Facilitating Trade:
Improving Customs Risk Management Systems
In the OIC Member States
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 Risk management capabilities of the CRM systems are not very advanced; CRM has been
designated to play a crucial role in the specifications and methods suggested by the
WCO. Most of the CAs CDPS support selectivity only, the remaining segments of the CRM
cycle are paper-based or not managed at all;
 Intelligence is playing a major role and can provide valuable input in the CRM. To
support the CRM, the intelligence department needs a structured, secured IT system
that should support advanced analytic techniques and closely cooperate with CRM;
 Systems are not integratedwhich means that they neither address the customs business
holistically nor have the capability/capacity to work in conjunction with other
government or 3rd party information systems. This is of particular importance for the
CDPS's ability to exchange information with other customs systems on a peer-peer basis
or exchange of customs data concept (SEED, ASEAN SW, etc.);
 Older systems are often built on outdated/obsolete hardware and software architecture
which is inflexible and does not allow the authority either to manage/implement new
requirements as they arise or to implement new technologies and innovations.