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Officers of the Bukhara regional customs administration, together with law enforcement agencies, carried out an operation in the Vabkent district. In the home of a person under surveillance, 1,516 counterfeit 2,000-sum banknotes, a color printer, a substance resembling marijuana (284.71 g), and 7 cultivated cannabis plants were found. A criminal case has been opened.
Aziz KarimovCustoms officers at Domodedovo airport found over 30 kg of dried porcini mushrooms with radiation levels more than 10 times above normal in the luggage of a 32-year-old foreign national traveling to Uzbekistan. The radionuclide cesium-137 was detected. Rospotrebnadzor declared the cargo radioactive waste, the manufacturer was issued an order, and the validity of the EAEU declaration of conformity was terminated.
Aziz KarimovThe Customs Committee of Uzbekistan has put forward for discussion a draft introducing automated processing of passenger customs declarations without staff involvement. It will be available for declarations with a low risk level under the risk analysis system. Comments are accepted until October 25.
Dilnoza RahimovaBy presidential decree PQ-368 of October 12, 2026, the customs fee rate for processing international courier shipments is reduced by 20% — from 2% to 1.6% of BRV per kilogram. The document also provides tax incentives for transport and logistics centers, an increase in the number of dry ports from 24 to 30, and industry targets through 2030. Under Presidential Decree PQ-368 of October 12, 2026, the customs fee rate for processing international courier shipments is reduced by 20% — from 2% to 1.6% of the BCU per kilogram. The document also provides tax benefits for transport and logistics centers, an increase in the number of dry ports from 24 to 30, and sector target indicators through 2030.
Nilufar KarimovaCustoms at Cologne/Bonn detained a 45-year-old Mexican firefighter who attempted to smuggle 37 live venomous snakes and 55 lizards hidden in bottles, containers and socks. A cocaine test came back positive, but no drugs were found. The man was refused entry, and the animals were handed over to a snake farm.
Otabek Yusupov
