the register at the previous place of residence);
if exported goods are personal property of citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan going out in long
business trips as well as if exported goods are personal property of citizens of other countries
imported these goods before and leaving the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
if exported goods are samples, advertising materials, commodities used for humanitarian purposes
and other goods used for non-commercial purposes.
List of items not allowed to be imported or exported through the
customs border of the Republic of Uzbekistan
It is prohibited to import the following items into the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan:
Publications, manuscripts, clich?, pictures, illustrations, photos, photographic films, photo negatives,
movie - video - audio products, gram records, sound materials, computer mag-netic data carrier
aimed or related to undermine state and social regime, braking territorial integrity, political
independency and state sovereignty, propagandizing war, terrorism, vio-lence, national oneness and
religious hatred, racism and its variety (anti-Semitism, fascism) capable to be harmful to state
interests as well as rights of citizens of the Republic of Uz-bekistan as well as pornographic materials;
drugs, psychotropics and precursors without authorization issued by the Ministry of Public Health of
the Republic of Uzbekistan as well as adjustments for opium and hashish;
rare and vanishing animal species as well as wild drug, food and decorative plants regis-tered in Red
Book without authorization of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbeki-stan for Nature
Protection;
jewelry made of precious metals and gemstones designed for commercial purposes without License
issued by Agency of Foreign Economic Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan (free-duty allowance
for jewelry made of precious metals and gemstones is 5 items with to-tal weight not exceeding 30
grams);
medicaments and medical machines without authorization of the Ministry of Public Health of the
Republic of Uzbekistan;
radio-electronic facilities consisted of high-frequency devices without authorization of
Electromagnetic compatibility Center of the Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
products of vegetable and animal origin without authorization of sanitary-hygienic service;
ozone-destroying matters and products, containing these matters, without authorization of State
Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Nature Protection;
ethanol.
It is prohibited to export the following items from the Republic of Uzbekistan:
grain: wheat, rye, barley, oat, corn, buckwheat; bakery products (except floury pastry, cakes and
biscuits of domestic manufacture); flour, grits, cattle, bird, flesh and alimentary sub-products, dry
milk, tea raw stock, tea, sugar, vegetable oil (limited rates of exportation of these goods by
individuals are stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan);
ethanol, rawstock (including non-Standard one), fur raw material, including karakul (non-Standard);
scrap and wastes of non-ferrous metals; cocoon of silkworn suitable for unreel-ing, crude silk (nonwoven), wastes of silk (including cocoons not suitable for unreeling, wastes of cocoon thread and
loose waste);
armament and ammunition, military technology, spare parts, components and completing devices if
they are not used in other fields; explosives, firing devices, powder as well as special materials and
equipment designed for their manufacture, special equipment of per-sonnel of military
organizations, archive and normative-technical documentation for their production and operation.
Note: items indicated in this clause can be exported under permission of the Cabinet of Mi-nisters of
the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Nuclear materials (including those in the form of heat-generating assembly), technology, special
non-nuclear materials - sources of ionizing radiation.
Rocket and space complex, communication and control systems, normative-technical documentation for their production and operation.
Results of research and project activity as well as fundamental research activities on arma-ment and
military technology production.
Cancelled securities, precious and rare earth metals, their half-finished products and raw al-loys as
well as their wastes and scraps, precious and semiprecious stones.
Note: items indicated in this clause can be exported under permission of the Cabinet of Mi-nisters of
the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Art work and antiquities (pictures, sculptures, images, watercolors, various gravures, mi-niatures,
products made of porcelain, crystal, ceramic, wood, leather, precious and non-ferrous stones and
metals, bones, national artistic handicrafts, tapestry, furniture, artistic arm and shoes, numismatics,
artistic arm, books, manuscripts, gramophone records, postage stamps and others) and other items
presenting significant artistic, scientific or other cultural value.
Note: items indicated in this clause can be exported under permission of the Ministry of Culture of the
Republic of Uzbekistan on agreement with MFERIT (Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations,
Investment and Trade) of the Republic of Uzbekistan. They are duti-able in the amount of 100% of
value indicated in permissions for export.
Horns of saiga, maral, axis deer, Manchurian deer as well as other wild animals. Note: items
indicated in this clause can be exported by specialized organizations under special permissions of
MFERIT on agreement with Ministry of Agriculture and State Committee of Nature. Foreign travelers
having tours (tourist vouchers) for hunting in the Republic of Uzbekistan are allowed to export from
the Republic of Uzbekistan ossified horns of Manchurian deers and marals as hunting trophies shot
by them in the period from September to December.
Animals (including rare and racy species), plants, decorative plants registered in Red Book of the
Republic of Uzbekistan.
Items that are prohibited to export in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Uz-bekistan
valid at the moment of their crossing the customs border of the Republic of Uz-bekistan as well as
the abovementioned products, matters and facilities subject to prohibition of import into
Uzbekistan.
It is allowed to export the following items from the Republic of Uzbekistan:
(Article 12. Exportation of seeds, plants and products of vegetable origin. Law of the Republic of
Uzbekistan "On quarantine of plants" dd 31.08.1995, No 113-I)
Seeds, planting stock, plants, strain agent of disease, other biological objects and products of vegetable origin exported from the Republic should comply with conditions stipulated by international
agreements on quarantine and protection of plants and should not be registered in the List of biological objects that are not subject to import from the Republic of Uzbekistan. Each lot of exported
seeds, plants and products of vegetable origin should be accompanied with Phytosanitary Certifi-
cate of a Standard type.
Organizations exporting seeds, plants and products of vegetable origin are obliged to notify State
service authorities responsible for quarantine of plants of related provinces and regions about the
proposed shipment not later than thirty days before shipment of the indicated products beyond this
country. Together with them these organizations are obliged to choose places where the products
should be reasonably shipped from and to provide the exported products for inspection within a
period of fifteen days before the shipment.
Phytosanitary certificate can be issued by territorial state inspection office of plants quarantine
located in place of residence of the individual. Residents of Tashkent may address to the Inspection
office in Tashkent, address: Abdulla Kakhhar str., 39 (Tel.: 255-24-10, 254-98-79).
Citizens intending to send a parcel with "plant" products should know that every Thursday from 8.00
to 11.30 state authorities of city inspection of plant quarantine work in a building of OJSC "Halkaro
pochtampt" located on the right side from central entrance of North Trains Station. They can give
necessary information on transition of goods being under control of their Department.
Export and import of foreign currency in cash beyond the Republic of
Uzbekistan
Export of cash foreign currency beyond the Republic of Uzbekistan is allowed to:
а) residents in the limits of the amount equal to 2000 (two thousand) dollars US without permission;
b) residents above the amount equal from 2000 (two thousand) to 5000 (five thousand) dollars US with a permission issued by the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan or authorized banks,
Form N09006;
c) residents above the amount equal from 5000 (five thousand) dollars US - with a permission issued
by the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan or authorized banks, Form N09006;
d) non-residents - in the limits of the amount exported into the Republic in accordance with customs
declaration. Export of foreign currency in cash exceeding amount declared in customs decla-ration is
allowed under permission of the Central Bank or authorized banks.
Individuals should submit the following documents to the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan
for getting permission of the Bank:
а) application with indication of first, second name and patronymic name of the individual as well as
the address where he/she resides; exported amount; purpose of use of foreign currency in cash
beyond the Republic;
b) passport or identity card of a person without citizenship or its copies.
Consideration period of application - not more than ten days from the date of its submission to the
Central Bank.
Transfer of permission of any individual to another individual on the basis of notarized letter of
authorization is not allowed. If foreign currency in cash, commodities and materials as well as other
accessories were not declared in customs declaration and were not presented to custom officer as
per his request, it is con-sidered as an infringement of customs legislation. Service documents should
be drawn up accord-ing to articles of customs code of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Import of foreign currency in cash
The amount of foreign currency in cash imported into the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan is
not limited under condition of its obligatory declaration in written form. Foreign currency in cash in
the amount less than 5000 dollars US can or equal amount of other currencies can pass to the
Republic of Uzbekistan with obligatory completing customs declaration. Customs authorities issue
Certificate, Form TC-28 when foreign currency in cash exceeds 5000 dollars US is allowed by customs authorities to pass to the Republic with Certificate, Form TC-28.
Import and export of national currency in cash of the Republic of
Uzbekistan
National currency in cash of the Republic of Uzbekistan transferring by individuals through the
border of the Republic of Uzbekistan should be declared by customs authorities:
- up to 5 minimal wage - without registration of Form T-6 in customs declaration;
- above 5 minimal wage - with obligatory registration of Form T-6 in customs declaration.
You must know that national currency in cash of the Republic of Uzbekistan is not allowed to be
imported or exported by legal person -residents or non-residents, except the Central Bank of the
Republic of Uzbekistan as well as authorized banks under permission of the Central Bank.
Export of cultural values beyond the Republic of Uzbekistan
Cultural values created fifty or more years ago are not subject to export from Republic of Uzbekistan
The list of items related to cultural values is consisted of:
things related to historical events in nations' life, evolution of society and state, history of science
and technology as well as those related to life period and activity of outstanding people (statesmen,
politics, public figures, thinkers, people of science, literature and art);
different kinds of arm presenting historical, artistic, scientific and other cultural value;
artistic values containing precious metals and gemstones;
things and their fragments presenting outputs of archeological digging or investigations and findings,
samples of soil, archeology, geology and others;
pictures and images entirely hand-made on any base and of any materials;
original sculpture work made of any materials including reliefs;
original artistic compositions and installations of any materials;
cult-objects in artstyle design;
ethnographic objects;
gravure, print, lithograph, xylograph and other kinds of graphic and their original printing forms;
products of decorative and applied arts (artistic items made of glass, ceramic, wood, tissue and
other materials);
products of national artistic handicrafts;
component parts and fragments of architectural, historical, artistic memorials and sites of
monumental art;
ancient books as well as publications presenting historical, science-artistic and literary in-terest
themselves or in the form of collections;
rare manuscripts and recorded memorials and archives;
photo-, phono-, film- and videomaterials;
music instruments;
items of philately, numismatics, faleristics, bonistics, sphragistics and other collections;
coins, orders, medals, seals, postage cards (envelopes) and other objects of collecting;
rare collections and patterns of flora and fauna as well as samples presenting interest for such
scientific branches like mineralogy, paleontology and anatomy;
household devices and scientific instruments useful in household and presenting cultural significance
(timepieces, barometers, balance, binocular, photo-, cinema apparatus, sewing machines etc.);
other movable items including copies presenting historical, scientific and artistic or other value as
well as those protected by the government as historical and cultural monuments.
List of cultural values created for the last fifty years and not requiring certificates for their
exportation
carpets, carpet products, suzanne (machine-aided manufacture);
electrical-music instruments;
reproductions of pictures, icons, art albums and plates;
souvenirs, products made of ceramic, porcelain, crystal, glass, wood and metal manufac-tured at
factory (except products of foreign manufacture);
belles-lettres, popular literature and books for children, consisted of 1or 2 volumes;
scientific and educational literature bought by foreign scientists and specialists staying in Uzbekistan
on exchange program of science and technology, foreign citizens studying in Uzbekistan as well as
scientists, specialists, students and learners of the Republic of Uz-bekistan sent in an assignment
abroad;
state-of-art jewelry made of precious metals and gemstones probed by the State Standard (number
of jewelry allowed to export is determined by the customs legislation);
personal awards allowed to wear at availability of Order Cards and decoration certificates;
items of national art crafts and fine and applied arts, created over the last 50 years which export
certificate is not required:
1. Carving on gypsum - chandeliers, sconce, mirrors, statuettes.
2. Woodcarving - all kinds of items of mass production up to 20 cm height.
3. Carving on bone - souvenir items, small plastic arts, netsuke, caskets.
4. Carving on stone - balusters, banisters; souvenir items, small plastic arts, netsuke, caskets; desk
sets; candlesticks; heraldry and state symbols; ornaments from jobbing stones.
5. Items of national crafts, made of wood - kitchen accessories (rolling pins, saltcellars, bread bins, oil
mills, mortars, chopping boards, "chakichi" - stamp for pricking the middle of traditional bread);
cradles, children's walkers, "beshiks" (traditional cots) and accessories for them; turning figured
items; a backgammon; chessboards and figures.
6. Metal wares and tins - figured pipes and drains; moulded articles (door and window handles,
latches, chains, bells, candlesticks); kitchen accessories; souvenir items (earrings, rings, bracelets,
costume, imitation jewelry).
7. Sabres, daggers and knifes - national knives.
8. Stamping items - teabowls, plates, trays, vases, chilim, candlesticks, chandeliers, sconce, door
rings, door and window canopies, handles, chains, locks; knife sheathes, kitchen utensils.
9. Porcelain, faience, ceramics - tandirs (traditional ovens); items up to 20 cm height.
10. Hand carpet weaving - felt items.
11. Hand weaving and knitting - atlas, bekasam, adras, turban, the fabrics made of natural silk,
cotton, woollen and synthetic threads; hand and mechanically knitted items (down and woollen
scarves, gloves, mittens, "djurabs" - thick knitted socks, socks, headdresses).
12. Glass items - sconce, small plastic arts, souvenir items, ornaments (amulets, tasbeeh, beads),
made by art blowing-out techniques; the items made with pattern and ornament on glass and
mirror.
13. Orris items - fans, covers on a teapot, headdresses.
14. Embroidery - small items with partial hand embroidery (50 cm х 50 cm).
15. Heel-tap and stitch sewing - national clothes, national blankets and kurpacha (traditional
bedding), pillows ("lula", "bolish"); belts; ribbons (jiyaki); bags.
16. National dressing gowns and headdresses - dressing gowns (chapan, yaktak, waistcoats,
children's dressing gowns, wedding dressing gowns); skullcaps; caps; turban; the headdresses made
of fur, astrakhan fur and materials with hand weaving.
17. Musical instruments - musical instruments as souvenirs.
18. Miniature, painting, ornamental and enamel enamel painting - miniature, landscape and
ornamental painting on a pumpkin, bones, papier-mache.
19. Items from volume and figured forms of casting - items made by casting techniques from natural
and synthetic building materials (stalactites, friezes, frameworks, eaves, chandeliers, sconce; round,
oval and angular forms of ornaments; columns); architectural decor elements, and also items cast by
"rule of thumb" method from copper, bronze, pig-iron, aluminum.
20. Small sculptural arts - sculptural forms made of various kinds of natural and artificial materials
(plaster, coal clay, copper, bronze, aluminum, bone, wood, stone, ceramics, porcelain, faience),
except sculptural arts above 20 cm height.
21. Toys - toys and dolls made of wood, metal, plaster, fabric, ceramics and other natural and
artificial materials.
22. Weaving - the wattled items made of vegetative materials (cane, willow, straws, rod, branches of
different trees).
23. Items from leather and footwear - female "ichigi" (makhsi) and "kovushi"; man's chrome "ichigi"
and "ichigi"; saddles and harnesses, belts, belts, national waistcoats.
24. Souvenir items - souvenir and gift items made of various natural and artificial materials (amulets,
tasbeeh. Beads, earrings, rings, bracelets, costume jewellery, belts, and badges).
It is necessary to get a certificate to export the items not included into the list above:
To get a permission certificate for exportation of cultural values on a permanent or tempo-rary basis
the owner is obliged to submit in advance a written application of a Standard form, a list and two
photographs of each item included into the application for export to the Ministry of Culture and
Sport as well as to provide these items themselves. Photographs are not required for exportation of
items of mass and serial production and music instru-ments with nameplates. Two copies of the list
should be provided for export of publica-tions.
The application should be submitted to the Department of Art Expertise (export-import of cultural
values) at the Ministry of Culture and Sport, address:
- Lashkarbegi str., 19 (ref.point metro station Khamid Alimjan on the opposite side of Lithuanian
Embassy),
- Tel.
(+998 71) 237-07-38.
Cultural values applied for exportation are considered by authorized art critics and experts. If
necessary, out-of-staff experts among high-qualified specialists can be attracted to the expertise on
agreement basis. In particular cases council of experts should be convened. Composition of the
council is approved by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Repub-lic of Uzbekistan. Review of
the items and preparation of expertise report on opportunity of exportation of these items are
carried out when the owner is absent, however the owner can be called to clarify some questions if
they arise. Reports of the experts present recommen-dations. They are considered upon making a
final decision on issuance of certificates on exportation of cultural values. If necessary the items
expertise can be provided on their location.
Certificate on export of cultural values from the Republic of Uzbekistan on a permanent or
temporary basis should be signed by an authorized person of the Ministry of Culture and Sport of
the Republic of Uzbekistan. Certificate on export (transfer) of cultural values from the Republic of
Uzbekistan is valid within three months from the date of its issuance.
In necessary cases documents confirming a form of disposition of rights established by law on the
item of the previous owner as well as documents showing the price of this item (bills, receipts etc.)
should be provided.
Period of the art expertise should not exceed ten days. It depends on number of items de-clared in
application for export, their condition and complexity degree of the expertise.
Minister of Culture and Sport of the Republic of Uzbekistan and authorized personnel of the Ministry
of Certificates issuance for exportation of cultural values bear personal respon-sibility for complying
with rules stipulated by this Provision (clause in edition of the Reso-lution of the Cabinet of Ministers
of the Republic of Uzbekistan dd 06/07/2005, No156).
Procedure of exportation of cultural values on a permanent or temporary basis
Upon issuance of exportation on a blank of certificate and each sheet of the list of cultural values
subject to export, a stamp of a Standard form with indication of certificate number, date of
certificate issuance and signature of the person authorized to issue this certificate should be set on
the reverse side of cultural values permitted for exportation.
Stamp should be set on the reverse side of artworks permitted for exportation; music in-struments
and carpet products permitted for exportation should be sealed