White House places Uzbekistan among more than 40 transshipment risk jurisdictions

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White House places Uzbekistan among more than 40 transshipment risk jurisdictions

The White House has placed Uzbekistan among more than 40 countries and territories it considers elevated-risk jurisdictions for illegal transshipment of Chinese goods to evade U.S. tariffs. The report also assigns Uzbekistan to the third tier of 'small opportunistic targets' alongside Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan.

Key Facts

The White House report "The Great Transshipment Scam" lists Uzbekistan among more than 40 countries and territories flagged for elevated risk of illegal transshipment of Chinese goods to evade U.S. tariffs.
Uzbekistan is placed in the third category of "small opportunistic targets" along with Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Kenya, Morocco, Panama and the UAE.
The report groups Uzbekistan in the Belt and Road land-hub cluster with Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, citing transit rail and dry-port roles.
Annual estimates of illegal transshipment cited in the report range from $40 billion to $303 billion, with the White House central scenario of $75 billion from Exiger.

Report Findings

The Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy groups flagged jurisdictions into three tiers, with Uzbekistan assigned to the third tier of "small opportunistic targets". The report notes that such countries do not generate the largest dollar volumes of transshipment but offer advantages such as cheap labour, free economic zones, port access, customs warehouses, assembly capacity or preferential U.S. market access. The report separately classifies Uzbekistan in the functional cluster of Belt and Road land hubs, together with Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan. It stresses that inclusion on the list does not mean all shipments from these countries violate U.S. customs rules.

Origins and Scale

The report traces the issue to Section 301 tariffs imposed on China by the Trump administration in 2018. As duties on Chinese goods rose, some shipments previously sent directly from China to the United States were rerouted through lower-tariff countries, where light assembly, repackaging, reinvoicing or document changes assigned new origin. The report calls this network a "shadow transshipment network" and ranks countries from large diversified economies such as Canada, the EU, India, Israel, Japan, Mexico, South Korea and Taiwan down to small jurisdictions including Uzbekistan. Five independent estimates cited in the report put annual illegal transshipment at $40 billion to $303 billion, and the White House uses a central scenario of $75 billion based on Exiger.

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White House places Uzbekistan among more than 40 transshipment risk jurisdictions

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