Afghan Customs Department Strengthening Transport Connectivity & Trade Facilitation Pearl...

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Afghan Customs Department Strengthening Transport Connectivity & Trade Facilitation Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan, 9-10, 2013

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Afghan Customs Department

Strengthening Transport Connectivity & Trade FacilitationPearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan, 9-10, 2013

ASYCUDAWorld for Transit Facilitation

Malyar Jabarkhel, ASYCUDA Program, Afghan

Customs Department

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

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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

ASYCUDA Transit (Afghanistan)

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

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ASYCUDA Transit e-Documents

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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

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ASYCUDA EDI Under APTTA

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.

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ASYCUDA Transit e-Documents

ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance

Enhanced Technical Capabilities

Integration of images into ASYCUDA Transit document. All types of media files

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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.

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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

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ASYCUDA Regional Transit (centralised)

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

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