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Skaitytojo klausimas: Planuojame importuoti prekę. Pastebėjome, kad TARIC‘e šiai prekei yra nurodytas galutinis antidempingo muitas, o LITAR‘e nėra. Kodėl LITAR duomenų bazėje ne visada yra informacija, … susijusi su naujausiais antidempingo muito pakeitimais?

The world is turning digital, faster than we could have imagined, and public administrations are also moving online just as fast. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is everywhere … in today’s Customs workplace. From the use of ICT in office automation, to the use of the Internet to publish and disseminate information, to the use of automated clearance systems to make declarations, perform risk management, undertake validation and processing, and eventually to issue approvals, ICT has transformed the way that Customs and governments operate.

The Royal Malaysian Customs Department is working on a new information system, known as uCustoms, which will enable effective information-sharing, streamlined procedures, and genuine collaboration … among all agencies involved in the clearance process.

Aa far back as 1971, Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise (HMC&E) – as it was then – was looking at how computers could be beneficial to the Customs process. The growth in air traffic and the need … to clear goods quickly in the United Kingdom (UK) prompted the development of the London Airport Cargo Electronic Data Processing Scheme (LACES). It was originally an automated system for processing import consignment data, and was the world’s first Customs computer service.

The environment surrounding Customs administrations is changing rapidly. The conclusion by the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its Trade Facilitation Agreement in December 2013 demands that … governments make further efforts to simplify trade procedures and ensure more transparency in trade regulations. This is further strengthened by the WCO’s decision to dedicate 2016 to the promotion of ‘Digital Customs' which encourages Customs to go down the road of modernization.

Driven by the need to ensure it would be able to address the increased demands of the global trading landscape, with regard to both financial and social security, accession to international instruments … – specifically those developed by the WCO, pressures from the trade to improve service levels, and the burgeoning demand to engage cross-border regional integration and international exchange of data, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) realized the need to revitalize its Customs functions.

The TIR system is going paperless. The new eTIR system is based on real-time digital data exchange between transport operators, Customs authorities, TIR system guaranteeing organizations, and … the United Nations. A pilot project is currently being implemented between Iran and Turkey, with the eTIR system expected to expand geographically from there over the coming years, reducing international transit costs and increasing security.

With the entry into force of the ‘Union Customs Code’ in the European Union, and the still all too real terrorist threat, obtaining the status of an Authorized Economic Operator is even more … vital than ever for companies in the world of logistics. However, guaranteeing and optimizing the process of obtaining this status calls for the use of tools essential to paperless procedures, also known as dematerialization, which in turn have been rendered vital by the need to control costs and the stiff competition in the field of international transport. Never before has a convergence of interests led to such a happy marriage.

The digital supply chain is where the world of trade is being transformed, as consumers and businesses switch to digital media, digital goods and e-commerce in place of physical goods traded … at bricksand-mortar stores. New platforms for trading goods online as well as on the ‘dark net,’ new driverless modes of transport (such as drones), and new digital design and manufacturing techniques (such as 3D printing) are disrupting international trade supply chains that are based on the movement of physical goods.

Ninety-three percent of federal government respondents to a recent survey by Unisys Corp. said that the quality and speed of decision-making improved when applying data analytics; yet nearly … 70% reported that they are concerned about their agency’s ability to analyse key data rather than simply collect it. One of the reasons for such concern is the ‘information explosion,’ a term that describes the rapid increase in the amount of available information or data, introducing the challenge of managing the information and making sense out of it.

Over the past decade the global security environment has evolved, allowing rogue nation-states, sanctioned terrorist organizations, and violent criminal syndicates to operate on a transnational … scale, converging in pursuit of common objectives. Today, these illicit actors are deeply embedded within international systems of finance, commerce and transportation, threatening to critically undermine the foundations of global peace and prosperity. This article highlights C4ADS’ approach to analysing unclassified data in order to demonstrate how illicit networks operate, thereby empowering law enforcement authorities, logistics companies, and financial institutions to take action against transnational organized crime.

For years, Customs administrations have been able to transform the raw information they collect on drugs, weapons, and humans trafficking into data which could be analysed to provide meaningful … insights in the fight against these illegal activities. However, when it comes to the illicit trade in cultural goods, progress achieved in data collection is some way behind that obtained in other transnational crime areas. This article identifies the data which needs to be collected, stored and analysed following the seizure of cultural goods, and how it can be used to enhance the protection of cultural heritage.

Just two years ago, economists widely predicted that global trade flows would grow by 7% in 2015. The reality – as shown by new World Bank data released just a few weeks ago – is that they barely … grew at all, with several countries seeing sizable drops in trade over the past 12 months.

The WCO receives many requests from its Members for assistance on the development and use of valuation databases. The Organization acknowledges that such databases may be a useful tool, particularly … for developing countries who have yet to apply effective post-clearance audit controls, and who face challenges from high levels of non-compliance and informality.

Šį rudenį Klaipėdoje startavo bandomasis projektas dėl centralizuoto deklaracijų priėmimo ir apdorojimo. Apie tai kalbamės su Muitinės departamento Muitinės procedūrų skyriaus vyriausiuoju inspektoriumi … Laimiu Žlabiu, kuris Europos Komisijos sudarytoje darbo grupėje koordinuoja Centralizuoto deklaracijų įforminimo proceso pritaikymą akcizais apmokestinamų prekių gabenimams tarp Europos Sąjungos šalių narių.

An initiative by Dubai Customs facilitating the speedy and hassle-free movement of transferred and transhipped goods augurs well for the supply chain and logistics industry in Dubai and the United … Arab Emirates (UAE).

Sąjungos muitinės kodekso įgyvendinimas per keletą ateinančių metų atneš daug pokyčių elektroninių muitinės sistemų ir verslui teikiamų elektroninių muitinės paslaugų srityje. Pavyzdžiui, muitinės … sprendimų priėmimo proceso perkėlimas į elektroninę erdvę, automatizuota eksporto sistema, centralizuoto įforminimo sistemos importui bei eksportui, T2L pateikimas elektroniniu būdu, privalomosios tarifinės informacijos sistemos atnaujinimas, nauja paramos prekių klasifikavimui sistema su konsultacijų moduliu ir t. t. Pristatome pokyčius ir jų įgyvendinimo terminus.

The IRIS APPLICATION is a WCO information tool that collects all Customs-related news together, and makes it available in one location. This innovative initiative enables the WCO to monitor open … source information round-the-clock, while promoting connectivity and information-sharing.

Something odd happened during my last year in Customs – something intriguing and unsettling, fascinating and worrying at the same time. Back in June 2012, the Chair of the WCO Policy Commission … gave the floor to David Hesketh to talk about data quality.

Over the years, Singapore Customs has developed sophisticated IT platforms to enable the exchange of Government-to-Government, Business-to-Business and Business-to-Government information in order … to facilitate the flow of goods. This article gives an historical overview of the important steps it has taken in building its national trade infrastructure, and introduces the main services offered that benefit the government and the private sector of Singapore.