Facilitating Trade:
Improving Customs Risk Management Systems
In the OIC Member States
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Table 33: SCS Customs Declaration grouped by nature of transaction
2015 2016
Nature Number Percent Number Percent
Export 30,187 12.88% 30,846 13.40%
Import 141,896 60.54% 132,265 57.45%
Re-export 15,323 6.54% 14,697 6.38%
Transit 46,974 20.04% 52,428 22.77%
Total 234,380 100% 230,236 100%
Source: Senegal Customs Service
The Anti-Narcotics Unit is placed at the Dakar Port and managed by the SCC. It was created with
the assistance of UNODC73 and brings together the customs, the police, and the gendarmerie.
The Anti-Narcotics Unit is using TAME to identify specific risk shipments (related to drugs). It is
expected to extend the RM coverage with CD which is not yet the case.
5.2.2 Organization of CRM in Senegalese Customs
The CRMDepartment of CSS is part of the Directorate of Intelligence and Customs Investigations
and is reporting directly to Director General. The organizational structure of the CRM
Department is centralized and operates primarily at the central level at which there is two
dedicated structures, the CRM and the Intelligence Department located within the Directorate
of Intelligence and Customs Investigations. The Intelligence Department provides the risk
indicators to the CRM Department and supports the overall customs operations.
At the operational level, the CRM and Intelligence are primarily operating in the Port of Dakar
where 90% of the goods are cleared. Also, customs officers at the BCPs with Mali, Gambia, and
Guinea-Bissau are trained in risk management and intelligence.
The CRM Department is responsible for the collection of the risk indicators, management of risk
profiles and entry of the risk profiles in the CDPS. The CRM analyzes the risk and the
results/feedback from the controls. Only the CRM Department has the authorization for
rechanneling customs declarations based on customs officers’ requests. Six staff members are
assigned to the risk management function at the centralized level (Figure 41).
The Directorate of Intelligence and Customs Investigations of the CSS have a dedicated IT
department that supports the CRM and the intelligence data analysis, as well as the development
and maintenance of the CRM system.
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