FACILITATING INTRA-OIC TRADE:
Improving the Efficiency of the Customs Procedures in the OIC Member States
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Figure 6: Share of Duties and Taxes Collected by the Customs in total tax revenues in
Some Member States in 2011
Source: World Bank, WCO
In line with this important mandate, the Customs Administrations in the Member States
are mostly operating under the Ministry of Finance or National Revenue Authority
except in few countries such as Turkey (Ministry of Customs and Trade), Bahrain
(Under the Ministry of Interior) etc.
According to Trading Across Borders Index, firms need to pay for document
preparation, customs clearance and technical control, ports and terminal handling and
inland transport and handling. The share of each item in total expenditures varies among
the countries. For example inland transport and handling has the biggest share in
landlocked countries.
With regards to customs clearance and technical control, firms in many OIC Member
States need to pay a considerable amount of money to customs administrations or
customs agents etc. Besides the customs duties, VAT and excise tax, user fees, statistics
fees, inspection fees and other duties are collected during the customs clearance process
depending on the policy of the country. Table 11 below shows the Customs Clearance
and Technical Control Cost in the OIC Member States estimated by the Doing Business
Report 2014.