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Authorized Economic Operator Programs

In the Islamic Countries:

Enhancing Customs-Traders Partnership

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Table 1.1. Discrepancies in the Naming of AEOs and CCPs

Authorized Economic Operator Programs

Custom Compliance Programs

Customs System of Reliable Operators

Argentina

AEO Program

Bolivia

Partners in Protection

Canada

AEO Program

Algeria

Customs Facilitation Program for Reliable Trade

Costa Rica

AEO Program

Iran

Qualified Economic Operator

Uruguay

AEO Program

Mauritius

CTPAT

USA

AEO Program

Mozambique

Golden List Program

Jordan

AEO Program

Kazakhstan

Australian Trusted Trader

Australia

AEO Program

Russia

Secure Exports Scheme

New Zealand

Secure Trade Partnership

Singapore

Trans-Kalahari Accreditation Scheme

Botswana

Source: Authors’ compilation using WCO (2018).

The WCO Compendium (2018) clearly differentiates CCPs from AEOs. The WCO defines CCP as

a Customs facilitation program that requires an operator to sustain an appropriate record of

compliance with Customs requirements, a reasonable scheme for managing commercial

records and financial solvency.

The main difference between the SAFE AEO Program and a CCP stems from the fact that

security requirements such as those prescribed in Annex IV of the SAFE 2015 are not

particularly included in a CCP. Moreover, different from the SAFE AEO Program, a CCP does not

have

to

have

common

specified

criteria

and

standards.

Therefore,

bilateral/plurilateral/regional mutual recognition of CCPs could be more challenging.

To be precise, in the WCO SAFE context, one can consider a CCP as a stepping stone to the SAFE

AEO program. In other words, unless an operator in the supply chain complies with all the

requirements of the SAFE Framework, it cannot be granted the SAFE AEO status.

1.1.4.

WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation

Another related initiative is the successfully concluded negotiations on the Agreement on

Trade Facilitation (TFA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2013. The TFA

entered into force in February 2017, following its ratification by two-thirds of the WTO

membership.