Facilitating Trade:
Improving Customs Risk Management Systems
In the OIC Member States
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Border Management Plan. The strategic risks identified are terrorism, biosecurity threats,
import of prohibited and restricted good, unauthorized movement of people and revenue
collection (customs duty, taxes, etc.)
The implementation of the defined strategic risks is applied through the Cargo Intervention
Strategy (CIS) and Differentiated Risk Response Model (DRRM)62.
The risk profiles and alerts at tactical level are used for inspection and examination of
consignments. The Australian Customs Import Process is presented i
Figure 20: Australian Customs Import Process
Author’s compilation
These compliance strategies look at importer's education, the seizure/detention of goods as well
as administrative penalties. Customs and Border Protection have enhanced its risk management
arrangements over time and, more recently, has developed a multi-year CRM planning
framework to align decisions on resource allocation with the assessment of organizational and
border-related risks.
The CRM makes use of pre-arrival and pre-departure information that Australian Customs
require in specific timeframes for reporting on cargo that will need to be imported into Australia.
For all air cargo the information must be reported two hours before arrival, and for all sea cargo,
the information must be reported 48 hours before arrival. The Australian Border Force will not
clear any cargo if it lacks pre-arrival information, and additionally, traders, agents, and involved
individuals can face substantial fines. All of the above finds support in the Australian Customs
Act and Customs Regulations.
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