Facilitating Trade:
Improving Customs Risk Management Systems
In the OIC Member States
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7.2.2.8 Impact and Challenges
Please rank the benefits for your administration and traders in your country when considering priorities for risk
management at your administration
Responses Percent of Cases
N Percent
For Customs: Processing Time Reduction 12 20.3% 100.0%
For Customs: Increase Quality of Control 11 18.6% 91.7%
For Trade: Gain of Time 12 20.3% 100.0%
For Trade: Complexity Reduction 12 20.3% 100.0%
For Trade: Transaction Costs Reduction 12 20.3% 100.0%
Total 59 100.0% 491.7%
Do you monitor these benefits regularly?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
No 2 16.7 16.7 16.7
Yes 10 83.3 83.3 100.0
Total 12 100.0 100.0
Please rank the main obstacles, barriers, and bottlenecks that may hinder the further developments of risk management
at your administration (5 - Very High, 1 - None)
N Mean
Lack of strategic approach to Risk Management 12 1.75
Lack of tactical approach to Risk Management 12 1.83
Lack of operational approach to Risk Management 12 2.50
Lack of regulatory/legal support to Risk Management 12 2.25
Lack of organizational support to Risk Management 12 2.08
Lack of training in Risk Management 12 3.17
Lack of clear responsibilities in Risk Management 12 2.33
Lack of performance measurements in Risk Management 12 2.50
Lack of RM reporting and analysis at your Customs Administration 12 2.58
Lack of Information Technology Infrastructure to support RM at your Customs
Administration
12 2.58
Lack of consistency in risk practices between various customs offices and border
crossing points
12 2.75
Lack of coordination in RM between various units/departments in your Customs
Administration
12 2.00
Has the CRM reduced the physically the volume of physically inspect consignments?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
No 2 16.7 16.7 16.7
Yes 10 83.3 83.3 100.0
Total 12 100.0 100.0
Do your administration have specific post-clearance control unit to monitor and report on both customs partners (e.g.,
trusted traders as green and blue channel selection) and customs administration itself?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
No 1 8.3 9.1 9.1
Yes 10 83.3 90.9 100.0
Total Valid 11 91.7 100.0
Missing 1 8.3
Total 12 100.0