Facilitating Trade:
Improving Customs Risk Management Systems
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5.1.8 Customs Risk Management Performances and Effectiveness
TCA has been actively improving the system for electronic Risk Analysis in order to target the
increasing number of declarations in all customs procedures and to deal with the requirements
of the Risk Analysis processes for safety and security. Based on the risk areas and compliance
history of the traders, customs controls shall be prioritized, and as a result, it reduces the overall
physical controls necessary at the border. It is important to mention that year over year the TCA
increases the number of green channel declarations related to AEO’s, thus increasing
cooperation and partnership with non-risky companies while decreasing the number of red
channel declarations. With all these efforts, customs risk management is performed more
effectively.
5.1.9 Bilateral/multilateral cooperation
The TCA has built good relationships with national and international agencies, organizations
and traders. An important aspect for the development of an effective CRM is that the TCA has
the authority to sign administrative agreements / Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with
trade associations, OGAs, other customs administrations, regional/international organizations,
port authorities, airlines companies and courier services.
The TCA have excellent collaboration with the Immigration Agency, the Border Guard Agency,
the Police, the Environment protection, the Phytosanitary, the Health agency, the Product safety
agency as one of the most important domestic governmental agencies/bodies.
When it comes to collaboration with other customs administrations, the TCA has established
regular sound collaboration with the Customs administrations of the neighboring countries by
sharing intelligence and cross borders data. The exchange of information with overseas customs
administrations is at the lower level, based on requests. The TCA has a mutual agreement for
information exchange with the Russian Federation. With Georgia, the TCA is exchanging data on
transit only. The TCA is exchanging data with Iran for five traders who performmassive exports
to Turkey.
The TCA has a highly successful cooperation with the Road Transport Union in terms of
information and intelligence sharing, as well as in mutual operations and activities, using the
TIR-EPD and TIRCUS for TIR contracting parties as applications enabling the TIR Carnet holder
to submit a free-of-charge electronic pre-declaration to customs offices of entry in the Turkish
Customs Territory. Additionally, for pre-arrival information related to transit declarations, the
TCA uses the NCTS systemwith EU-EFTA Countries and with Macedonia and Serbia as members
of Convention on a Common Transit Procedure and the Convention on the simplification of the
formalities in trade in goods.
The Intelligence Department of the TCA exchanges intelligence, information and seizures report
through the WCO CEN (Customs Enforcement Network), UNODC intelligence database and
SELEC intelligence database.