Afghan Customs Department Strengthening Transport Connectivity Trade

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

ASYCUDAWorld for Transit Facilitation Malyar Jabarkhel, ASYCUDA Program, Afghan Customs Department

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 experience 100 implementations on 5 continents 70, 000 trained users 15, 000 Customs operations per year 50, 000 database transactions per year 19 languages and 8 alphabets 8 Regional Support Center ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance

ASYCUDA in Afghanistan Project Started in 2005 – ASYCUDA ++ ASYCUDA World Started in 2013 13 Customs Offices Went Live with Transit 11 Customs Offices with Import/Export Process Risk Management, Revolving Guarantee Data Exchange with Pakistan Piloted 95% of Total Trade and Transit Covered 300/Day International Transit (T 2) Declaration 1500 /day Inland Transit (T 1) 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 ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance

ASYCUDA Transit e-Documents ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance

ASYCUDA Transit Control and Monitoring Implementation of automated customs transit procedures at national level: All transit procedures are in line with international standards and best practices All transit declarations are submitted in electronic format All 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 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 validity Automatic generation and transfer of Safe. TIR messages EPD administration, management of black lists, stolen carnets etc. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance

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 ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance

Enhanced Technical Capabilities Integration of x-ray images into ASYCUDA Transit document. Opportunity to compare xrays 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 DG Inspection Enforcement Trader Internal Audit Border control ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance

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: Legal framework Integration of Functions on Regional Level Secure guarantee system Infrastructure Modern and efficient computerised system ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance

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