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Trade Facilitation and Regulatory Cooperation Needs Assessment Project for Belarus
Trade Facilitation Report
Mr. Sergey Mazol,
UNECE Consultant based in Minsk
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The survey respondents
The traders: Machinery, Construction, Chemicals, Electronics, Textiles, Food industries, Furniture industries, Pharmaceuticals, and Wholesales.
The state agencies: the State Customs Committee of Belarus; the Border Crossing points; the Ministry of Commerce.
The Logistics service companies: International road carriers, Belarusian Railways, JSC "Airline "Transaviaexport", International express delivery companies.
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General features of customs clearance procedures
The unification of customs documents in accordance with international standards (UN Layout Key, the GATT Customs Value Code, the WTO Harmonized System, TIR and ATA procedures, Revised Kyoto Convention)
The basic customs clearance documents are available online
The automated methods of risk analysis The “one window“ service The “Bona Fide” trader The customs agents
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Needs for trade 1. To implement the conditional release of
goods from the border crossing points 2. To improve documentary requirements
and control functions for inward/outward processing
3. To reduce costs and time for issuing the preliminary decision on the HS classification of goods
4. To reduce the schedule of product’s parameters that must be considered in the HS classification of goods
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Customs agents’ services
Figure 1. Customs agents services used by the importers
58%
18%
24% none
one
several
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Freight forwarding
Figure 2. Forwarding service used by the exporters
40%
48%
12%
none
one
several
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Export procedures
Figure 3. Export cargos physically supervised by the customs (in %)
61,0
14,6
4,9
19,5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
0-10 (low) 11-30 (middle (low)) 31-70 (middle(high))
71-100 (high)
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Import proceduresFigure 4. Import cargos documantary/physically suppervised by the customs
12,2
2,44,9
80,5
47,5
1517,5
20
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
0-10 (low) 11-30 (middle(low))
31-70 (middle(high))
71-100 (high)
Import cargosdocumentarysupervised bycustoms
Import cargosphysically supervisedby customs
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Needs to trade 5. To implement Joint inspections of
cargo by all border control agencies analogous to border control of passengers traffic
6. To improve the customs risk management system
7. To apply widely the Bona Fide trader status
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The information transparency of
export / import procedures Figure 5. Source of information about trade regulation and procedures, (in
%)
79,2
2,1
75
22,9
91,7
18,8
59,1
0
93,2
22,7
81,8
9,1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Chamber ofCommerce
Trade association
Customs
Other authorities
Internet
Others
Imports
Exports
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The main shortcomings in the customs
procedures Figure 6. Principal procedural constraints (%)
23,1
5,8
3,8
0
1,9
28,3
0
15,2
4,4
2,2
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Customs clearance procedures
Border inspections procedures
Trade license and permits
Export/Import controls
Other documentary requirements(please specify):
Import
Export
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The main shortcomings in the customs procedures
Figure 7. Frequent causes of delays when declaring goods for export/import (in %)
7,7
5,8
13,5
0
0
1,9
3,8
13,5
45,65
8,7
20
0
4,4
17,4
34,8
6,5
0,0 10,0 20,0 30,0 40,0 50,0
Lack of /incompletedocumentation
Visual inspections
Requires certificates
Counterfeit goods
Labeling, packaging
Payment of fees
Classification ofgoods
Others
Imports
Exports
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The main shortcomings in the customs procedures
Figure 8. Time to complete customs procedures
31,2
35,6
4,2
25
38,9
27,8
2,8
27,8
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
1-5 6-10 10-15 16-
Exports
Imports
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Needs to trade 8. To harmonize Belarus customs information
requirements with similar requirements of foreign customs authorities, for example, EU customs.
9. To optimize the customs information requirements for equipment or other types of technology intensive imports to the requirements of the customs classification, customs valuation and tariff rate determination
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Express delivery service 10. To provide for the possibility of
imported goods customs clearance before the delivery of goods to the customs on the basis of electronic declaration
11. To provide the option of customs fees payment after the custom clearance for other importers besides companies with “Bona Fide status”
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International cargo carriers Figure 9. Main procedure weaknesses for international cargo carriers (in %)
60,0
40,0
20,0
30,0
10,0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Customs clearanceprocedures
Border inspectionsprocedures
Trade license and permits
Export controls
Other documentaryrequirements (please
specify):
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Transit
Figure 10. Particular difficulties in transit operations (in %)
30,0
30,0
10,0
50,0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Designated routes
Customs escorts
Bonds
Documentation.
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International cargo carriers 12. To expand the electronic documents
interchange especially for transit shipments through Russia
13. To improve interactions between the customs and border crossing points
14. To reduce the schedule of controlled goods analogous to the EU
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Thank you for your attention!