Trade Facilitation: An Introduction

Jan.Hoffmann@UNCTAD.org Geneva, October 2009 .

Trade Facilitation: Trade Facilitation: An IntroductionAn Introduction

Ejemplos de temasEjemplos de temas

Ventanilla únicaVentanilla única

Análisis de riesgosAnálisis de riesgos

Información anticipadaInformación anticipada

Cooperación en las fronterasCooperación en las fronteras

Pagos electrónicosPagos electrónicos

No hacer obligatorioNo hacer obligatorioel uso de agencias de aduanael uso de agencias de aduana

Código de conductaCódigo de conducta

Reforma LegalReforma Legal

Simplificación de trámitesSimplificación de trámites

Cooperación entre agenciasCooperación entre agencias

Cooperación entre agencias de paísesCooperación entre agencias de países

• Scope of Trade facilitation

• Traders’ main concerns

• Key areas of work

Trade Facilitation: An Introduction

• Scope of Trade facilitation

• Traders’ main concerns

• Key areas of work

Trade Facilitation: An Introduction

TRADE FACILITATION

Process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in formalities, processes and procedures

Simplification Harmonisation

Alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices.

Standardisation

Process of developing internationally agreed formats for practices and procedures, documents and information.

TRADE FACILITATION

Standardisation

Process of developing internationally agreed formats for practices and procedures, documents and information.

International rules and standardsInternational rules and standards

• IMO

• ISO

• UN-CEFACT

• WCO

• WTO

UN Lay-out Key(UNECE Rec.#1)

TRADE FACILITATION

Process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in formalities, processes and procedures

Simplification Harmonisation

Alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices.

Standardisation

Process of developing internationally agreed formats for practices and procedures, documents and information.

TRADE FACILITATION

Harmonisation

Alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices.

TRADE FACILITATION

Process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in formalities, processes and procedures

Simplification Harmonisation

Alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices.

Standardisation

Process of developing internationally agreed formats for practices and procedures, documents and information.

TRADE FACILITATION

Process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in formalities, processes and procedures

Simplification

TRADE FACILITATION

Process of eliminating all unnecessary elements and duplications in formalities, processes and procedures

Simplification Harmonisation

Alignment of national procedures, operations and documents with international conventions, standards and practices.

Standardisation

Process of developing internationally agreed formats for practices and procedures, documents and information.

• Scope of Trade facilitation

• Traders main concerns

• Key areas of work

Trade Facilitation: An Introduction

GOODS

PAYMENT

The Trade Transaction

S BINFORMATION

Arrival Notice

Letter of InstructionInvoice, PO

Importer’s Bank

Ocean Carrier

Customs House Broker

Line of CreditProforma Invoice

Shipping & funding detail

Cargo Status

Vessel Booking Request

CargoStatus

Shipping & Funding Detail

Exporter’s Bank

Importer Exporter

Vessel Booking ConfirmationBill of Lading

Rated Bill of Lading

Dock Receipt

Freight Forwarder / NVOCC

Purchase Order

LCConfirmation

AES

Dock receipt

Pick-up & Delivery Order

Vessel Manifest

Dock receipt

Release/Approval

Demurrage guarantee & payment

Inland Carrier

Manifest

Pick-up & Delivery Order

Importer Notice

Converted VesselManifestCustoms (Export)

Port

Customs ( Import )

Original B/L, Invoice, PO, Packing List

Inland Carrier

Marine Insurance Company

Fund Transfer

Confirmed Line of Credit

Release/HoldNotice

Purchase Exportation Importation

ImportTerminalOperator

Proforma Invoice

Export Declaration

Export Declaration

Bill of lading, Documentation

Import Docs

Export Terminal Operator

• 20 actors;• > 200 data

elements;• Manual procedures;• Multiple data

systems;• > 30 documents or

messages.

Data exchangeData exchangein International Tradein International Trade

What do traders want ?What do traders want ?• Simple and smooth processing of formalities• Means to allow goods to proceed promptly

to their final destination. No longer itineraries, no unpacking, no delays

• A single control point for all public services• Standard forms, assembled into a ‘single

bunch of documents’, compatible with trade documents and transport contracts

• Predictable and transparent rules and procedures

• Scope of Trade facilitation

• Traders main concerns

• Key areas of work

Trade Facilitation: An Introduction

Functional linkagesFunctional linkages

CustomsCustomsAutomationAutomation

CustomsCustomsTime ReleaseTime Release

RiskRiskAssessmentAssessment

SingleSingleWindowWindow

Post-auditPost-auditControlsControls

Customs Customs Harmonized SystemHarmonized System

StandardizedStandardizeddocumentationdocumentation

SequencingSequencing

ID Linkages betweenTrade Facilitation measures

Q2 05

27.3

1 Standardization and simplification

2 Introduction of single administrativedocument (SAD)

3 Computerization and automation of Customsprocedures

4 Risk management, pre-arrival processing andpost-clearance audit

5 Customs-related judicial or administrativemeasures

Q4 04

13.22.1 30.116.1 10.46.2

Q1 05

20.27.11 3.46.35.12 9.1 27.2 13.3 20.323.1

Cooperation at the Cooperation at the national national levellevel

• Between the government institutions concerned by foreign trade: Finance, Commerce, Transport

• With the private sector in the trading community: importers and exporters

• With service providers: transport operators, banks, insurance companies…

Cooperation at the Cooperation at the internationalinternational levellevel

• Scope of Trade facilitation

• Traders’ main concerns

• Key areas of work

Trade Facilitation: An Introduction

Questions?Questions?