Improving Customs Transit Systems

In the Islamic Countries

approach to the end-to-end management of goods moving across borders while recognizing the

significance of a closer partnership between Customs and business. WCO is advising the

members to establish and enhance Customs-to-Customs network arrangements to promote the

seamless movement of goods through secure international trade supply chains

WCO Model of Bilateral Agreement on Mutual Administrative Assistance

(WCO Model

Agreement) provides a framework for the exchange of information related to:



New trends and means or methods of committing customs offenses;



Goods are known to be the subject of customs offenses, as well as transport and storage

methods used in respect of those goods;



Persons are known to have committed a customs offense or suspected of being about to

commit a customs offense;



Any other data that can assist customs administrations with a risk assessment for

control and facilitation purposes; and, on request:



Whether goods imported into the territory of the requesting Contracting Party have

been lawfully exported from the territory of the requested Contracting Party; and



Whether goods exported from the territory of the requesting Contracting Party, have

been lawfully imported into the territory of the requested Contracting Party, and the

Customs procedure, if any, under which the goods have been placed.

World Customs Organization WCO Transit Handbook to Establish Effective CTR Schemes

for Landlocked Developing Countries LLDCs (2014)

deals with various aspects of the

operation of Customs CTR procedures and is accordingly intended to serve as a practical guide

to assist WCO Members in developing a more functional and effective CTR system.

World Customs Organization Transit Guidelines Route for efficient CTR regime

(2017) is

a logical consequence of the CTR Handbook released by the WCO in 2014. CTR Guidelines

provide a clear path to implementing the efficient CTR procedures that are of high economic

importance for LLDCs and CTR developing countries.

WCO has launched an instrument for measuring the time needed to finalize the import, export,

and transit formalities. It is highly recommended the

Time Release Study (TRS)

to be

performed at least once per year, and in case of feasible irregularities, the TRS can be performed

more often.

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