Facilitating Trade:
Improving Customs Risk Management Systems
In the OIC Member States
80
Figure 25: OIC MS AEO implementation status and simplification measures
Source: Author’s compilation
Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have adopted the legal framework of the Eurasian Economic
Union (EEU) trusted trader programme.
According to the WCO Compendium of Authorized Economic Operator Programme, 606 is the
total number of the AEO operators in OIC MS, or in average, near 25 operators per MS. Turkey is
a leader in the OIC MS with 225 AEO operators, and Morocco with 180 AEO operators (category
A). presents the OIC MS AEO and simplification measures status.
Table 16: OIC MS AEO status and simplification measures
OIC MS Year of adoption of AEO Concept No. of operators
Albania Adopted legislation
Algeria 2012
Azerbaijan 2013 1
Bahrain Under Development
Bangladesh Under Development Exporter at the pilot stage
Brunei Darussalam
Sutera Lane Merchant Scheme
2017
Cameroon
Performance Operators’ Contracts
2011
27 Importers
Ivory Coast 2017
Experimental phase 2nd quarter 2017
with 10 pilot companies
Egypt 2005 115
Indonesia 2013 9
Iran 2014 11
Jordan Golden List 2005 60
Kazakhstan 2013 5 legal entities
3
3
24
27
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Legal framework for authorised traders
programme adopted
Under Development
Implemeted AEO programme
No AEO