Improving Customs Transit Systems
In the Islamic Countries
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Figure 8: Latin America Transit Systems
Source: Authors’ own compilation
The TIM program is based on the EU NCTS and is the main Central America trade and transit
facilitation system. The TIM system is supporting the Customs, migration,
sanitary/phytosanitary aspects of Customs control and border security initiative in place in
Central America and Mexico sub-region.
In 2008, the Integration and Trade Sector (INT) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
initiate the project in Central America called International Goods in Transit (or TIM, its Spanish
acronym)62, based on the agreement of six Central America countries - Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Mexico.
2.2.2.3 Objectives of TIM
International Goods in Transit (TIM) is a computerized system that uses a Unique Declaration
defined for all countries and control bodies for the management of customs transits, imports,
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