Tradefacilitationinitiatives

SamedGaralovPhDHeadoftheMainDepartmentofOrganizationofCustomsControlandTradeFacilitationStateCustomsCommitteeoftheRepublicofAzerbaijanemail:semed.qaralov@customs.gov.az

Favorablegeographiclocation

IRAN

KAZAKHSTAN

TURKM

ENISTAN

RUSSIA

Tradefacilitationandinfrastructuredevelopmentinitiatives

•  Legislativereforms;•  DevelopmentofAuthorizedEconomicOperators;•  Implementationofthe“Greenchannel”andotherpassentry

systems;•  Electronicpre-arrivaldeclarationandintroductionofarisk

managementandanalysissystem;•  Pre-arrivaldecisions;•  Improvingthee-Customsconcept;•  Developingthe“Singlewindow”system;•  Simplificationofthecustomsclearanceoftransitconsignments;•  Usingnon-intrusivecustomscontrolsystems;•  TimeReleaseStudy;•  Cargomovementmonitoringandcontrolsystems.

LegislativereformsCustoms code

came into effect on January 1 2012.

The Code reflects the provisions of the Kyoto convention, WHO Framework Standards and other international norms.

New concepts:

-  Risk management;

-  Pre-arrival declaration;

-  Implementation of information technologies in customs;

-  E-payments and services;

-  Protection of Intellectual Property Rights;

-  Authorized Economic Operators;

-  Improved customs procedures.

Grantingthestatusofanauthorizedeconomicoperator:

Rulesforgranting,suspensionandrevocationofthestatusofanauthorizedeconomicoperatorResolutionoftheCabinetofministersNo230August272013

ThemaincriteriaforgrantingtheAEOstatus:-  Compliancewiththerules(lawobedience);-  Accountingsystemforcommercialoperations;-  Financialsolvency;-  Security.

Grantingthestatusofapermanentuserofthe“Greenchannel”

ResolutionofthePresidentoftheRepublicofAzerbaijanNo427,December212018•  Mainpurposeoftheprogram:-creatingfavorableconditionsfortraders;-improvingtheefficiencyofstateregulationofbusiness;-formationofavoluntarycomplianceculture;-minimizingphysicalcontrolbyconductingcustomscontrolonthebasisofriskassessmentandcustomsaudit;-increasingtheexportpotentialofthecountry;-optimaluseoftheexistingresourcesandthedevelopmentoftherelationsbetweenbusinessandgovernmentofficialsonthebasisofmodernmanagementmethods.

Electronicpre-arrivaldeclarationandimplementingariskmanagementandanalysissystemq  ResolutionofthePresidentoftheRepublicofAzerbaijan

onadditionalmeasuresassociatedwiththecontinuedreformsinthecustomssystemNo1853Baku,March42016

q  DecreeofthePresidentoftheRepublicofAzerbaijanontheapprovalof“Rulesforusingthe“Greenchannel”andotherpass-entrysystemsfortransportationofcargoesandconveyancesoverthecustomsborder”No920Baku,May212016

q  DecreeofthePresidentoftheRepublicofAzerbaijanontheapprovalofthe“Rulesforobtainingtherighttopermanentlyusethe“Greenchannel”bytraders,itssuspension,revocationandrestoration”

No427Baku,December212018

Export procedure for the participants of the “Green channel”

E-declaration

Declaring the cargo Information on border crossing Information on the vehicle

2

3

1

4

5

Customs point

Waitingtimeforconfirmation-1

hour

Governmentpaymentsportal

Short import declaration

1

2

Customs point

No later than 1 hour

!

Electronic customs declaration

3

Anbar

Customs agency of the trader

Import procedure for the participants of the “Green channel”

Oncodeclassification

Oncustomsvaluation

Onthecountryoforigin

Reviewandassessmentdivision

SCC DECISIONBASE

Preliminarydecisions

Customsagency

ClassificationcodesCountryoforiginCustomsvaluation

Replywiththedecision

Filing an application to receive a pre-arrival

decision

Decision

Goodsandvehiclesregistrationunit

Timereleasestudy(TRS)

Customsprocedures

Financialtransactions

Financialtransactionsandtariff

regulation

Violationsunit

Passportcontrol

E-servicesunit

Declarationsofphysicalpersons

Partnershipwithother

organizations

StatisticaldataandanalysisReporting

HRUAIS-HR

DocumentmanagementUAIS-DOC

Technicalequipmentmanagement

UAIS-EQUIPMENT

RiskmanagementUAIS-RISK

Customsproceduresmanagement-EAUS-TS

UAIS

GPSTechnology

OperationalmanagementcenterTARGETCENTER

Improvingthee-Customsconcept

Developmentofthe“Singlewindow”system

•  Newapproachestoprocessmanagement;•  Developmentandimplementationofthe

“singlewindow”managementsystem;•  Shifttowardse-documentsandcommon

databases;•  Legislativereforms;•  Capacitybuilding,HRrecruitmentand

training.

Simplification of customs processing of transit cargoes

Benefitsforthecustoms•  Realtimeexchangeofinformation(declaration,pre-arrivalinformation,guaranteechecksetc.)

•  Customsauthoritiesareinterconnectedbyelectronicsoftware;

•  Moreeffectivecustomscontrol(riskanalysis,guarantees,closingtheoperation);

•  Statistics.

Benefitsforthebusiness•  Quickadministrativeprocess;•  Securingtheguarantee;•  Moreavailableinformation(forinstance,informationonmovements);

•  Reductionofformalities.

Usingnon-intrusivecustomscontrolsystems;

High-capacityx-raycargoscannersareusedtoinspectvehicles,suchasHCVGandHCVT(SmithsDetection)•  reducingtheneedforphysicalinspections;

•  documentverification;•  abilitytotransmitimagesfordetailedanalysisanddatastorage.

Timereleasestudy

q  Identificationandeliminationofbottlenecksandconstraintsduringbordercrossing;

q Accelerationofcustomsformalities.

Cargomonitoringandmovementcontrolsystems