Transcript The Single Window: benefits from an advanced trade facilitation tool and UN standards for a transition economy www.exim.gov.mk Slavica KUTIROV Customs Administration of the Republic.

The Single Window: benefits from an
advanced trade facilitation tool and UN
standards for a transition economy
www.exim.gov.mk
Slavica KUTIROV
Customs Administration of the Republic of Macedonia
Conference for Trade Development and Facilitation for Economies in Transition
Geneva, 27 October 2009, Palais des Nations
Introduction
• The Government of the Republic of Macedonia launched
the Project of introduction of a Single Window Environment
in March 2007
• Customs Administration (MCA) was appointed as Leading
agency and the Project coordinator
• Other members of the Project Team
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15 Government Institutions
USAID
National Committee on IBM
Ministry of Information Society
Business Community
General objectives
To facilitate the trade introducing a single point for fulfilling of all
cross-border requirements
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Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the official control
Cutting costs (due to faster release of goods and better use of resources)
For the Government:
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Improved trader compliance
More efficient use of resources
Coordinated approach and cooperation between GA
Increasing the collection of the revenue yield
Enhanced security
Improving the conditions for risk assessment
For the Economic Operators:
 Faster clearance and release of goods
 Transparent and predictable procedures
 Cutting costs (reducing administrative burden and delays and more efficient
use of resources)
Concept and framework
• To include processes and documents directly
related to import, export and transit of goods
• To implement international standards and tools
• To develop an Electronic Single Window
 Single entry point and paperless environment for obtaining all
licenses required for import, export and transit of goods
 Coordinated cross-border control of licenses
 Electronic signature for verification
 Open system for further interconnections
Phases
• Analysis
(Mar 2007 – Jun 2007)
• Harmonization and Standardization (May 2007 – May 2008)
• Feasibility study and Project plan (Jul 2007 – Sep 2007)
• Implementation (Oct 2007 – Oct 2008)
• Launching - 1 November 2008
Analysis
(March 2007 – June 2007)
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International Standards and Tools
• UN/CEFACT, Recommendation 33 and 34
• WCO Data Model (based on UNTDED, International Code
Standards)
• EC Regulations and Decisions connected with e-Customs initiative
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Experiences of other countries
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Analyze the current situation in RM
Outcomes
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16 GA responsible for issuing licenses in the cross border trade
No precise list of all of the various licenses
Overlapping of the responsibilities of the GA
Repeating the same annexes to every application
Different data for the same information
GA had not e-processing of the licenses
Harmonization and standardization
(May 2007 – May 2008)
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Identification of documents and data from each PGA
Creation of a PGA Data File
First-stage harmonization
Harmonization
Create a Standardized Data Set (SDS 80)
Data elements were mapped according the WCO Data Model (version
2.0) and its UNTDED equivalent in the WCO DM
Standardized Data Set (SDS 80)
Feasibility study and project plan
(July 2007 – September 2007)
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Outcomes from the Analyze of the current situation
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Proposals for
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Annexes
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Participated Government Authorities, processes and documents
Harmonization and standardization process
Electronic Single Window model
Legal aspects and changes
Business model
List of all import, export and transit licenses
Block schemes of different business processes for issuing of
licenses in GA
System description for software solution
Implementation
(October 2007 – October 2008)
• Keep on Data Harmonization and Standardization
• Development of Legal Framework
• Accomplishment of Software and Hardware
Procurements
• Creation of Central Data Model
• Development of Software Application
• Installation of Hardware Equipment
• Pilot Implementation
• Trainings and Promotions
Launching
(1 November 2008)
Single Window for Licenses for Import, export and Transit
of Goods and Tariff Quotas (EXIM)
www.exim.gov.mk
EXIM Functionalities
• Single frame for all required information for obtaining 66
different import, export or transit licenses and tariff quotas
• e-application for licenses and on-line tracking the current
status from the office
• e-issuance of licenses from the GA and on-line monitoring of
usage from Customs
• е - applications for customs quotas and on-line monitoring of
allocation
• е – monitoring of payments for administrative fees
• Equal legal validity of electronic and paper applications
• Printouts of licenses and other reports
• Central management of reference data
EXIM Users
Government
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Customs administration
Ministry of interior
Ministry of agriculture
Phyto-sanitary Directorate
Veterinary Directorate
State inspectorate for agriculture
Seed and seed materials directorate
Bureau for medicine
Food directorate
State sanitary and health
inspectorate
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Ministry of economy
Bureau for metrology
Ministry of environment and
physical planning
Ministry of culture
Directorate for radiation security
National bank
Trade
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Importers
Exporters
Carriers
Brokers
Freight Forwarders
Technology
E X I M SYSTEM
ECONOMIC OPERATORS
CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES
Printer
Licences
Central State Register
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Certificates
Ministry of finance
MT
KIBS
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Digital
Signature
attach
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Authorizations
Ministry of
agriculture
PSC
CMR
INV
Quotas
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Database Servers
(clusters)
Application
Servers (cluster)
Internet
Web Server
Storage
Backup server
Digital
Signature
Ministry of
environment
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Intranet
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Ministry of
health
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Web Server
Veterinary
HQ
DB
DB
(IBM) Integrated Border
Management
CDPS - Customs Data
Processing System
NCTS
AIS
AES
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Customs
Benefits
• Service availability 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Increasing the efficiency of the licensing process and provide
better legal certainty
• Saving of time and costs for businesses and government due to
e-licenses process and more efficient use of resources
• Better conditions for increasing collection of the revenues based
on coordinated approach between PGA and efficient use of the
recourses
• Enhanced security as a result of centralized approach to the
cross border information
• Standardized and harmonized data and model structure, ready
for more comprehensive exchange of information and
coordinated risk assessment
Further development
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Work on improvement of the technical functionalities of EXIM system
and inclusion of the new procedures and documents
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Keep on data harmonization and standardization of the current and new
data elements
 WCO DM version 3
 UNTDED
 Core Component Library (CCL)
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Improvement of cross-border exchange of information providing
interoperability with other information systems
 New Customs Declaration Processing System (CDPS)
 Veterinarian Agency System (TRACES)
 System for Transport Licenses
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Work on building of cooperation and coordinated risk assessment
between cross-border GA and One Stop Shop control, based on the
interoperability with other GA systems and Integrated Border
Management system (ISIGU)
Thank you for your attention!
QUESTIONS?
Slavica KUTIROV
IT Project Manager
Phone: + 389 2 3293 975
E-mail: [email protected]
Customs Administration of the Republic of Macedonia
www.customs.gov.mk