Improving Customs Transit Systems
In the Islamic Countries
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the survey, Kyrgyzstan maximum time for transit was 72 hours, minimum value 1 (one) hour
with an average of 14 hours and 30 minutes.
Analysis of transit procedures shows that the whole process takes an average of 1 hour and 1
minute at the BCP. Transit cargo at BCP passes through border, transport and customs control.
presents a breakdown on the one hour and one-minute transit clearance time in the
percentage of the time spent on each control procedure. This analysis was conducted with the
support of the Trade Facilitation Program in Central Asia, carried out by Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Government.
Figure 35: Breakdown of the transit clearance time in percentage
Source: Kyrgyz Customs Service
The study showed that during transit procedures, transport control takes seven (7) minutes,
while customs control takes 32 minutes. During transit, customs control includes registration
and visual inspection of the means of transport and consignment, which takes 14 minutes, the
act of inspection 7 minutes, filing documents and departure from the BCP - 33 minutes.
Kyrgyzstan average time required for consignment handling is 1 hour 1 minute, for perishable
goods - 41 minutes, for multi consignment - 1 hour and 43 minutes, for homogeneous cargo - 53
minutes, for consolidated cargo - 39 minutes and for industrial goods - 1 hour 9 minutes90.
90 Source: GIZ TRS (in process of acceptance by KCS)