Transcript Transborder Control and Optimal Transborder Logistics

33rd APEC Transportation Working Group
Tokyo, Japan
October 10-14 2010
Concept Note
Transborder Control and Optimal
Transborder Logistics
Sergey Subbotin
the Russian Federation
33rd APEC Transportation Working Group,
Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
The Main Bottleneck of Effective Transborder Logistics
is weak collaboration of business and
government bodies “across the border”
 transborder multimodal connectivity,
 coordination among border agencies,
 paperless transborder document flows etc
Sub-Committee on
Customs Procedures
promotes implementation of
government policies that help to
facilitate trade at the border
APEC Business Advisory Council
Electronic Commerce Steering Group
facilitates transborder paperless trading “to reduce or
eliminate the requirement for paper documents needed
for customs and other cross-border trade administration”
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Project Background: APEC Business Advisory Council
ABAC continues to focus on a wide range of trade facilitation
issues that have the potential to improve the flow of goods and
services across borders and substantially reduce costs for
businesses
There are considerable efficiencies to be achieved across the supply chain
through the harmonization of transport regulations… ABAC will assist in
developing a work plan that will assist in establishing safer and more efficient
supply chain networks across the region
ABAC has initiated work to secure improved efficiencies and safety through
reform in regulatory and administrative arrangements for logistics in APEC
economies
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Source: ABAC Report to APEC Leaders «Building Toward the Bogor
Goals with One Community», Singapore 2009
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Project Background:
APEC Ministers Responsible for Transportation Commitments
 Substantial economic benefits can be gained through further work such as
addressing the practical side of trade facilitation and reducing ‘behind the border’
barriers which add cost and time
 World Bank studies suggest that bringing below average APEC members half way
up to the APEC average in trade facilitation would result in a 10% increase in intra
APEC trade worth about US $280 billion (World Bank 2003)
 We encourage further work on the following projects:
 … using best practice examples, establish guidance on ways to improve the
efficiency of moving goods through sea ports and airports, addressing the interaction
of the commercial systems used by carriers, security regulations, border clearance
processes and other factors
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Source: 5th meeting Ministerial Statement Adelaide,
Australia, Mar2007
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Project Background: APEC Leaders Statement
We will accelerate our work to strengthen REI in the Asia-Pacific, taking a comprehensive
approach that focuses on trade liberalization ‘at the border’; improving the business environment
‘behind the border’; and enhancing supply chain connectivity ‘across the border’
Leaders welcomed the APEC Supply Chain Connectivity Framework which identified eight
Chokepoints on the way of seamless transport and trade flows,
Source: SUSTAINING GROWTH, CONNECTING THE REGION,
APEC Leaders Statement, Singapore, Nov2009
ncluding Chokepoints
 Lack of transparency / awareness of full scope of regulatory issues affecting logistics
Lack of awareness and coordination among government agencies on policies affecting
1 
logistics sector
 Absence of single contact point or champion agency on logistics matters
4
 Inefficient clearance of goods at the border
 Lack of coordination among border agencies, especially relating to clearance of
regulated goods ‘at the border’
6
 Underdeveloped multi-modal transport capabilities;
 Inefficient air, land, and multimodal connectivity
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Source: APEC Supply-Chain Connectivity Framework
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Project Background: Transportation Working Group
TPTWG aims to balance security, safety and environmental requirements with trade
facilitation and its efforts are focused on: …the development of intermodal supply
chains…
Proposed project responds the Work Plan for 2010 and
will continue previous TPTWG activities:
 Mutual Recognition of Qualifications for the Intermodal / Logistics Manager
(TPT 01/2004)
 Management of Security, Safety and Emerging Technology in Intermodal
Transportation and Supply Chain Systems (TPTWG 06/2007)
 APEC Seminar of Trade Logistics (CTI 08/2008T)
 Survey of Supply Chain Workforce Development Needs & Conducting Seminars on
Managing Operations and Risk in Intermodal Global Supply Chain Operations
(TPT 02/2009A)
 APEC E-Trade and Supply Chain Management Training Course (Phase III: Logistic
Management for SMEs) (CTI 02/2010T)
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 APEC2010
Supply-Chain Connectivity Symposium (Sep2010)
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Possible Work Streams on Chokepoint 1: Project Focus
Enhance Transparency
 Encourage transparency on all aspects of policy affecting the logistics
sector
 Promote regular consultations by pertinent government agencies with
private sector to seek feedback on areas for improvement
 Promote the exchange of best practices among trade logistics practitioners
Encourage Coordination and Holistic Approach to Logistics
within each APEC economy
Encourage Review and Assessment of the Policy Environment
 Identify policies or regulations that address chokepoints in the supply chain
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Source: APEC Supply-Chain Connectivity Framework
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Project Background: Action Plan for Chokepoint 1
 to improve transparency of the regulatory environment affecting logistics and increase awareness
of these issues among companies doing business in APEC economies
 to improve coordination and awareness of policies affecting the logistics sector among
government agencies
Lead Economy: the United States
Other Participating Economies: Australia, Chile, Japan, Korea, the Philippines and Viet Nam
Proposed Action
Coordinating Economy
APEC Guidelines for
Advance Rulings
Symposium on Supply
Chain Connectivity
Compendium of Best Practices of
National Logistics Associations
Improving the Understanding
of Logistics Services
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Involved APEC Fora
Date
the USA
SCCP
2011
Australia, Canada, Japan,
Singapore, the USA
SCCP,
TPTWG
2010
Australia
SCCP,
TPTWG
SCCP,
TPTWG
Australia, the USA
2011
2011
Source: SCI Action Plans
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Current Status in APEC: Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures
The mainstream of SCCP activity is Single Window Initiative
Single Window Development
Report, 2007
Single Window Strategic Plan,
2007
Single Window is defined as a facility that allows parties
involved in trade and transport to lodge standardized
information and documents with a single entry point to fulfill all
import, export, and transit-related regulatory requirements
Recommendation and Guidelines on establishing a Single Window
United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
(UN/CEFACT) Rec #33
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APEC Single Window
Implementation Guide, 2009
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Current Status in APEC: Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures
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Source: Single Window Development Report “Working toward the
Implementation of Single Window within APEC Economies”, Jun2007
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Current Status in APEC: Electronic Commerce Steering Group
The key guideline of ECSG activity is “APEC’s Strategies and Actions toward a CrossBorder Paperless Trading Environment”. The Strategies provide effective cross-border
interaction between trade administration, custom clearance, international transportation,
financial settlement and the main expected result is interoperable framework
 Business processes
Legal
 Common data model
Technical
 Message standards
Procedural
 Platform for message exchange
Information
Trade
administration
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Customs
clearance
transmitting
International
transportation
Financial
settlement
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Current Status in Russia
The Government of the Russian Federation has approved (decree from
22 Nov, 2008 #1734) the Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation
up to 2030, which includes the following objectives:
 Creation of integrated information environment of technological
interaction of different transport modes, transport practitioners, customs
bodies and other government regulators
 Use of up-to-date information and telecommunication technologies
to ensure high-quality transport services
 Harmonization of Russian and international transportation legal base
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Source: Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation up to 2030
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Current Status in Russia
In particular the Transport Strategy is aimed at:
 to improve the linkages between the modes in multimodal transportation
systems by creation of specialized coordinating agencies
 to improve the customs legal base
 to simplify and accelerate the customs procedures in international transit
 to continue development of transport-customs technologies, relevant
information systems, transit infrastructure, which will speed up the customs
processing and delivery of transit goods
Source: Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation up to 2030
In the frames of Transport Strategy implementation Russia starts a long-term
activity on developing the legal base of transportation regulatory framework
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Advantages of Transborder Transportation Efficiency
Logistics operators are responsible
for coordinating complex crossborder transactions involving a
variety of transport modes, as well
as the necessary interchanges and
transshipments
The impact of a 10%
improvement in the efficiency of
transporting goods between the
borders of APEC economies is
estimated to be over US$21
billion (in 2004 real dollars)
The most comprehensive dataset on
an economy‘s logistics friendliness
is the World Bank‘s Logistics
Performance Index
JAPAN 2010Source: the Economic Impact of Enhanced Multimodal Connectivity in the APEC Region
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Project Methodology & Timeline
1. Investigation and preliminary analysis
Identification and scope of relevant principles, methods and tools of transborder logistics organization,
control and management, especially in coordination of transport flows and border control
Thorough investigation of issues of transborder multimodal connectivity, business and government
bodies’ cooperation, paperless transborder document flows etc.
2. Drafting of APEC principles of transborder logistics services optimization
Draft principles should include necessary terms of use applicable to developed economies as well as
developing ones. Each APEC Member economy will have an option of easy adoption of the project
outcomes to its own requirements
April
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2011
2012
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Project Methodology & Timeline
3. Discussions & Workshop
Workshop holding
Experts networking
Discussions of the investigation stage findings, including draft of APEC principles
Gathering and analysis of amendments, comments and proposals to APEC principles
Development of Workshop Proceedings
4. APEC principles finalizing & Outcomes dissemination
Development of the final version of APEC principles of transborder logistics services optimization
Development & dissemination of project deliverables
Project closure
April
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2011
2012
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The Main Methodological Challenge of the Project
 There is a strong diversity in legal and regulatory
frameworks in APEC region
Achievements
 Just this domestic environment is the basis for APEC
Economies’ achievements in transborder logistics
 Project team has to provide an option of easy adoption of
the outcomes to the requirements of each (developed or
developing) APEC Economy
 To provide this possibility we should clear understand
“the institutional roots” of every identified principle, their
compatibility, sequence of necessary steps to adapt /
improve domestic environment
 Only well coordinated international team of experienced
experts can ensure the required level of research
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transport
infrastructure
officials
skills level regulatory legal base
framework
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Project Objective & Tasks
The project objective is to determine APEC principles of transborder
logistics services optimization, covering government and industry
transactions
The main tasks of the project are:
 to identify the principles used in APEC Member economies, methods and tools of
transborder logistic organization, control and management, especially in matching of
transport flows and border control
 to draft the APEC principles of transborder logistics services optimization
 to hold an APEC Workshop to network the TPTWG and other relevant APEC fora
experts, define the common approaches and select the best relevant principles as well as
discuss and improve interim results
 to determine the APEC principles of transborder logistics services optimization and
disseminate project outcomes
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Project Features
Proposing APEC Economy the Russian Federation
Co-sponsors Australia, China, Chinese Taipei
Sources of finance APEC Operational Account & self-funding
Full project proposal will be developed by Russia, if the CN is
approved by BMC3
We are looking for experts with bright ideas in the project team
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Contacts Information
 Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation
Project Overseer Elena Batalova
 [email protected]
 1/1, Rozhdestvenka str., Moscow, Russia, 109012
 +7 (495) 626-9693
 Association for Cooperation with Nations
of Asia and Pacific Region
Project Coordinator Tatyana Bogdanova
 [email protected]
 build 8, 15, Yaroslavskaya str., Moscow, Russia, 129366
 +7 (495) 617-4238
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