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A technical meeting on the e-CMR (Electronic Consignment Note) pilot project between Azerbaijan and Türkiye was held in Ankara.
The event was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan Land Transport Agency, the State Customs Committee, AzInTelecom LLC, and the company involved in the project implementation. On the Turkish side, officials from the Presidential Administration, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, the Ministry of Trade, the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), TOBBUND, and ITECH participated.
During the meeting, the technical and institutional mechanisms required for the full digitalization of documents related to international freight transport under the e-CMR Protocol to the 2008 CMR Convention were discussed. Presentations on the work carried out to date were also delivered. Key topics included the alignment of data fields in the e-CMR system with UN/CEFACT standards, the mutual use and verification mechanisms of electronic signatures in cross-border documents, technical interoperability between systems, and the implementation of pilot test shipments.
It was reported that, in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 15 December 2025, titled “On additional measures for the digitalization of import-export, transit, transport, and logistics activities,” foreign trade documents are to be digitally managed under the “Single Window” principle. The e-CMR system will be one of the key components of this unified digitalization ecosystem.
During the meeting, the parties agreed to continue the technical integration efforts and to launch pilot e-CMR shipments with selected carriers.
It should be noted that the agreement on the implementation of the e-CMR pilot project was reached during the 2025 meetings of the Working Group on the Middle Corridor, held in Baku and Geneva, established within the framework of cooperation between the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT).
