On April 4, 2022, representatives of the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan met with the national expert on promoting paperless trade of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Shageldy Sultanmammedov.

During the discussions, the ongoing work on the transition to paperless technologies in the system of customs procedures was assessed.

As noted, the customs authorities of Turkmenistan have completely switched to full-scale electronic customs declaration. This became possible as a result of the implementation of the integrated customs system ASYCUDA WORLD. This project was implemented under the technical cooperation agreement between the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), as well as with the active assistance of UNDP in Turkmenistan.

Currently, a project is being implemented to introduce the Single Window system based on this platform, in which the State Customs Service acts as the coordinating body. The project is expected to be completed in 2023.

Thus, purposeful work is being carried out in Turkmenistan to simplify the procedures for paperless trade.