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In The Name Of GOD
Islamic Republic of Iran
Ministry of Road & Urban Development
Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization
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
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
--------------------------------------------23232 km Transit Roads (64 ROUTES)
33601 KM Arterial Roads
General status of transportation in Iran - 2012
Unit
Road
Rail
Air
0.10 644.5
Freight
M Tons
611
33.4
Passenger
M Passenger
875
27
Freight transit M Tons
10.75 0.85
Sum
24
926
-
11.6
The share of road is about 95% in
movement of freight & passenger
Poldasht
jolfa
Bazargan
Aslandooz
Bilehsavar
Razi
Nourdoz
Sero
Astara
and
Border Terminals and Ports
Incheh Boroun
Bajgiran
Lotf Abad
Tamarchin
Sarakhs
Kile Sardasht
Bashmagh
Siran
Doqaroun
Khosravi
Parvizkhan
Yazdan
Mehran
Mil 78
Chazzabeh
Milak
Shalamcheh
Mirjaveh
Common Border in West of Iran

Name Of Border With Iraq
1- Shalamcheh
2- Chazabeh
3- Mehran)
4- Khosravi Mehran
5- Bashmagh Mehran
6- Kile dasht (Sardasht) Mehran
7- Tamarchin
8- Parvizkhan

Name Of Border With Turkey
1- Sero
2- Bazargan
3- Razi

Name Of Border With Azerbaijan
1- Jolfa
2- Bile Savar
3- Astara
4- Aslandooz

Name Of Border With Nakhjavan
1- Jolfa
2-Poldasht

Name Of Border With Armenia
1- Nourdoz
Common Border in East of Iran

Name Of Border With Turkmenistan
1- Pol
2- Bajgiran
3- Lotf Abad
4- Sarakhs
 Name Of Border With Afghanistan
1- Dogharoun
2- Yazdan
3- Mil78
4- Milak

Name Of Border With Pakistan
1- Mijaveh
Value of Goods Import and Export
from I.R.IRAN Border Terminals In 2012
Ton Thousand
EXPORT
IMPORT
MODE
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
Export : Petroleum Product, Cement, Fruit, Iron , Steel , Nuts , etc .
Import : Rice , Service Machinery , Accessories of Automobile
Fruit , Agric Product , Petrochemical , Plywood , etc.
Goods Import and Export in I.R.IRAN Border Terminals
In 2012
Goods Import and Export Base on Truck Nationality In 2012
Export
Import
Nationality
Tonnage
Number of
Truck
Tonnage
Number of
Truck
241100
11106
164569
5665
63796
3183
17336
919
1566352
60721
9861
474
3934776
895
73066
180972
45
2833
823920
1856
21104
45052
154
853
Afghanistan
Iran
Bulgaria
Pakistan
419886
16846
4514
210
Turkmenistan
179043
228092
210494
6917500
8775
9382
9228
303091
424086
49012
17444
1533702
22254
2166
952
78699
Turkey
Iraq
Other
Total
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Enter and Exit of Passenger From Each Border Terminal In 2012
Number of Trip
EXIT
ENTER
2282
3361
Number of Passenger
ENTER
EXIT
22820
33153
2
3
5
12
3
6637
7330
5
7544
8803
10
82463
45186
18
102891
58475
1
0
2
0
72
330
6
26
69
2282
6
0
567
3982
54
1187
607
36562
78
0
8287
8576
51340
56711
7
3096
816
174
60
779
0
4597
835
146
66
814
23
13540
21521
5729
880
21011
0
49591
25072
3369
2056
21666
Border Terminal
Astara
Incheh Boroun
Bajgiran
Bazargan
Bileh Savar
Parvizkhan
Poldasht
Tamarchin
Jolfa
Khosravi
Doggharoun
Sarakhs
Sero
Mehran
Mirjaveh
Milak
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 Guidance
Transport Organization, Post
Service Part
Bank, Post, Transport Companies,
Insurance and welfare Services
(Restaurant, Store and …)
General Physical Position of Frontiers Terminals
Frontier Line
Exit and Entrance Door
Passenger
Complex
Temporary
Warehouse
Commercial
Complex
Administration
Complex
Exit and Entrance Door
Structure and Physical Position Of The Organizations Settled
In The Passenger Formalities Saloon
Transit Saloon
Deposit
Parcel Fund
Passport - Nahad
Entrance Customs Human-Animal-Plant
Quarantine
Saloon
Customs
Passenger
Entrance
Parking Vehicle
Luggage
Warehouse
Entrance Customs
Saloon
Guidance
Representation
Passenger Entrance Route
Melli Bank
Busses Entrance Route
Guide
Passenger Exit Route
Busses Exit Route
Communication
Terminal
Office
Waiting
Saloon
Waiting
Saloon
Buffet
Praying
Room
Sanitary
Service
Parking
for
Exit Vehicle
Commercial Complex
Passport – Presidential Organ
Melli
Bank
Commercial Customs
And
Related Units
Insurance
Plant
Quarantine
Animal
Quarantine
Representative of
Road Maintenance
and Transportation
Organization
Parking
for
Vehicles Carrying
Exit Goods
Warehouses
Office
Sanitary
Service
Standard
Institution
Telecommunication
Praying
Room
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 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 Internationa
Transport and Transit Corridor between the Goverment of th
I.R.Iran , Oman , Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan Corridor )
Asian Highways & TAR Network
Dry port Agreement signed in last month.
Corridors passing through Iran
Road Sector Measures
•
•
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
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
I.R.Iran Custom Measures
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 system
Simplification and unification of documents
Rendering border facilitation
Increasing of working time of border customs offices
Implementation of International Standards frames
Elimination of border obstacles and barriers
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
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 .
Challenges
Time 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
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