Currency of the Republic of Uzbekistan (national currency) means the monetary unit of the Republic of Uzbekistan (soum)

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What are currency valuables?
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Currency valuables mean foreign currency, securities and payment documents with face value expressed in foreign currency, securities without face value which are issued by nonresidents, and refined gold in bullion.
Physical persons, who are residents, for the purposes of carrying out currency operations, shall have the right to:

• own currency valuables which are imported, transferred or sent on into the Republic of Uzbekistan, received or purchased in the Republic of Uzbekistan, and use them at their discretion;
• carry out international monetary transfers of non-trade nature;
• import, transfer and send on into the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as export, transfer and send out from the Republic of Uzbekistan currency valuables in the manner prescribed by legislation.

Legal entities which are residents, for the purposes of carrying out currency operations, shall have the right to:

• own currency valuables;
• transfer into the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as to transfer out from the Republic of Uzbekistan of foreign currency in the manner prescribed by legislation.

What are currency operations?
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Currency operations mean operations (transactions) which are connected with assignment or transfer of ownership and other rights to currency valuables, use of currency valuables as legal tender, and also carriage, mailing and transfer in the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as carriage, mailing and transfer out of the Republic of Uzbekistan, of currency valuables, operations in the currency of the Republic of Uzbekistan between residents and non-residents.
Classification of currency operations
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Currency operations shall be divided into domestic and international (cross-border) operations.