wco single window environment
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WCO Single Window Environment
WCO Knowledge Academy for Customs and Trade
29 June – 3 July, 2021
Online Forum
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• Red tapes at borders because of number of border agencies
• Labour-consuming and time-consuming for submitting documents to different agencies
• TFA Article 10:4
Why single window
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Optimizing the flow of goods and information in supply chain
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Flow of Goods
Flow of
Information
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What is single window
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• UN CEFACT Recommendation No. 33 definition :
“a facility that allows parties involved in trade and transport to lodge standardized information and documents with a single entry point to fulfil all import, export, and transit-related regulatory requirements. If information is electronic, then individual data elements should only be submitted once.”
• WCO unofficial definition of the Single Window environment (2008)
“cross border, ‘intelligent’, facility that allows parties involved in trade and transport to lodges tandardized information, mainly electronic, with a single entry point to fulfill all import, export and transit related regulatory requirements”
• Essence: One-stop shop; an ‘Intelligent’ Facility; B2G portal …
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Key areas where a Single Window functions
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(i) safety, health and environment,
(ii) transportation and logistics,
(iii) revenue administration,
(iv) trade policy administration,
(v) protection of the economy,
(vi) supply-chain security.
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Developing a Single Window: 3 phases
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• Concept
• Initiative
• Environment – a Single Window environment is achieved through collaboration between cross-border regulatory agencies and by the extensive use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
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The Single Widow Environment
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Core features of single window
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Must be or have:
• Exclusive on the market for this type of operator
• Standardized information and documents
• Government mandate for Single Entry Point
• Regulatory processes
• Single submission point for individual data elements
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Models of a single window
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• (i) A single authority: an entity co-ordinates between all the relevant agencies to ensure that the logistics chain remains unhindered (e.g. Sweden);
• (ii) A single automated system: a trader can submit standard data only once and the system processes and distributes the data to the agencies involved in the transaction (e.g. US);
• (iii) An automated information transaction system: a trader can submit electronic trade declarations to various authorities for processing and approval in a single application (e.g. Singapore, Mauritius).
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Structuring a single window
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Mandate:
• an executive order, a decree, an Act/Resolution by the appropriate legislative body.
• legally valid and administratively sound.
Empowered Organizations:
• Lead agency
• Participant agencies
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Designing Single Window Services
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Interactions between traders and government officers in virtual or physical forms
• Stage 1: Classifying Interactions by using business process model
• Stage 2: Standardizing Cross-agency Controls
• Stage 3: Designing for Co-creation and Self-service
• Stage 4: Collaborative Processes, exchange of information is essential
• Stage 5: Progressive Build-up of Data
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Legal issues
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• Registration/Regulatory Authorization
• Application for Licenses, Certificates, Permits, and Other Documents
• Advance Information
• Goods Declaration/Cargo Report/Conveyance Report
United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade (UNNExT): Electronic Single Window Legal Issues: A Capacity-Building Guide
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Data
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• Trusting the Source of Data
• Ensuring Data Quality
• Legitimate Use and Sharing of Data
Data
Capturing
Defining
Analyzing
Reconciling
WCO Data Model standard
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Public-Private Partnership
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I. operations and management contracts
II. asset acquisition or leasing deal
III. DBFO (Design-Build-Finance-Operate)
IV. BOO (Build-Own-Operate)
V. BOOT (Build-Own-Operate-Transfer)
VI. joint venture.
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Dematerialization & Paperless Processing
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Supporting documents:
• key business documents
• regulatory documents, including licences, permits, certificates and others (LPCO)
The WCO Recommendation on Dematerialization of Supporting Documents (June 2012)
ePhyto (IPPC)
ePermits (CITES, UNEP)
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WCO Compendium“Building a Single Window Environment”
Volume 1- Executive GUIDE
Volume 2- Practitioners GUIDE
http://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/facilitation/instrument-and-tools/tools/single-window-
guidelines.aspx
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Time Release
Study Guide
Single Window
GuidelinesData Model
Globally
Networked
Customs
Risk
Management
Compendium
CBM
Compendium
NCTF
Guidance
Customs-Business
Partnership
Guidance
Transparency and
Predictability
Guidelines
Transit
Guidelines
Survey on Cross-
Border E-
Commerce
Guidelines on
Customs-Tax
Cooperation
Study Report on
Customs Brokers
Handbook on Inward and
Outward Processing
Procedures
Voluntary
Compliance
Framework
IT Guide for
Executives
MRAs Strategy Guide Study report on
disruptive
technologies
Cross-border E-commerce
FoS
SAFE FoSHandbook on
Data Analysis
AEO Compendium
WCO guidelines and other tools
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Thank You
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Hao Wu
Technical Officer
E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
Valentina FERRARO
Technical Attaché