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Afghan Customs Department
Strengthening Transport Connectivity & Trade FacilitationPearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan, 9-10, 2013
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
New LLC Concept
From
Land Locked Country (LLC)To
Land Link Country (LLC)
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
Landlocked and transit developing countries continued to benefit from the UNCTAD
Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA)
which is designed to speed up customs procedures through the use of information
technology. The new web-based “ASYCUDAWorld”, is being implemented in
Afghanistan
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
ASYCUDA in the world
30 years of customs modernization 30 years of customs modernization experienceexperience
100 implementations on 5 continents100 implementations on 5 continents
70,000 trained users70,000 trained users
15,000,000 Customs operations per year15,000,000 Customs operations per year
50,000,000 database transactions per 50,000,000 database transactions per yearyear
19 languages and 8 alphabets19 languages and 8 alphabets
8 Regional Support Center8 Regional Support Center
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
ASYCUDA in Afghanistan
Project Started in 2005 – ASYCUDA ++ASYCUDA World Started in 201313 Customs Offices Went Live with Transit 11 Customs Offices with Import/Export ProcessRisk Management, Revolving GuaranteeData Exchange with Pakistan Piloted 95% of Total Trade and Transit Covered300/Day International Transit (T2) Declaration1500 /day Inland Transit (T1) Declaration
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
Introduction - ASYCUDAWorld today
Integrated multifunctional platform
International and European standards (WCO, ISO, UNECE, the EU)
Customs-centric Single Window (e-portal, e-signature, e-licensing, multiagency risk-management)
Enhanced technical features (web-services, SOA, XML, barcodes, portable devices)
Regional transit and cross-border data exchange
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
ASYCUDA Transit Control and Monitoring
Implementation of automated customs Implementation of automated customs transit procedures at national level:transit procedures at national level:All transit procedures are in line with international standards and best practicesAll transit declarations are submitted in electronic formatAll transit data, generated in the customs offices, is automatically consolidated in the Customs HQ All reference data, updated by HQ, is automatically sent to customs sites
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
ASYCUDA TIR
Submission of pre-arrival information through TIR-EPD Real time cross check of TIR Carnets validityAutomatic generation and transfer of SafeTIR messages
EPD administration, management of black lists, stolen carnets etc.
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
Enhanced Technical Capabilities
Integration of images into ASYCUDA Transit document. All types of media files
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
Enhanced Technical Capabilities
Integration of x-ray images into ASYCUDA Transit document. Opportunity to compare x-rays at the point of entry and point of departure.
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
Enhanced Technical Capabilities
New functionalities provided by technology - barcode readers - PDAs, portable devices - number plate recognition - automatic barriers
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
Enhanced Technical Capabilities
Automatically generated e-mails and SMS when specific events take place (early warning system)
Customs DGCustoms DG
InspectionInspection
EnforcementEnforcement
TraderTrader
Internal AuditInternal Audit Border controlBorder control
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
ASYCUDA Regional Transit (decentralised )
ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance
Conclusions
Key factors of efficient customs transit:Key factors of efficient customs transit:
Legal framework Integration of Functions on Regional Level Secure guarantee system Infrastructure Modern and efficient computerised system