iru contribution to further secure and facilitate trade in the silk road region through tir
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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
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This is the IRU
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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
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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
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Globalisation and its Impact: Ports are saturated
Sea transport Land transportKey:
to US West Coastto US West Coast
Saturated
Satu
rate
d
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Evolution of sea containersin ports in 1971
Global Container Volumes1971
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Evolution of sea containersin ports in 1980
Global Container Volumes 1980
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Evolution of sea containersin ports in 1990
Global Container Volumes1990
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Evolution of sea containersin ports in 2000
Global Container Volumes 2000
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Evolution of sea containersin ports in 2010
Global Container Volumes 2010
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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
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Interconnecting all the businesses along the reopened Silk Road
Sea transport Land transportKey:
to US West Coastto US West Coast
To East Coast
Saturated
Satu
rate
dTo Black SeaDiesel fuel = 30 cents/litreLabour costs = $200/monthTo US East Coast
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Interconnecting all the businesses along the reopened Silk Road
Sea transport Land transportKey:
to US West Coastto US West Coast
To East Coast
Saturated
Satu
rate
d
To US East Coast To Black Sea
To Mid East
To EU
To CIS
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Beijing-Brussels Caravan 2004
Beijing
Brussels
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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.
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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
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Road Freight Transport: Interconnecting every business and every transport mode between Europe and Asia – Focus on the Caucasus
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The TIR System
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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.
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TIR Geographical Scope
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13 In Negotiation Process
Contracting Parties
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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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TIR Convention
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Pillars of the TIR System
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TIR meets WCO SAFE requirements for Advance Cargo Information
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Secure Trade Facilitation
Facilitation
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Key IRU IT instruments and their benefits to Customs
and Trade
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TIR IT Risk Management Tools:IRU TIR-EPD
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TIRElectronicPre-Declaration
Connecting Business and Customsfor facilitating and securing international trade
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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
National Customs System
Country B
National Customs System
NCTS
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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
countries
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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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CustomsMoscow
IRU Geneva
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
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Implementation in GeorgiaIn partnership with
Georgia Revenue Service and UNCTAD
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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
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ASYCUDA World TIR
Project Partners
Department for International Relations of Georgia IT Center / Georgia Revenue Service Georgian International Road Carriers Association
(GIRCA) UNCTAD IRU
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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
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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
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Next steps
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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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www.iru.org
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