Improving Customs Transit Systems
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5.1.1.1.3 International Legal Conventions
Membership in the International Conventions related to transit to establish government support
for the bilateral and multilateral agreements necessary to set up an international an effective
bilateral and regional CRM.
5.1.2 ICT and efficient Transit Information Management
The following challenges and policy options were identified for ICT and efficient Transit
Information Management:
Table 62: ICT and efficient Transit Information Management challenges and policy options
Attributes Challenges Policy Options
Exchange of
information and
data protection
 Lack of interoperability and
interconnectivity on the national
and international level
 Lack of exchange of transit data
information between CAs
 Use of traditional seals and customs
escort for monitoring the transit
operations
 Establishment of a common concept -
interoperability standards for the
electronic and automatic exchange of
information
 Information exchange between all
agencies involved en route, including
Customs, transport control, OGA's,
police, and railways
 Use of Single window as a mechanism
/ gateway for exchange of
information between CAs and OGAs
 Use electronic seals and means of
transport transit tracking systems
Type of
information
exchanged
 Pre-arrival information disseminate
to all customs offices involved in
transit
 Customs transit declaration formed
at the office of entry and closure of
the transit procedure at the office of
exit
 Manual, paper-based management
of customs data and information
 Pre-arrival information automatically
disseminated to all customs offices -
from the customs office of departure,
customs offices of transit (en route)
and customs office of the destination
 Exchange of guarantee data and
information
 Use and exchange of unique
identification number among CAs for
transit declaration
Compliance with
international
standards
 Data and messaging standards
consistent with international
standards
 Use of WCO Data Model for
standardization of data requirements
for the exchange of transit data and
information between CAs
ICT infrastructure
 Technologically obsolete customs
declaration processing systems to
support the exchange of
information and data on a national
and international level
 Transit procedure (transit
declaration and guarantees) are
managed manually
 Modernization of customs declaration
processing systems to support CTR
and guarantee management system
 Use of Single Window gateway for
exchange the information and data on
a national and international level
 Business Continuity concept to
ensure interrupted access to ongoing
transit operations
Source: Authors’ compilation