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WCO StrategicInitiatives for

Trade Facilitation

International Seminar on TradeFacilitation in North East Asia

13 December 2016Incheon, Republic of Korea

Ms. Alpha WONGWorld Customs Organization (WCO)

Asia Pacific Regional Office forCapacity Building (ROCB A/P)

WCO Strategic Plan

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Range of WCO Activities WCO activities cover a wide range of Customs matters, including

economic competitiveness, compliance and enforcement,revenue collection and organizational development.

WTO TFAWTO TFA RKC ECP WCOActivities

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WCO’s Initiatives for Trade Facilitation

Support members to access to and implement RKC

Create the WCO Trade Facilitation Working Group

Launch the WCO Mercator Program

Promote/Develop WCO tools and instruments

Promote Coordinated Border Management (CBM) and DigitalCustoms

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WCO TFA Working Group

Is the platform for sharing experiences regarding theimplementation of the TFA among the 180 members, coordinatewith the donor community, engage with other internationalorganizations and bodies as well as with the private sector

Established in 2014

Held the 6th Meeting in 10-11 Oct 2016

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Mercator Programme – Overall TrackAwareness raising

6 regional awareness raising workshops completed; 2nd roundunderway; Continuous engagement with the WTO and standardsetting organizations; Continuous awareness raising at both high andtechnical level.

Harmonized implementationImplementation Guidance for the TFA; WTO TFA and WCO MercatorApproach to Implementation; TFA E-learning course; NCTF Guidance.

ExpertsMercator Programme Advisors (MPAs): 7 accreditation workshops and1 refresher workshop: more than 30 fully accredited MPAs functional;Accreditation workshops for Transit and Time Release Study.

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WCO Tools for Trade Facilitation

Revised KyotoConvention

SAFE Frameworkof Standards

Time ReleaseStudy Guide

Single WindowCompendium Data Model

Globally NetworkedCustoms

Risk ManagementCompendium

Post ClearanceAudit Guidelines

Examples of WCO tools

CLiKCProject Map

Database

Capacity BuildingDevelopmentCompendium

CBMCompendium

TransitHandbook

NCTFGuidance

Customs BusinessPartnership Guidance

IT Guides forExecutives

Transparency andPredictability

Guidance

Study Report onCustoms Broker

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WCO TFA Implementation Guidance

http://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/wco-implementing-the-wto-atf/atf.aspx

Updated inNovember 2016

Members’ practices

Available in: English,French and Spanish

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Approx. 210 technical assistance/capacity building missions to morethan 70 countries in the past 2 years.

The needs are often related to category B and C commitments Authorized Economic Operators (Article 7.7): 69 missions Time Release Study (Article 7.6): 29 missions Post-Clearance Audit (Article 7.5): 11 missions Coordinated Border Management (Article 8): 10 missions Single Window, including Data Model (Article 10.4): 12 missions NCTF and stakeholder engagement (Article 23.2): 10 missions Other: Risk Management (Article 7.4), Pre-arrival Processing

(Article 7.1), Enquiry Points (Article 1.3) and Advance Rulings(Article 3)

Mercator Programme – Tailor-made Track

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2015 WCO theme

A coordinated approach by border controlagencies

Provide greater efficiencies over managingtrade and travel flows

Customs, Inter-agencies, Customs-Businesscooperations

CBM and Digital Customs

2016 WCO theme

Use of ICT in securing cross-border trade

Drive connectivity among Customs, otherborder agencies and private sector

E.g. Single Window, electronic exchange ofinformation, website for communication

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ROCB A/P ActivitiesSub-Regional/Regional Activities Date Location

WCO Sub-Regional WS on AEO Nov 2015 India

WCO Regional WS on CBM Dec 2015 Japan

WCO Regional WS on Accreditation of TRS experts Mar 2016 India

WCO Regional WS on Strategic Leadership in IT Mar 2016 Malaysia

WCO Sub-Regional WS on Transit Corridor for South Asia Apr 2016 India

WCO Regional WS on Revenue Package and Advance Ruling Apr 2016 Malaysia

WCO Regional WS on HS2017 Apr 2016 Japan

WCO Regional WS on Accreditation of PCA Experts May 2016 Korea

WCO Regional WS on TFA Jun 2016 Japan

WCO Regional WS on Risk Management, Selectivity and Advance Cargoinformation

Jun 2016 Japan

WCO Regional WS on NII Sep 2016 Australia

WCO Regional WS on PCA Sep 2016 Japan

WCO Regional WS on Chemical Analysis Nov 2016 Japan

WCO Regional WS on Intelligence-led Risk Management Nov 2016 India10

ROCB A/P Activities for GTI Members

Activities Date Location

WCO NW on Coordinated BorderManagement

May 2016 Mongolia

WCO Sub-Regional WS on TransitCorridor for the Greater MekongSub-region

April 2016 China

WCO NW on Customs Laboratory Aug 2016 Mongolia

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Future ActivitiesActivities Date Location

WCO RW on Digital Customs and e-commerce Dec 2016 India

WCO RW on Accreditation of RiskManagement Experts

Jan 2017 Malaysia

WCO Sub-Regional WS on Rules of Origin forASEAN Member administrations

Mar 2017 Malaysia

WCO Regional WS on ICT Master Class Apr 2017 Korea

WCO-UPU Regional WS on Security Screeningof Postal Items

May 2017 Australia

WCO NW on TFA TBC TBC

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Thank you for your attention!!

For more information:http:www.rocb-ap.org

Email: alphasywong@rocbap.org

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