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Transit and the Terminal
The Talas Customs Clearance Terminal clears containers and bonded freight for the Zone, for the Talas Free Economic Trade Zone and for transit to the neighbouring states.
| Inspection | Containers pass through X-ray scanners, in use since 2015. Physical inspection is ordered where the scan or the papers give cause. |
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| Declarations | Declarations are lodged electronically, as they have been since 2015. Paper declarations are accepted at the local crossings only. |
| Bonded storage | Goods in transit may be held in the bonded yards at the Terminal and at the northern crossings without paying duty. |
| Transit under seal | Lorries crossing the Zone travel under customs seal on the routes set by the Service and must leave by the crossing named in the transit document. |
Fuel and antimony
Fuel tankers must be on the Gendarmerie's register of tankers before they can be cleared. Ore is weighed and sampled; a load declared as one mineral and found to be another is seized. In 2025 officers at the Talas North Terminal seized 46 tonnes of stibnite declared as fluorite.