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Furthermore, Mr. ALGAYLI has mentioned the difficulties facing the transit trade in Sudan. He
remarked that these are briefly weak infrastructure, high costs of transportation, security
concerns, smuggling activities etc.
He informed the participants regarding the legal framework in Sudan. He pointed out that, the
Sudanese Customs Code of 1988, which has been amended in 2010, regulates the transit process
in detail. He stated that other legal and administrative instruments on transit are customs
transit policy, bilateral and regional agreements, transit administrative instructions and
standard operational procedures.
Mr. ALGAYLI continued his presentation by highlighting that Sudanese customs have adapted
an electronic linkage system with all stakeholders involved in the release of goods. Therefore,
he added, data is entered electronically on a net basis. He pointed out that all customs
transactions are collected electronically since 2015 in Sudan and insurance is also refunded
electronically after the departure of goods.
In his closing remarks, Mr. ALGAYLI mentioned that Sudanese customs have adopted the
electronic tracking system in controlling the transit trade. Also, he highlighted the benefits of
the tracking system which are briefly reducing the costs, the total prohibition of any smuggling
attempt, and cancellation of control and check points and reducing the time.
7.5. Turkey
Mr. Anıl EVMEZ, EU Expert at the Ministry of Trade of Turkey, delivered a presentation and
shared Turkish experiences and projections in transit systems.
At the outset of his presentation, Mr. EVMEZ briefed about the TIR and Common Transit
Conventions in use for the international transportations in Turkey.
He stated that NCTS, comprising the computerized component of the Common Transit
Convention, fully entered into force in Turkey on December 1st, 2012. As a regional one, the
procedure is used for the movement of goods between the EU Member States, the EFTA
countries, Turkey, the Republic of North Macedonia and Serbia. The implementation phases of
the system were also explained.
Afterwards, Mr. EVMEZ stated that the TIR Convention, which has 76 Contracting Parties, is
implemented worldwide and as the pioneering country and the major beneficiary of the TIR
System, Turkey attaches great importance to the geographical expansion and computerization
processes. In this regard, he mentioned that experts from countries such as Afghanistan,
Pakistan, China, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman were trained in Turkish Customs Administrations. In
addition to that, he pointed out the importance of e-TIR Pilot Projects run by Turkish Customs
Administration.
In this context, he informed that Turkey-Iran e-TIR Pilot Project, which envisaged Customs to
Business and Business to Customs (C2B2C) electronic (e-) data exchange, was launched in 2015