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Geneva, May 2009
Trade Facilitation: Trade Facilitation: An IntroductionAn Introduction
• Scope of Trade facilitation
• Traders’ main concerns
• Key areas of work
Trade Facilitation: An Introduction
• Scope of Trade facilitation
• Traders’ main concerns
• Key areas of work
Trade Facilitation: An Introduction
TRADE FACILITATION
Process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in formalities, processes and procedures
Simplification Harmonisation
Alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices.
Standardisation
Process of developing internationally agreed formats for practices and procedures, documents and information.
TRADE FACILITATION
Standardisation
Process of developing internationally agreed formats for practices and procedures, documents and information.
International rules and standardsInternational rules and standards
• IMO
• ISO
• UN-CEFACT
• WCO
• WTO
UN Lay-out Key(UNECE Rec.#1)
TRADE FACILITATION
Process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in formalities, processes and procedures
Simplification Harmonisation
Alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices.
Standardisation
Process of developing internationally agreed formats for practices and procedures, documents and information.
TRADE FACILITATION
Harmonisation
Alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices.
TRADE FACILITATION
Process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in formalities, processes and procedures
Simplification Harmonisation
Alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices.
Standardisation
Process of developing internationally agreed formats for practices and procedures, documents and information.
TRADE FACILITATION
Process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in formalities, processes and procedures
Simplification
TRADE FACILITATION
Process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in formalities, processes and procedures
Simplification Harmonisation
Alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices.
Standardisation
Process of developing internationally agreed formats for practices and procedures, documents and information.
• Scope of Trade facilitation
• Traders main concerns
• Key areas of work
Trade Facilitation: An Introduction
GOODS
PAYMENT
The Trade Transaction
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What do traders want ?What do traders want ?• Simple and smooth processing of
formalities• Means to allow goods to proceed promptly
to their final destination. No longer itineraries, no unpacking, no delays
• A single control point for all public services• Standard forms, assembled into a ‘single
bunch of documents’, compatible with trade documents and transport contracts
• Predictable and transparent rules and procedures
Arrival Notice
Letter of InstructionInvoice, PO
Importer’s Bank
Ocean Carrier
Customs House Broker
Line of CreditProforma Invoice
Shipping & funding detail
Cargo Status
Vessel Booking Request
CargoStatus
Shipping & Funding Detail
Exporter’s Bank
Importer Exporter
Vessel Booking Confirmation
Bill of Lading
Rated Bill of Lading
Dock Receipt
Freight Forwarder / NVOCC
Purchase Order
LCConfirmation
AES
Dock receipt
Pick-up & Delivery Order
Vessel Manifest
Dock receipt
Release/Approval
Demurrage guarantee & payment
Inland Carrier
Manifest
Pick-up & Delivery Order
Importer Notice
Converted VesselManifest
Customs (Export)Port
Customs ( Import )
Original B/L, Invoice, PO, Packing List
Inland Carrier
Marine Insurance Company
Fund Transfer
Confirmed Line of Credit
Release/HoldNotice
Purchase Exportation Importation
ImportTerminalOperator
Proforma Invoice
Export Declaration
Export Declaration
Bill of lading, Documentation
Import Docs
Export Terminal Operator
• 20 actors;• > 200 data
elements;• Manual procedures;• Multiple data
systems;• > 30 documents or
messages.
Data exchangeData exchangein International Tradein International Trade
Too many documents…Too many documents…• Enquiry• Order• Despatch advice• Collection order• Payment order• Documentary credit• Forwarding instructions• Forwarder's invoice• Goods receipt• Air waybill• Road consignment note• Rail consignment note• Bill of lading
• Freight invoice• Cargo manifest• Export licence• Exchange control doc.• Phytosanitary certificate• Veterinary certificate• Certificate of origin• Consular invoice• Dangerous goods
declaration• Import licence• Customs delivery note• TIR carnet
PRE-ARRIVAL & ARRIVAL INFORMATIONPre-Arrival• Vessel’s characteristics or ship’s particulars, kind and tonnage of cargo, vessel’s ETA and master’s requests
must be notified to the Harbour Master Department every 48hrs, 24hrs or at least six hours prior to vessel’s arrival at the port’s anchorage areas.
Arrival• The component of the committee that performs vessel clearance consists of 10 members from Harbour Master
Department, Department of Customs and Excise, Immigration Police, National Shipping Agency and Broker, and Quarantine Authorities. Ten copies of cargo manifest are required to be provided to the Department of Customs and Excise.
• Entry permit (arranged by official shipping agency), • Last port clearance certificate, • 15 lists of last port of call (at least 10 last ports), • 5 declarations of vessel’s arrival, • 10 import cargo manifests, • 3 bills of loading, • 2 transit cargo manifests, • 7 crew lists, • 7 passenger lists, • 3 lists of vessel’s provisions, • 3 lists of crew personal effects, • 1 copy of health declaration certificate, • 1 copy of vaccination list, • 1 copy of drugs and narcotic list, • 1 copy of fresh water origin, • 3 cargo plans, • 1 copy of valid original ship’s certificates (to be collected only on the first call of the year of each ship), • Certificate of vessel's registration,
– International load line certificate, – International tonnage certificate, – International oil pollution prevention certificate, – Cargo vessel safety equipment certificate, – Cargo vessel safety construction certificate, – Cargo vessel safety radio certificate, – Minimum safe manning certificate.
• Exemption Certificate (to be inspected by quarantine officers ).
Days to complete each stage of importingDays to complete each stage of importing
Region Pre-arrival documents
Port and terminal handling
Customs and
inspections
Inland transport to warehouse Total time
OECD high income 8 2 2 2 14
East Asia & Pacific 18 3 4 3 28
Latin America & Caribbean 24 4 5 3 36
Middle East & North Africa 25 5 9 4 43
Europe & Central Asia 25 4 7 7 43
South Asia 24 6 7 10 47
Sub-Saharan Africa 33 8 10 9 59
World 23 5 6 5 40
Source: World Bank Doing business 2006Source: World Bank Doing business 2006
Region
% of cargo inspected (import)
OECD 5
East Europe 18
East Asia 31
Latin America 51
Middle East 63
Africa 67
South Asia 69
Source: World Bank Doing Business 2006Source: World Bank Doing Business 2006
InspectionsInspections
• Scope of Trade facilitation
• Traders main concerns
• Key areas of work
Trade Facilitation: An Introduction
Functional linkagesFunctional linkages
CustomsCustomsAutomationAutomation
CustomsCustomsTime ReleaseTime Release
RiskRiskAssessmentAssessment
SingleSingleWindowWindow
Post-auditPost-auditControlsControls
AdaptedAdaptedH.S.H.S.
StandardizedStandardizeddocumentationdocumentation
SequencingSequencing
IDLinkages between
Trade Facilitation measures
Q2 05
27.3
1 Standardization and simplification
2Introduction of single administrativedocument (SAD)
3Computerization and automation of Customsprocedures
4Risk management, pre-arrival processing andpost-clearance audit
5Customs-related judicial or administrativemeasures
Q4 04
13.22.1 30.116.1 10.46.2
Q1 05
20.27.11 3.46.35.12 9.1 27.2 13.3 20.323.1
Cooperation at the Cooperation at the national national levellevel
• Between the government institutions concerned by foreign trade: Finance, Commerce, Transport
• With the private sector in the trading community: importers and exporters
• With service providers: transport operators, banks, insurance companies…
Cooperation at the Cooperation at the internationalinternational levellevel
• Scope of Trade facilitation
• Traders’ main concerns
• Key areas of work
Trade Facilitation: An Introduction
Questions?Questions?