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Improving Customs Transit Systems

In the Islamic Countries

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Active RFID

seals register the time when they are broken; can submit an alert signal thus

triggering action; and, connected to a GPS, can also record and submit the location where they

were broken. More sophisticated solutions are using satellite communications to report

tampering or allow consignment interior access only in pre-determined zones (for example, at

a Border Crossing Point). If electronic seals are not employed in layered security infrastructure,

then they will add little more value if compared to physical consignment seals.

Currently, around the world, there are numerous RFID developments carried out on the

container terminal, as well as a checkpoint for the consignment

en route

(in transit).

Box 7: Use of RFID in Malaysia

Malaysia is using RFID seals affixed to transit containers at departure. All transit information

can be automatically retrieved from the seals each time when the transit trucks or containers

pass through Customs checkpoints (land or seaports). It was reported that the RFID system

saved 47 minutes/container on average with the auto-clearance

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Box 8: Jordanian Customs GPS tracking

Jordanian Customs at the departure Customs checkpoint use a GPS tracking unit connected

wirelessly with two e-seals which are affixed one on the truck and the other on the container.

This system can monitor the movement of the transit truck in the fixed assigned route during its

journey on a real-time basis through GPS satellite signals. If the transit truck deviates from the

pre-assigned route, or if there is an illegal opening of the container in the absence of Customs

authorization, or an anomaly is detected, an alarm will be ringing in the main control roo

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Box 9: Azerbaijan Customs GPS enabled e-seals

Azerbaijan Customs Targeting Center is using the IT technology, including GPS-enabled e-seals

for tracking and risk-based targeting of consignments and observing the live operations of

border management

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. Azerbaijan uses the GPS monitoring Seal called “Beni Lock.” The seals are

equipped with sim card and battery. The battery will last for 3 days, which is enough for transit

within Azerbaijan.

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