Facilitating Trade:
Improving Customs Risk Management Systems
In the OIC Member States
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Figure 46: LPI Country Score Card: Albania 2016
Source: WB LPI
There is no logical explanation for this discrepancy. The document “Trade effects of customs
reform: evidence from Albania”81 exploits a dramatic reduction in the rate of physical
inspections by Albanian customs to estimate the effects of fewer inspection-related delays on
the level and composition of imports. The reason for such dramatic reduction of cost is “due to
the policy change leading to such a large reduction in inspection rates was the introduction of
an inspection strategy known as risk management.”
5.3.6 Human resource management
Currently, the RAMD is staffed with 23 customs officers. Short term plan is to merge the RAMD
with the Intelligence Department. The total number of the officers in the RAMD/Intelligence
Department will be 44. ACA is planning to train local intelligence officers (LIO) on risk
management to enhance the risk on the local level (BSPs). Currently, there are two LIO officers
in the seaport of Durres and Rinas airport.
5.3.7 Customs Risk Management Performances and Effectiveness
The CRM of the ACA performs physical inspection average rate (2014 – 2016) of 10.13% of
shipments. A documentary check is in average 82.09% for all shipments (import and export),
while the orange channel is in average 6.11%. Large growth can be seen on the average
selectivity rate on the orange channel; in 2014 was 0%, in 2015 1.38% and 2016 16.93% (see
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Overall LPI
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Customs
Infrastructure
International
shipments
Logistics
competence
Timeliness