TIR Convention

The TIR Convention (1975), administered by UNECE, lets sealed road vehicles and containers transit multiple countries under customs control without intermediate inspection or duty deposit at each border. A TIR Carnet, backed by an international guarantee chain coordinated by the IRU, covers the duties and taxes at risk during the transit. Customs seal the load at origin, and intermediate countries accept the seals and the carnet rather than re-examining the goods, which cuts border delay across the Europe-Asia overland corridors.