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Paperless Trade in Azerbaijan: State of Affairs
Anar Suleymanov
State Customs Committee
Republic of Azerbaijan
towards a better trade environment
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Overview of TF/PT Initiatives
Major Challenges
Way Forwards
Right questions, right answers
• Ever changing global trade environment
• growing trade volumes• growing demand from business community• increased complexity and new trading patterns• innovations with international trade supply chain
THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
Risk Management
Risk Assessment
Post Clearance Audits
Advance Rulings Maximum use of
Information TechnologyAutomation
Partnershipwith the Trade
System of appeals
Pre-arrival Declaration
/Information
Single Window
Authorized Traders
WCO TF Techniques
Simplified Procedures and Practices
International Rankings: Azerbaijan
DB2016 rank: 63
DB2015 rank: 80
Change in rank: 17
DB 2016 TAB: 94
DB 2015 TAB: 166
Change in rank: 72
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Automated Customs Management: UAMS
Integrated Approach – Single Window
Minimized Contacts – e-Customs Services
Targeted Controls – Pre-Arrival Information
Performance Measurement – Time Release Study
Secure Transportations – GPS Trace and Track
System of Appeals – Customs Web Portal
Innovation Projects
UAMSTraders e-Government
Customs clearance
and customs control
Financial activities
Customs Enforcement
Trade Statistics
Resourcemanagement
Riskmanagement
Integrated Document
Management
Business Process
Management
United Automated Management System
Min. of Road Transport Phitosanitary ControlVeterinary ServiceSanitary -Quarantine
Service
Border Service UAMS
Min. of Taxes
Min. of Finance
Traders, Brokers....
IAMAS
Central Bank
INTERPOL
FHN, Radiation
Stand. and Patents
Min. of Economic Devel. IRU, SITA
Caspian Adm.
Traffic Police
Central Customs Examination
AZAL CARGO
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Single Window: Customs Leads
2009 Presidential Decree on the application of the Single Window (Nov 2008) Dozens of internal regulations
Cooperate with other border agencies, interact, grow mutual trust, and
remove overlaps or gaps to ensure consistent approach
C2B: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS
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Time Release Study
Identifying bottlenecks processes affecting customs release
Assessing new procedures, operations, etc.
Identifying opportunities for TF improvement
Establishing baseline TF performance measurement
Develop a new benchmarking tool
TRS: Methodology and Approach
Focus on customs particular needs
Measure not time, but the effectiveness of the
operational procedures
Take traders’ perspective
• Time and Duration• Geographical scope – Border Customs Checkpoints• Type of Transportation – Land Transportation• Type of Goods – All Commercial Goods• Customs Procedures – Imports, Exports and Transit
Scope
Time Release Study (TRS): Azerbaijan approach
Single
Window
Border Service
Т1 Т4
Т2 Т3Border
Crossing Time
Document Submission
Time
Document Delivery
TimeEntrance
Time
Implementation of ICT-based Time Release Study (TRS)
Т1
Border Customs Checkpoint
Т4
Customs Operations«Single Window»
Т2 Т3
Customs of destination
Customs of cargo release
Т5 Т6Т7
Border Crossing
Time
Document Submission
Time
Document Delivery
Time
Entrance Time
Entry time to clearance cus-
toms
Time of lodging docu-ments for clearance
Cargo release time
Time required for customs control at the border Тbc = Т4 – Т1
Time required for Cargo Clearance Тcr = Т7 – Т5
Time required for Cargo Release
Тrel = Тbc + Тcr
TRS DATA PUBLICATION
TRS DATA PUBLICATION
Regional CooperationPre-Arrival Information Exchange
Georgia – ALREADY EXCHANGING
GUAM – PROTOCOL SIGNED (July 8th 2015)
Turkey – DRAFT PROTOCOL
Russia – DRAFT PROTOCOL
Islamic Republic of Iran – DRAFT PROTOCOL
Uzbekistan - DRAFT PROTOCOL
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To be launched from Jan 1st 2016
Paperless Declaration System
• Use advanced ICT and innovative working methods, while re-engineering business process
• Cooperate with OGAs and customs administrations: interact, grow mutual trust, and remove overlaps or gaps to ensure consistent approach;
• Involve trade: provide incentives, provide a better service;
• Integrate to global logistics: introduce new concepts, improve capacity, train personnel.
What are the Challenges?
Automation of document management
AMS “Single Window”(Road transport)
Integration with other agencies
AMS of customs
Time
Automation level
AMS “Single Window” (Air, Marine and Railway)
Clearance (Customs receipt order)
AMS of customs declaration
Application of electronic keys
Implementation of GPS system for road trans-port
Paperless technology in customs
e-Customs
e-Government
… e-Paymentse-Procuremente-Trade
Roadmap for Paperless Trade
