iru contribution to further secure and facilitate trade in the silk road region through tir

IRU Contribution to further secure and facilitate trade in the Silk Road region through

TIRBatumi, Georgia, 27 October 2011

The IRU and our actions

in the Silk Road region

(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

This is the IRU


UK Switzerland

Evolution of IRU Membership

Created1948

National Associations from 8 founding countries

Belgium Denmark France Netherlands

Norway Sweden

2011180 Members 74 Countries

IRU Priority Issues


Sustainable Development• Innovation• Incentives• Infrastructure

Facilitation• Trade• Tourism• Road Transport

• Facilitate border crossing through efficient customs transit systems & modern control tools

What is Globalisation?

Source: IRU

Road Transport has become a vital production tool!

What does it take to have a cup of coffee in a café?

The combined efforts of29 companies in 18 countries


Globalisation and its Impact: Ports are saturated

Sea transport Land transportKey:

to US West Coastto US West Coast

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Evolution of sea containersin ports in 1971

Global Container Volumes1971



Global Container Volumes 1980



Global Container Volumes1990


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If the Silk Road worked for Marco Polo then, why shouldn’t it work for trade and

transport today?

Silk Road revitalisation


Interconnecting all the businesses along the reopened Silk Road



To East Coast

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dTo Black SeaDiesel fuel = 30 cents/litreLabour costs = $200/monthTo US East Coast


Interconnecting all the businesses along the reopened Silk Road



To East Coast

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To US East Coast To Black Sea

To Mid East

To EU

To CIS


Beijing-Brussels Caravan 2004

Beijing

Brussels


Black Sea Ring Highway Truck Caravan 2007

The Caravan was initiated with the aim of promoting the future BSEC Ring Highway and identifying the physical road conditions and the non-physical barriers to road transport.


IRU-ECO Silk Road Truck Caravan 2010Driving Progress from Islamabad to Istanbul

Supported by 7 ECO member countries Monitoring the ECO Transit Transport Framework Agreement

ECO Secretary General, Mohammad Yahya P. Maroofi


Road Freight Transport: Interconnecting every business and every transport mode between Europe and Asia – Focus on the Caucasus


The TIR System


The TIR System

The best multilateral facilitation and security instrument for international transport and trade.

Based on TIR Convention of 1975. Provides world-wide coverage.


TIR Geographical Scope

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TIR is multi-modal

TIR is multi-modal - road, rail, maritime, waterways and air transport – so long as one part of the journey is by road.


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Key IRU IT instruments and their benefits to Customs

and Trade


TIR IT Risk Management Tools:IRU TIR-EPD

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TIRElectronicPre-Declaration

Connecting Business and Customsfor facilitating and securing international trade


Electronic Advance Cargo InfoIRU TIR-EPD Single Window Concept

Benefits: this exchange of advance information facilitates

pre-arrival risk analysis and makes border crossings simpler,

more secure and faster.

TIR-EPD

National Customs System

Country A


Country B


NCTS


Customs authorities confirm reception of the message, validate the guarantee and

release the cargo for transit.

2Traders & Carriers submit free-of-charge electronic

pre-declarations to Customs authorities in different

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TIR IT Risk Management Tools: IRU Real Time SafeTIR (RTS)

24/7 TIR Carnet guarantee status and validity check through web portal

Automatic TIR Carnet validity check through direct link between Customs and IRU IT systems

Automatic transmission of TIR Customs data to the IRU

Connecting Business and Customsto facilitate and secure international trade


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SafeTIR data

Real Time SafeTIR: •SafeTIR Customs data is sent by Customs in real time as soon as the TIR transport is terminated

• Information is made available to all relevant actors

What is the status of the TIR Carnet ?

The status of the TIR Carnet is : • Valid (with following details:

Holder ID, validity date, Issuing Association name)

• Invalid• Not issued/False/other

situations

Increased Security thanks to IRU RTS

Real Time SafeTIR and

TIR-EPD provide security

to allow the issuance of

$1billion/day in guarantees


Implementation in GeorgiaIn partnership with

Georgia Revenue Service and UNCTAD


Project Objectives

In 2010, UNCTAD and IRU signed a technical assistance project on the integration of the latest features (Real-Time SafeTIR, TIR-EPD) of the IRU's TIR system into the ASYCUDA system

On June 17th 2011, the Georgia Revenue Service, the Georgian International Road Carriers Association (GIRCA) and the IRU signed a MOU to implement Real-Time SafeTIR and TIR-EPD in Georgia through ASYCUDA


ASYCUDA World TIR

Project Partners

Department for International Relations of Georgia IT Center / Georgia Revenue Service Georgian International Road Carriers Association

(GIRCA) UNCTAD IRU


Project Timeline

April 2011 July 2011

Alignment on technical requirements

August 2011

Testing

« Go live »

Acceptance

Sept. 2011 Oct. 2011 / 2012

Agreement on types of electronic

messages

Promotion of the IRU TIR-EPD application among the Holders


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Implementation

Expected Key Benefits for Customs

Submission of pre-arrival information• Advance processing by Customs (risk-management)• Automatic retrieval of documents• Less waiting time / faster processing at border

Automatic cross-check of validity of TIR Carnet• Facilitation of legitimate trade• More efficient Customs controls, including transit monitoring/control

Automatic generation/transfer of SafeTIR message• Timely transactions• Better control of entire Customs operations cycle

Component of ASYCUDA Single Window environment Fully NCTS/TIR compatible


Expected Key Benefits for Traders

Free of charge service - no need for broker assistance

Simpler and faster border crossing procedures

Guaranteed confidentiality of commercial data

“Single window” concept - EPD sent simultaneously to

all countries

Accessible via the Internet from anywhere in the world

User interface is available in more than 15 languages


Next steps


Conclusions

Conclusion

The IRU is committed to work in partnership with Customs Authorities and National Associations in the Silk Road region in further securing and facilitating trade through the implementation of TIR, the best multilateral, globally available, UN-convention based instrument


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