Improving the Border Agency Cooperation
Among the OIC Member States for Facilitating Trade
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located at ICS in the country of entry. The detailed procedures are illustrated in the Figure
below.
Figure 12. Customs procedure: Step 1 (left) and Steps 2 and 3 (right)
Source: ADB
Figure 13. Customs procedure with Single Window
Source: ADB
Vehicles and passengers leaving Savannakhet province and entering Vietnam's Quang Tri
province are inspected by Lao and Vietnam customs and immigration officials in Quang Tri,
while those entering Laos from Vietnam are checked in Savannakhet. 69
69 Lao CustomsExpert interview, 2016
Step I: Joint Customs Inspection in Common Control Area (CCA) at Country of Entry
C-L C-V
CCA
Physical Inspection
Lao PDR Viet Nam
C Q I I Q C
Export/Transit Cargo
Export/Transit Cargo
Submission of
documents
Submission of
documents
As required
As required
“No-Man’s Zone”
C-L C-V
CCA
Physical Inspection
Legend:
C-Customs;Q-Quarantine; I-Immigration; L-LaoPDR;V-VietNam
Step 2 & 3: Joint Customs and Quarantine Inspection in Common Control Area (CCA) and
Clearance/Processing of Customs and Quarantine Documents at Country of Entry
Lao PDR Viet Nam
C-L I
C-V
I C-V
Export/Transit Cargo
Export/Transit Cargo
Submission of
documents
Submission
of documents
As required
As required
“No-Man’s Zone”
C-L,C-V Q-L,Q-V
CCA
Physical Inspection
C-L
Q-L
Q-V
Q-V
Q-L
C-L,C-V Q-L,Q-V
CCA
Physical Inspection
Legend:
C-Customs; Q-Quarantine; I-Immigration; L-LaoPDR;V-Viet Nam
Live animals willbe inspected jointlyat the
Countryof Exit