Improving Customs Transit Systems
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2.2.1.5 ACTS Transit Procedures
When the shipment is sent in the transit procedure, the goods are accompanied by the Transit
Accompanying Document’ (TAD) issued by the Customs Office of Export (Departure). The TAD
contains sufficient detail from the national customs declaration and ACTS Reference Number
(ARN) assigned by the ACTS. The ARN number has a similar structure to the NCTS Movement
Reference Number (MRN) and is unique for every initiated transit procedure.
In order to close the transit procedure, at the Customs office of destination, the control should
confirm that the goods as described in TAD have been safely received, and the guarantee is
released to the Principal. In case of discrepancies, or if the goods were not delivered at the
Customs office of destination, the Principal becomes responsible until inquiries resolve any
resulting issues.
ACTS Business Processes Chart presented i
Figure 5: ASEAN ACTS Business Processes
Source: Authors own compilation