We are often approached with the following question: “What is ‘TIR Carnet’?”. In order to answer this question we need to find out what “TIR” stands for. TIR is a translation from French and means “International Transportation”, or ITC (Transports Internationaux Routiers). Companies that specialize in international transportation and are members of TIR Convention, receive a so-called “TIR Carnet”. “TIR Carnet” is a customs document w...