Oman currently maintains visibility over newly imported tires, whether imported directly or as part of vehicle imports, through the Bayan customs platform. However, once these tires enter the local economy, this visibility diminishes as there is no unified national mechanism in place to track tire movement through distribution, use, retreading, shredding, recycling, or export. As a result End-of-Life Tires (ELT) flows remain fragmented, informal and many transactions often bypass official systems, which limits Oman’s ability to manage End-of-Life Tires (ELTs) as a valuable national resource. A key leakage point occurs when ELTs are cut and subsequently exported, where the material is burned as Tire-Derived Fuel (TDF). This practice causes a loss of domestically recoverable economic value that could otherwise support local industries, such as rubberized asphalt, pyrolysis oil, and recovered carbon black (RCB). 

The purpose of introducing Digital Tire Passports (DTPs) is not simply to track waste, it is to create a strategic data foundation that enables Oman to invest confidently in its domestic recovery industries. By assigning digital identities to imported tire batches and ensuring minimal-burden reporting by entities handling ELTs (importers, fleets, garages, shredders, exporters), Oman can build a reliable national picture of tire flows and unlock economic opportunities.

Participants are expected to develop a realistic, adoptable, low-friction fully integrated Digital Tire Passport system that enables lifecycle tracking relying on existing infrastructure in Oman.  The system should use:

• QR/RFID identifiers issued at import
• Batch-level passporting 
• Blockchain-secured data trails
• Mobile or web-based scanning and reporting at points where tires pass
• Mandatory declarations at shredding and export points