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Dažnas atvejis, kai prekės susideda iš komplekso dalių, kurios savo ruožtu pagal jų naudojimo paskirtį gali būti vertinamos kaip savarankiški objektai. Savo ruožtu teismams ir kitiems suinteresuotiems … subjektams tenka nelengva užduotis sistemiškai įvertinti prekių paskirtį, jas klasifikuojant.

Vyriausybės turi mažinti trintį tarpvalstybinėje prekyboje, tačiau tarpvyriausybinės iniciatyvos patiria sunkumų, kuriuos didina ir įvairios vyriausybinės agentūros, turinčios interesų prie sienos. … Šiai dienai formalumų sutvarkymas vienai siuntai per sieną gali įtraukti vidutiniškai 15 agentūrų, o kartais net iki 40! Už viso šito slypi nepasitikėjimas tarp pirkėjų, pardavėjų, tiekimo grandinės dalyvių, agentūrų ir vyriausybių. Kaip tokias problemas spręsti? Pasaulio muitinių organizacijai maloniai sutikus, pristatome naujausiame „PMO naujienų“ numeryje publikuotą straipsnį šia tema.

There are currently over 400 free trade agreements and preferential trade arrangements in place worldwide, which establish lower rates of Customs duties for certain goods provided that specified … origin criteria are met. However, many companies ignore the fact that they can claim tariff preferences, or, if they do know that such schemes exist, they do not understand how to verify that the goods they buy or sell are eligible for preferential treatment.

Prieš du metus Blockchain iš esmės buvo tik madingas naujadaras. Šiandieną šis terminas yra daugelio svarbiausių muitinės ir prekybos organizacijų darbotvarkėje. Nebeklausiama, ar taikyti Blockchain, … klausiama – kur ir kada. Pasaulio muitinių organizacijai maloniai sutikus, pristatome informaciją publikuotą naujausiame „PMO naujienų“ numeryje. Artimiausiuose leidinio numeriuose pristatysime ir daugiau straipsnių šia tema – pasaulis technologijų dėka sparčiai keičiasi, todėl svarbu žinoti, kaip dirbsime netolimoje ateityje.

The Brazilian government has recently centralized its export procedures and developed a new online platform to process export operations in order to make them more efficient and, ultimately, … boost the economy. The new “unified export system” is the first application developed as part of Brazil’s Single Window project that started in 2014 and which aims to integrate all existing information technology (IT) processes currently used by border agencies to manage trade flows, thus enabling enhanced coordination and better controls while facilitating data reporting for traders.

Dubai Customs launched a smart mobile app enabling passengers arriving in Dubai to securely submit Customs declarations electronically, thus bypassing the current traditional paper forms. The … online application, called iDeclare, simplifies the Customs clearance process for passengers by enabling self-declaration of their must-declare commercial goods, personal effects or cash either pre or post arrival at the airport, saving them both time and effort.

This section of the magazine gathers several articles on the “Blockchain,” a term which refers to a type of data structure that identifies and tracks transactions digitally and shares this information … across a distributed network of computers. Blockchain is one type of distributed ledger: distributed ledgers use independent computers – referred to as nodes – to record, share and synchronize transactions, instead of keeping data centralized as is the case with a traditional ledger.

The border is a national asset. To boost national competitiveness, facilitating legitimate cross-border trade must be high on every government’s agenda. The World Trade Organization (WTO) estimates … that ratification of the Trade Facilitation Agreement could boost global trade by up to 1 trillion US dollars and reduce total trade costs by 13% for upper-middle income countries. Put simply, making cross-border trade more efficient offers a sizeable pay-off for governments and citizens.

The movement of goods and means of transport from, across or to, the European Union (EU) involves many actors in the supply chain who must exchange information and comply with several pieces … of EU legislation and, in particular, with Customs, transport, environmental protection, safety, and security regulations. This renders the process of cross-border operations highly complex.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has been supporting the development of a blockchain solution to enable automated, secure and efficient information sharing on Authorized Economic Operators … (AEOs) among the Customs administrations of Mexico, Peru and Costa Rica to ensure the efficient implementation of Mutual Recognition Arrangements/Agreements (MRAs).

“Did you pack this bag yourself?” It’s a question many of us are used to being asked when checking in at an airport. For a shipping container, the situation is more complex. Most organizations … never communicate directly with the party that stuffed the container. Underpinned by blockchain technology, the TradeLens platform lays the foundation for global, digital supply chains.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with its Hong Kong counterpart in November 2017 to jointly develop a cross-border distributed ledger technology … (DLT) based infrastructure that will link up digital trade platforms and the growing number of trade-related DLT platforms and communities around the world. In this article, Singapore Customs presents this new initiative called the ‘Global Trade Connectivity Network,’ which is expected to be operational in 2019 as well as the new trade information management ecosystem called the ‘Networked Trade Platform,’ which was officially launched in September 2018, and explains how the two systems play complementary roles in stitching up the global trade ecosystem, empowered by both DLT and non-DLT based technologies.

The WCO’s Harmonized System, or HS, is a vital element of Customs. But classification systems are common, so what makes a specialized Customs classification system so important that Customs administrations … continue to put much work and time into having their own classification system? The HS does not just classify goods based on what they are; it classifies goods to meet the needs of governments and Customs alike.

Nors prekių tarifinį klasifikavimą lemiantis kriterijus paprastai turi būti nustatytas atsižvelgiant į tokių prekių objektyvius požymius ir savybes, išvardytus kombinuotoje nomenklatūroje (KN) … pozicijos aprašyme ir skyrių ar skirsnių pastabose, o prekių paskirtis gali būti objektyvus klasifikavimo kriterijus, jeigu ji būdinga šiai prekei ir šis būdingumas gali būti įvertintas atsižvelgiant į prekės charakteristikas ir objektyvias savybes, naujų daugiafunkcinių daiktų sukūrimas tampa rimtu galvosūkiu KN taikantiems subjektams.

Straipsnyje atkreipiamas dėmesys į SS interpretavimo nacionalinius skirtumus, baudų už neatitikimus taikymą, bei keliamas klausimas, kaip ši sistema bus vystoma toliau.

Kadangi pramonė ir toliau diegia naujoves, Suderintos Sistemos (SS) redagavimas yra nesibaigiantis procesas. Šiame straipsnyje apžvelgiama LED produktų kilmė ir evoliucija, siekiant pademonstruoti, … kaip laikui bėgant SS prisitaiko prie produktų pokyčių, nušviesdama kelią prekybininkams ir užtikrindama teisėtos prekybos srautus per tarptautines sienas. Straipsnio autorė Beth Jenior, advokatė - patarėja, JAV Prekybos biuro Muitinės ir sienos apsauga.

As the HS celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, we decided to gather together a number of articles explaining how the HS is managed and used, and questioning how it can be improved and whether … a structural revision is now necessary.

The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, generally referred to as “Harmonized System” or simply the “HS”, is seldom mentioned in the pages of this magazine. It is, however, one … of the WCO’s flagship instruments. One can even say that it is the backbone of the WCO. Being a nomenclature of transportable goods, it has become over the years a universal language for identifying and coding merchandise being traded internationally, with almost all the world’s economies using it as a basis for their Customs tariffs and for the collection of trade statistics.

While the Harmonized System, or HS, celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, it is, in fact, much older because it was developed over several years starting in the 1970s. Having worked on HS … matters for at least 40 years, both within Danish Customs and at the WCO Secretariat, I have been in the fortunate position to have closely followed its development, implementation, maintenance and use for a long time, up until my official retirement in 2017. This article provides me with an opportunity to share some personal reflections on the HS.

As the WCO celebrates the 30th anniversary, in 2018, of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, more popularly known as the Harmonized System or the HS, the question may be asked … whether the time has come to contemplate a major overhaul of the system. This article looks at the structure of the HS, its changing uses, whether it is still a sufficient solution, how it can be improved, and whether a structural revision is now necessary.