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Improving Customs Transit Systems

In the Islamic Countries

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factor is the incentives of Customs and Border Police Officers to promote delays as a means of

extracting bribes. There is usually no time standard for average or maximum border check and

no positive incentive to complete checks in the shortest possible time.

Effective control of goods, passengers, and means of transports could be complex and difficult.

A specific risk management approach at BCP enables CA to improve performance and to

facilitate border crossing, including through simplification measures such as fast lanes.

Integrated Border Management (IBM) and Common IT systems are essential aspects of

underpinning risk management at Border Crossing Points.

A common mistake in designing BCPs is to overload it with Border Agencies, as well as the

procedures. The first strategic rule is to allow only two “core” Border Agencies at the BCPs:

Customs and Border Police, whereas any other should be placed selectively.

The next step in Trade Facilitation is to limit the border checks to the absolute minimum. This

will exclude weighing and scanning and reduce physical checks to exceptional cases. The

controls – physical and documentary – it can be done at the office of departure (or exporters’

premises) and results submitted electronically to all BCPs and all Customs offices which the

truck will cross.

Such a setup would reduce BCP construction costs, the staff payroll costs and also reduce

corruption – all desirable results from economical and public policy viewpoints.

2.2

Good Practices from 3 Regional Transit Systems

2.2.1

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Computerized Transit

System (ACTS)

2.2.1.1

Objectives of ACTS

The main objective of the ACTS

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is to support ASEAN MS global aim – trade facilitation and

strengthening the ASEAN MS Customs Administration operational capacity in terms of customs

transit through the implementation of the IT systems. The ACTS project is in compliance with

the objectives set out in the 4

th

meeting of the ASEAN Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation

Working Group (CPTFWG)

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, and will further align modern ASEAN Regional Transit System in

line with the member states’ Customs’ operational procedures.

ASEAN MS are geographically located on strategic transport corridors and actively participate

in the integration of the transport network in Southeast Asia. With this in mind, ASEAN

established the

ASEAN Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Goods in Transit

(AFAFGT

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The three OIC MS participating in the ACTS Project are Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam

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