Transcript MOHAMED DEROUICHE (Example of effective Single Windows in Africa : Lybia)

General People's Committee of Economy, Trade & Investment- LIBYA-2008
TRADE FACILITATION –
SINGLE WINDOW PROJECT
IN LIBYA
presented by : Emhemed Elderwish
Introduction
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Libya started liberalizing its economy from the various
constraints, and exposing it to competition
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In order to cope with the ever-intensifying international
trade competition, the Libyan authorities plan to set up a
favorable environment in order to promote competitiveness
of the local economic operators.
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The economy of the country is, in fact, highly dependent on
foreign trade.
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Any delay in cargo routing, which essentially comes by sea,
engenders a risk of a shortage in supply which is often
accompanied with stock plugs resulting in detrimental costs.
Trade policies objective
– Achieving relative stabilization of prices.
– Enlarging the role of the private sector to accommodate
for further job creation in production, trade, and related
services.
– Removing monopolies and allowing for more
competition.
– Abolishing imposed price control and to return back to
normal market economy conditions.
– Moving away from direct consumer subsidization.
Libyan Trade facilitation system
• In 2002 The People's General Committee for Economy and
Foreign Trade (The Ministry of Economy) issued a decree
abolishing the import licensing regime.
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• The People's General Committee for Finance (The Ministry of
Finance) issued decree № 83 for the year 2005 on customs
tariffs which lowered tariffs to zero for all imported goods
except for tobacco and cigarettes which has a separate decree
№ 82/ 2005.
• A number of other laws were issued in 2004 which resulted in
lowering all income taxes including taxes on companies and
individuals. These laws also dealt with real state relationships
and the organization of the labour market.
 Recently, setting plans of actions to facilitate and accelerate the
business procedures through the automated treatment of
documents.
WTO ACCESSION
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Libya is seeking to become a member of the World Trade
Organization (WTO). Thus Libya applied to accede to the
organization in December 2001. The General Council has
agreed in July 27th, 2004 to start the negotiation process for
the accession of Libya.
• In one effort to accelerate this process the People's General
Committee (Council of Ministers) issued Decree № 102 for
the year 2004 to establish "The High Coordination
Committee" to be in charge of Libya's accession to the WTO.
• Libya places great hopes on acceding to the WTO. Libya
believes that becoming a member of the WTO will play a
great role in its efforts for economic reform, openness, and
liberalization. This will reflect favourably on its economic
growth, on revenue diversification away from dependence on
oil, on achieving higher employment, the maximum utilization
of economic resources and in raising the living standard for its
people.
Current Problems
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The period of circulation and the treatment of many
documents used in all processes related to the international
trade formalities, often cause delays in customs clearance
and the exit of goods from the Port, hence, negatively
affecting the productivity of all actors involved in the trade
process.
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The transit procedures and the foreign trade formalities,
which are governed by the regulation framework and
performed in Libya, have a strong impact on the flexibility of
the logistic chain.
OBJECTIVES OF THE SW PROJECT
The Project aims that the informed data flow in
trade and logistic documents requested for
clearance will be faster than the goods flow by
networking all the actors who are involved in the
logistic chain at the Port level as well as at the level
of various foreign trade formalities in order to
anticipate the coverage of the goods by every actor.
THE STEPS TO SET UP THE SW
• organizational level
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Stage 1 :
PRELIMINARY FEASABILITY STUDY ( World Bank TA)
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Stage 2 :
SECTORIAL STUDIES
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Stage 3 :
EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE ACQUISITION FOR SINGLE WINDOW
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Stage 4 :
Partial Transmission and automated treatment of the declarations (PILOT CASE)
• Stage 5 :
Transmission and automated treatment of the declarations
(GENERALIZATION )
Organizational Level
STEERING COMMITTEE
PERMANENT TEAM
(STRUCTURE OF
MANAGEMENT)
WG: Commerce/ Banks/
Customs/Technical control
TECHNICAL ASSITANCE
WB
WG: Transport
WG: Networks and IS
WG: legal framework
WG: Training /
Standardization
1
PRELIMINARY FEASABILITY STUDY
25 days
2-Jun-08
4-Jul-08
1.1
WORLD BANK EXPERT
60 days
2-May-08
2-Jul-08
1.2
ACTION PLAN PROPOSAL
1 day
17-Sep-08
17-Sep-08
1.3
ACTION PLAN VALIDATION
4 days
18-Sep-08
22-Sep-08
SECTORIAL STUDIES
60 days
5-Oct-08
5-Dec-08
2
2.1
TEAM SETTING
2.2
FORMS STANDARDIZATION
30 days
5-Oct-08
5-Nov-08
2.3
DATA STANDARDIZATION
15 days
5-Nov-08
20-Nov-08
2.4
REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS
2.5
REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS
60 days
5-Oct-08
5-Dec-08
PORT
60 days
5-Oct-08
5-Dec-08
TECHNICAL CONTROL
60 days
5-Oct-08
5-Dec-08
SINGLE WINDOW
60 days
5-Oct-08
5-Dec-08
SYSTEM TECHNICAL DESIGN
10 days
5-Dec-08
15-Dec-08
Coding of the EDI/XML messages
25 days
5-Dec-08
30-Dec-08
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CUSTOMS (INTERFACE ASYCUDA -SINGLE WINDOW)
ARCHITECTURE MODEL
'Single Automated' System
(Interfafaced)
Trader/ Cutoms
Broker
(incl. Transport)
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CUSTOMS
Interfafaced
Single
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PORT Authority
Interfafaced
Electronic
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Technical Control
Agencies
Trade Department/
Central Bank/ Banks
Time table
2008
Q3
Q4
2009
Q1
Q2
X
X
Q3
2010
Q4
Q1
Q2
ACTIVITIES
X
organizational level
Stage 1 :
PRELIMINARY FEASABILITY STUDY ( World Bank TA)
Stage 2 :
SECTORIAL STUDIES
Stage 3 :
EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE ACQUISITION FOR SINGLE
WINDOW
Stage 4 :
Transmission and automated treatment of the declarations
(PILOT CASE)
Stage 5 :
Transmission and automated treatment of the declarations
(GENERALIZATION )
x
X
X
X
X X
CONCLUSION :
The Simplification is a continuous reform of work
methods and organization, with the objective of
removing any dysfunction by bringing the
appropriate solutions to each context.
Thanks For Your Attention