OREANDA-NEWS. December 07, 2015. The Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr Ahmet Davutoglu, has announced the innovative eTIR Pilot project in the new government’s programme. Cited under the section on trade, the programme underlines trade facilitation and directly refers to the eTIR Pilot project between Turkey and Iran, which is currently underway.

The programme also mentions the negotiation of an eTIR Pilot project between Turkey and Georgia.

eTIR provides additional security and risk management benefits to all actors in the TIR System. It effectively decreases the risk of fraud and significantly reduces administrative burden. eTIR also maximises the benefits of integrated supply chain management and accelerates TIR procedures by providing advance cargo information and real time data exchange.