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Single Window The Chilean Experience Victor VALENZUELA Millán Technical Director of Chile Customs Geneva, 22 June 2005. Chile: South of the world. Chile is located along the western coast of Southern South America between the Pacific Ocean and The Andes Mountains - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Chilean Experience
Victor VALENZUELA Millán
Technical Director of Chile CustomsGeneva, 22 June 2005
Chile: South of the world
• Chile is located along the western coast of Southern South America between the Pacific Ocean and The Andes Mountains
• It is a very long country with a population of 15 million inhabitants
• Per capita Income: US$ 4,620
• Foreign Trade 2004: US$ 53 billion
Development Strategy
• Opening-up of economy and promoting of exports
• Commercial agreements
• Structural changes in Economy performance
Commercial Agreements
Economic Complementary
Agreements (ECAs)
Free Trade Agreements
Economic Association Agreement
Negotiated Agreements
Agreements Under-
Negotiation
International
Fora
Bolivia N° 22 Canada Europe New Zealand Panamá WCO
Venezuela N° 23 México Brunei China WTO
Colombia N° 24 Central
America (1)Singapore India APEC
Ecuador N° 32 USA FTAA
Mercosur N° 35 South Korea
Peru N° 38 EFTA (2)
(1) El Salvador and Costa Rica(2) Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein
Main exporting products
• Copper : Main producer at worldwide level
• Minerals and molybdenum concentrate• Cellulose• Fish meat: Salmons• Wine• Wood
• Main destination countries for Chilean exports: USA, Japan, China
State Modernization
• Modernization of international trade-involved agencies
• Development of e-Government:
Use of ICTs to increase Chile’s competitiveness
- Ranked N° 22 in the E-Government Readiness Index
- Ranked N° 6 in the On-line State Index, among the 25 best-assessed countries
Single Window
• Digital Agenda
• Governmental priority
• Led by Chile Customs Service
• Co-operation between Customs and other Governmental agencies
Single Window
Aimed at:
Allowing import-export involved entities to electronically carry out their formalities via Internet
USERUSER
Treasury Treasury
Bank EntitiesBank Entities
Phyto-SanitaryPhyto-Sanitary
InternetInternet
Information
Information
Payment / Information
CustomsCustoms
Zoo-SanitaryZoo-Sanitary
HealthHealth
ForestryForestry
FisheryFishery
TransportsTransports
Information
Information
Integrated Agencies
Challenges to deal with
• The “paper” culture
• High percentage of manual formalities in different agencies
• Disparity on the implementation of ICTs by participating agencies
• Insufficient co-ordination among foreign trade stakeholders
• Some destination countries have not yet implemented the use of electronic signature
Message
User State
Expected Benefits
• Single Window focused to the Final User
• Increase security standards of commerce
• Customs formalities, times of clearance and operational expenses being reduced
• Higher transparency in public management
• Elimination of “paper” documents
• Increasing competitiveness of the country
Thank you for your attention