Uzbekistan Customs Service

The Customs Service, known in Uzbek as Bojxona xizmati, is the national customs agency of Uzbekistan. Its institutional role is connected with the administration of customs matters within the country, although the available reference material does not specify a complete list of its operational departments, border facilities, enforcement powers, or current organizational structure. The agency is a public-sector institution rather than a conventional consumer-facing commercial brand. A significant institutional development occurred in 2005, when the Customs Service was transferred to the control of Uzbekistan's National Security Service. The same transfer also involved the Uzbekistan Frontier Service, placing customs and frontier-related functions within a security-oriented administrative framework. The reference material does not provide details about the legal instrument, political rationale, or later changes to that arrangement, so the present-day reporting line should not be expanded beyond the documented transfer. The service has also maintained a specialized education and training function. The Higher Military Customs Institute, known in Uzbek as Oliy harbiy bojxona instituti, was established on 22 May 2002 on the basis of the Academy of the Customs Service of Uzbekistan. The institute trains specialists for the customs system and is described as a military educational institution. Its first year enrolled 125 students. As its basic training program developed, the institute expanded links with comparable educational departments in foreign countries. It is located at 118 Gulkhani Street in Tashkent. Because the available source material is limited, information about the agency's current leadership, budget, public-facing services, digital platforms, customs revenue, enforcement statistics, and institutional status is not established here. The Customs Service should therefore be understood primarily as a state customs institution with an associated training infrastructure, not as a product brand with commercial offerings.

The Customs Service, or Bojxona xizmati, is the customs agency of Uzbekistan. The available reference material does not identify the agency's original establishment date, founding legislation, predecessor bodies, or early institutional development. It does establish that the service later became part of Uzbekistan's national security administrative structure. In 2005, the Customs Service was transferred to the control of the National Security Service together with the Uzbekistan Frontier Service. This placed customs administration within a framework that also encompassed frontier-related responsibilities. The source does not describe the practical division of duties between the two services, the governance arrangements created by the transfer, or whether the institutional relationship was subsequently changed. Accordingly, the 2005 transfer is the clearest documented organizational turning point in the agency's history. The service's personnel-development infrastructure has a separately documented history. On 22 May 2002, the Higher Military Customs Institute was established on the basis of the Academy of the Customs Service of Uzbekistan. The institute was created to train specialists for the customs system and operated as a military educational institution. In its first year, it enrolled 125 students. The source describes improvements in its basic training routine and the development of relationships with similar educational departments in foreign countries, indicating an effort to strengthen professional preparation and international institutional links. The institute is located at 118 Gulkhani Street in Tashkent. Beyond this training institution, the available material does not provide verified information about the Customs Service's headquarters, current leadership, operational subdivisions, border posts, customs technology, revenue collection, or public programs. It also does not establish a complete chronology after the 2005 transfer. Further research would be required to produce a fuller institutional history.

• 2005

  Customs Service transferred to National Security Service control

  [1]Customs Service (Uzbekistan)en.wikipedia.org

  The Customs Service was transferred to the control of Uzbekistan's National Security Service, together with the Uzbekistan Frontier Service.

• 2002

  Higher Military Customs Institute established

  [1]Customs Service (Uzbekistan)en.wikipedia.org

  The Higher Military Customs Institute was established on 22 May 2002 on the basis of the Academy of the Customs Service of Uzbekistan to train specialists for the customs system.

1. 1Customs Service (Uzbekistan)en.wikipedia.org