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Improving the Efficiency of the Customs Procedures in the OIC Member States
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regards to customs modernization, some of the achievements of the ASEAN are as
follows:
 ASEAN Customs Vision 2015,
 Client Service Charters,
 ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature 2007/1,
 ASEAN Customs Valuation Guide, ASEAN Cargo Processing Model,
 Customs Post Clearance Audit Manual,
 ASEAN Customs Transit System
 ASEAN Single Window
The ASEAN Single Window currently supports the exchange of the intra-ASEAN
certificate of origin (ATIGA Form D) and ASEAN Customs Declaration Document
(ACDD) on a pilot basis among seven Member States and will be expanded to exchange
other types of data.6
Three Member States, namely Cameroon, Chad and Gabon are members of the
CEMAC (Central African Economic and Monetary Community). Other members of the
CEMAC are Congo and Central African Republic. The WTO Review Report on
CEMAC (2013) states that, monetary side of the union is operational. However, with
regards to economic union there are still obstacles including transit trade. According to
report, various decisions have been taken to improve transit trade within the region
(TIPAC System, new Transit Procedure, establishment of a Transit Committee to
oversee the application of the new Procedure). However these decisions have not been
implemented yet.
CAREC (Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation) is a partnership program for
the development of Central Asia. It involves 8 OIC Member States namely Afghanistan,
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan and two non-OIC countries namely China and Mongolia. CAREC Unit
within the ADB (Asian Development Bank) assumes the role of secretariat of the
program. One of the four main cooperation areas of the CAREC Program is trade
facilitation. According to the Programs website, 9 projects have been completed since
2000 and 8 projects are ongoing in the area of trade facilitation. Most of these projects
are in the area of customs modernization. The CAREC Program is supported by 6
international financial institutions including regional development banks e.g. Islamic
Development Bank(IDB) and ADB. The Customs Cooperation Committee is meeting
regularly at least once a year exchange to review the developments and exchange views
and experiences on customs related issues.
6 Source reached on December 19th, 2013.