Facilitating Trade:
Improving Customs Risk Management Systems
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Inspection equipment. It is of the highest importance that the usage of non-Intrusive Inspection
equipment is fully integrated with the risk management strategy.
Policy Option 2: IT Support for the electronic submission of pre-arrival/pre-departure
information for risk assessment; CAs should develop integrated automated systems based on
an international best practice that use risk management to identify cargo and container
shipments that pose a potential risk to security and safety based on advance information and
strategic intelligence.
When implementing the SAFE Framework requirements, the CAs should take note of the Revised
Kyoto Convention ICT Guidelines 84. The Revised Kyoto Convention ICT Guidelines recommend
the Customs to offer more than one solution for the electronic exchange of information. While
EDI using the international standard UN/EDIFACT is still one of the preferred interchange
options, Customs should also look at other options such as XML. Depending on the risks
involved, even the use of e-mail could provide a suitable solution85.
Policy Option 3: Customs Law Enforcement IT System
The LE IT System provides crucial support in that it paves the road to better decisions by
transforming rawdata into organized information. It ensures that rawdata fromvarious sources
becomes organized information that law enforcement operations can make use of, and thus
assists the making of improved business decisions and the effectiveness of law enforcement
interventions.
The Customs LawEnforcement IT Systemmust be simple and efficient, linked to all enforcement
data layers to assist the successful management of information, intelligence, and cases. The
Successful LE IT System is characterized by simplicity, flexibility, and suitability:
 Simplicity in design is a desirable quality. Considering the tasks of management of
information, joint operations, and the communication layer, the LE IT System will
provide for proper allocation of resources, both human and technical;
 Flexibility helps establish the conditions for tactical level to make correct decisions and
adjust operations accordingly with assistance of the BI and data mining system;
 Suitability - An effective LE IT system must be economically efficient. It’s very difficult
to measure the performance of the LE without a good feedback management system.
The BI is an important element for reporting and analysis by using the KPIs at all levels
– strategic, tactical and operational.
is presenting the Kosovo Customs LE IT System:
84 Standards 7.1, 6.9, 3.21 and 3.18 of the General Annex to the Revised Kyoto Convention require Customs to apply
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Customs operations, including the use of e-commerce technologies.
For this purpose, the WCO has prepared detailed Guidelines for the application of automation for Customs. These Kyoto ICT
Guidelines should be referred to for the development of new, or enhancement of existing, Customs ICT systems.
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