International Seminar on Trade Facilitation in North East Asia 13 December 2016 Incheon, Republic of Korea WCO Strategic Initiatives for Trade Facilitation Ms. Alpha WONG World Customs Organization (WCO) Asia Pacific Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB A/P) 1
WCO Strategic Plan 1
Range of WCO Activities WCO activities cover a wide range of Customs matters, including economic competitiveness, compliance and enforcement, revenue collection and organizational development. WTO TFA RKC ECP WCO Activities 2
WCO s Initiatives for Trade Facilitation Support members to access to and implement RKC Create the WCO Trade Facilitation Working Group Launch the WCO Mercator Program Promote/Develop WCO tools and instruments Promote Coordinated Border Management (CBM) and Digital Customs 3
WCO TFA Working Group Is the platform for sharing experiences regarding the implementation of the TFA among the 180 members, coordinate with the donor community, engage with other international organizations and bodies as well as with the private sector Established in 2014 Held the 6 th Meeting in 10-11 Oct 2016 4
Mercator Programme Overall Track Awareness raising 6 regional awareness raising workshops completed; 2 nd round underway; Continuous engagement with the WTO and standard setting organizations; Continuous awareness raising at both high and technical level. Harmonized implementation Implementation Guidance for the TFA; WTO TFA and WCO Mercator Approach to Implementation; TFA E-learning course; NCTF Guidance. Experts Mercator Programme Advisors (MPAs): 7 accreditation workshops and 1 refresher workshop: more than 30 fully accredited MPAs functional; Accreditation workshops for Transit and Time Release Study. 5
WCO Tools for Trade Facilitation Examples of WCO tools Revised Kyoto Convention SAFE Framework of Standards Time Release Study Guide Single Window Compendium Data Model Globally Networked Customs Risk Management Compendium CLiKC Post Clearance Audit Guidelines Project Map Database Capacity Building Development Compendium IT Guides for Executives Transit Handbook CBM Compendium NCTF Guidance Customs Business Partnership Guidance Transparency and Predictability Guidance Study Report on Customs Broker 6
WCO TFA Implementation Guidance http://www.wcoom d.org/en/topics/wco -implementing-thewto-atf/atf.aspx Updated in November 2016 Members practices Available in: English, French and Spanish 7
Mercator Programme Tailor-made Track Approx. 210 technical assistance/capacity building missions to more than 70 countries in the past 2 years. The needs are often related to category B and C commitments Authorized Economic Operators (Article 7.7): 69 missions Time Release Study (Article 7.6): 29 missions Post-Clearance Audit (Article 7.5): 11 missions Coordinated Border Management (Article 8): 10 missions Single Window, including Data Model (Article 10.4): 12 missions NCTF and stakeholder engagement (Article 23.2): 10 missions Other: Risk Management (Article 7.4), Pre-arrival Processing (Article 7.1), Enquiry Points (Article 1.3) and Advance Rulings (Article 3) 8
CBM and Digital Customs 2015 WCO theme A coordinated approach by border control agencies Provide greater efficiencies over managing trade and travel flows Customs, Inter-agencies, Customs-Business cooperations 2016 WCO theme Use of ICT in securing cross-border trade Drive connectivity among Customs, other border agencies and private sector E.g. Single Window, electronic exchange of information, website for communication Establish WCO Working Group on E-commerce 9
ROCB A/P Activities Sub-Regional/Regional Activities Date Location WCO Sub-Regional WS on AEO Nov 2015 India WCO Regional WS on CBM Dec 2015 Japan WCO Regional WS on Accreditation of TRS experts Mar 2016 India WCO Regional WS on Strategic Leadership in IT Mar 2016 Malaysia WCO Sub-Regional WS on Transit Corridor for South Asia Apr 2016 India WCO Regional WS on Revenue Package and Advance Ruling Apr 2016 Malaysia WCO Regional WS on HS2017 Apr 2016 Japan WCO Regional WS on Accreditation of PCA Experts May 2016 Korea WCO Regional WS on TFA Jun 2016 Japan WCO Regional WS on Risk Management, Selectivity and Advance Cargo information Jun 2016 Japan WCO Regional WS on NII Sep 2016 Australia WCO Regional WS on PCA Sep 2016 Japan WCO Regional WS on Chemical Analysis Nov 2016 Japan WCO Regional WS on Intelligence-led Risk Management Nov 2016 India 10
ROCB A/P Activities for GTI Members Activities Date Location WCO NW on Coordinated Border Management May 2016 Mongolia WCO Sub-Regional WS on Transit Corridor for the Greater Mekong Sub-region April 2016 China WCO NW on Customs Laboratory Aug 2016 Mongolia 11
Future Activities Activities Date Location WCO RW on Digital Customs and e-commerce Dec 2016 India WCO RW on Accreditation of Risk Management Experts WCO Sub-Regional WS on Rules of Origin for ASEAN Member administrations Jan 2017 Mar 2017 Malaysia Malaysia WCO Regional WS on ICT Master Class Apr 2017 Korea WCO-UPU Regional WS on Security Screening of Postal Items May 2017 Australia WCO NW on TFA TBC TBC 12
Thank you for your attention!! For more information: http:www.rocb-ap.org Email: alphasywong@rocbap.org 14