Authorized Economic Operator Programs
In the Islamic Countries:
Enhancing Customs-Traders Partnership
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Table 3.14. Comparison of the Benefits of AEO programs: Best practices and OIC countries
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Best Practice Countries
Canada  
EU   
Japan      
OIC Countries
Azerbaijan   
Egypt   
Indonesia      
Jordan      
Malaysia   
Morocco    
Oman    
Saudi Arabia     
Tunisia       
Turkey     
Uganda       
Source: Authors’ compilation using WCO (2018) data.
The authorization process time is around 1-3 months in the AEO Programs of best practice
countries (Table 3.15). In the OIC region there are 3 countries requiring more time to process
the application and authorizing the company as an AEO: Morocco, Tunisia and Uganda. It takes
4 months and 8 months for Tunisia and Morocco to process the application until authorization.
However, the outlier is Uganda which takes for at least 30 months to process the application.