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BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 22. The number of
members of the Azerbaijan International Road Transport Association
(ABADA) has increased by 10 percent in the first six months of this
year, bringing the total membership to 174 legal entities and
individuals, ABADA Secretary General Kanan Gurbanov told local
media, Trend
reports.
According to him, during the reporting period, 159 drivers and
41 managers received Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) certificates,
and 215 drivers received ADR (International Carriage of Dangerous
Goods by Road) certificates.
“The association, within its powers, ensures the implementation
of the Customs Convention ‘On the Application of Carnet TIR
(International Carnet for the Transport of Goods)’ in the country
and, as a member of the International Road Transport Union (IRU),
provides road carriers with TIR carnets (Carnet TIR). ABADA is also
a participant in the T1 support system, applied to transit
transportation in the direction of Türkiye and Europe.
Recently, the number of carriers using Carnet-TIR has also
increased by 30 percent due to the growth in the volume of goods
transported from China,” the secretary general added.
To note, ABADA is a non-commercial legal entity, which was
created on the basis of the principles of volunteerism and equality
of rights of members, and whose activities cover the entire
territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
ABADA has been a member of the International Road Transport
Union (IRU) since November 1993, and by the relevant Order of the
Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan, it was determined as a
guarantee body under the 1975 Customs Convention “On International
Freight Transport” in the country.
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