Improving Customs Transit Systems
In the Islamic Countries
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relevant Customs offices to take the necessary action when the transit
goods arrive
Anticipated Transit record on crossing frontier is sent to all relevant
Customs offices of transit
3 60.0%
Source: Authors’ own compilation
Table 12: Exchange of transit data compliance
14. Exchange of transit data compliant with international standards
N Percent
A common dataset for transit is developed using relevant international
standards such as the WCO Data Model for exchange between and among
relevant government agencies and other stakeholders
1 33.3%
The paper format of the Goods declaration is conformed to the UN-layout
key - UNCEFACT Standards
3 100.0%
The format of the electronically lodged Goods declaration is based on
international standards for electronic information exchange as
prescribed in the WCO (Customs Cooperation Council) Recommendations
on the information technology
2 66.7%
Source: Authors’ own compilation
The ICT infrastructure used by OIC MS in most of the cases is based on a national and
international level, as opposed to regional, and has enough capability to collect, process, secure
and store data and share it with all relevant stakeholders .
Table 13: ICT Infrastructure
15. ICT Infrastructure
N Percent
National level 3 60.0%
Regional level 0 0.0%
International level 2 40.0%
The ICT infrastructure and information systems have enough capacity to
collect, process, secure and store data and share it with all relevant
stakeholders
5 100.0%
The ICT infrastructure and information systems have enough capability
for real-time data exchange and real-time access to information
3 60.0%
Appropriate Business Continuity Planning (Fall-back procedure) is in
place to ensure the resilience of ICT infrastructure and information
systems and to prevent interruption of the ongoing transit operation,
including power outages, weak Internet connections, natural disasters,
storage failures, and network failures
3 60.0%
Customs administration set up a dedicated unit such as a help desk to
keep the information system running and to provide support for all
stakeholders involved in the transit operation
3 60.0%
The ICT infrastructure and information systems have enough flexibility to
accommodate a variety of connectivity formats in order to make it easier
to interface with the existing systems used by stakeholders
2 40.0%
Source: Authors’ own compilation