2013 AFACT Meeting
CSC Report at StC Meeting
Hoi An, Vietnam
Dr. Eva Yi-Yuan Yueh, Chair
9 May 2013
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Works Conducted by CSC, 2012-13
Survey for building up AFACT Repository
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Actions Building up Repository
based on Conclusions of Kish Meeting
 Collect typical questions which are frequently asked by
practitioners when planning single window or trade
facilitation
 Design a form indicating suggested major items whose
information will be collected and translated by HoDs.
Some definitions and explanations need to be
supplemented for clarification
 NSW service framework, & system architecture, if
developed
 Customs declaration processes and documents involved
(the title of documents only)
 Title of regulation amended to cope with the operation
of NSW
 List of MIGs developed for B2B, B2G and G2G data
exchange based on the harmonized national dataset
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Survey Status
 Survey for collecting information for the AFACT repository
of single window and trade facilitation
 Disseminated an open-ended questionnaire to all
AFACT HoDs on 25 September, 2012
 Collected replies after 31 October, 2012. There were
Japan, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Iran, and
Singapore responded
 The repository will be continually built up by collecting
responses from other AFACT members. Therefore,
AFACT Secretariat needs to keep reminding
members to reply and update
 For those members not yet planned or implemented
SW, could provide information regarding practices of
electronic customs declaration
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Survey questions for building up AFACT repository
 5 most frequently asked questions(FAQs) when planning
single window or trade facilitation, which involve problems
encountered and imply the motivations
 A list of major legislation or amendment of existing regulations
for SW implementation
 The characteristics of the national dataset after harmonizing with
other int’l standards, e.g. WCO DM v3.0, UN/CEFACT CC10b, etc.
The major and minor source of international standards to harmonize with
your existing dataset of message
How much is the percentage your national dataset fully compliant with
the major source of international standard
The most difficult part experienced in the process of data harmonization
 A list of locally published or under development of MIGs for SW
message exchange, service framework & system architecture
of SW, customs declaration processes and message involved,
regulation of advanced cargo information report
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AFACT Repository
1. Most frequently asked questions(FAQ)
2. A list of major legislation or amendment
3. The characteristics of the national dataset
4. A list of published or under development of MIGs
5. Service framework and system architecture of SW
6. Customs declaration processes & message involved
7. Regulation of advanced cargo information report
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1. FAQs
Totally 15 questions collected from J, K, and CT:
 Japan: How much the cost will each gov’t agency
need to cover to implement/operate the SW system?
 Korea: Each agency has implemented and operated
individual systems in an efficient manner. What is
the rationale behind the need for additionally
implementing the Single Window system to replace
the existing declaration form processing systems?
 Chinese Taipei: If the cost of operating Single
Window services and maintaining its infrastructure
cannot be balanced by charge from the users, how
much annual budget needs to be allocated by the
gov’t dept concerned in order to keep the SW
running smoothly?
An example from each member.
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2. New Regulations or Amendments
 Japan: Customs authority amended the article 1 of "Act
on Special Provisions for Customs Procedure by Means
of Electronic Data Processing System“
 Korea: Legal grounds for sharing information with other
countries in reciprocal conditions were specified in
accordance with Paragraph 3 (information exchange) of
Article 255 of the Customs Act.
 Chinese Taipei: Chinese Taipei’s Customs authority
amended the Article No. 10 of the Customs Act to
provide legitimate base for SW operation.
 Iran: Article 9 of the new customs law states that the
customs has to provide all the required facilities to ICT
to perform its duties.
 Singapore: Section 47(1) of the Electronic Transactions
Act (ETA) provides that any government agency accepts
the filing of documents in the form of electronic records.
An example from each member.
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3. Characteristics of the national
dataset(1/3)
Major Source of Int’l Stds to harmonize
Japan: Some are based on UN/EDIFACT
Korea: Despite the fact that the Korea Customs
Administration has employed WCO DM as the
standard for implementing Single Window,
UN/CEFACT and some domestic standards are also
being applied to items that do not exist in the DM
Chinese Taipei: WCO Data Model V3.0 was the
major source, whereas UN/CEFACT CC10a was the
second one to map with
Iran: WCO date model V3.2 has been selected for
harmonizing trade data elements.
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3. Characteristics of the national
dataset(2/3)
Percentage of National Dataset fully compliant
 Japan: Not available
 Korea: Comparing the WCO DM with 819 items of key
forms used by the KCA found that 68.5% of the items
identical with WCO DM, 6.5% were similar (some definitions,
codes, etc. were similar), and 25% were unique (items only
existing in our e-documents)
 Chinese Taipei: Totally 478 Data Elements for 51
messages, among which 314 mapped to WCO DE (66%)
with remarks on some data elements for the local needs,
164 added by TW as required (34%)
 Iran: So far 100% of data elements of the trade documents
i.e. Custom declaration, Commercial Invoice, Certificate of
Origin, Cargo insurance policy have been harmonized with
WCO data model.
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3. Characteristics of the national
dataset(3/3)
 Difficulties Encountered in Harmonization
 Japan: Though using international standards, the actual
details often vary depending on each country. To set the
details took some effort
 Korea: There are a host of difficulties resulting from
differences between the work processes suggested by the
WCO DM and KCS, resulting differences in the structures of edocuments, some methods that are only available in Korea for
processing data, codes, etc
 Chinese Taipei: The business process kept changing during
the period because of BPR to meet the requirement of
advanced shipment report and other changes to customs
declaration regulations
 Iran: Stakeholders’ coordination was the most difficult part.
The coordination was done by establishment of Iran National
Committee for electronic facilitation of trade (NCEFT).
An example from each member.
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4. Published or under development of MIGs
 Japan: All EDI based, e.g., CUSRES(Customs response
message), CUSREP(Customs conveyance report message),
CUSCAR(Customs cargo report message), etc.
 Korea: Totally 678 e-Documents used for customs declaration
developed by various governmental agencies. Some are EDIbased, some XML-based, some two formats compatible
 Chinese Taipei
 36 customs XML-based MIGs, all WCO DM 3.0
compatible and EDI-based MIGs mapped
 15 license/permission application MIGs, all WCO DM
3.0 compatible and EDI-based MIGs mapped
 Iran
 2 Msgs for input and 4 Msgs for output, among which
ENS/XNS for customs declaration are WCO std compatible
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5. Service framework and system
architecture (1/7)
Japan
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5. Service framework and system
architecture (2/7)
Korea UNI-PASS
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5. Service framework and system
architecture (3/7)
Korea KLNet
5. Service framework and system
architecture (4/7)
Chinese Taipei SW Framework
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5. Service framework and system
architecture (5/7)
Chinese Taipei
Service of SW
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5. Service framework and system
architecture (6/7)
Architecture of Iran SW system
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5. Service framework and system
architecture (7/7)
Architecture of SGP TradeXchange
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6. Declaration Processes(1/5)
Japan: Naccs_Air
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6. Declaration Processes(2/5)
Japan: Naccs_Sea
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6. Declaration Processes(3/5)
Korea:
Export/import
process and files
Exporter/proxy
Agency in charge of
checking
requirements
Single Window
5CD/SCD, ACD
Customs
Transmission of declaration
form to Customs
Cargo declaration form
Receipt of cargo declaration form
5VK, 5VL, etc.
Receipt of information on error
check results, pre-loading check
results, etc.
Error check, pre-shipping check
and selection
5VK, etc.
Acceptance of cargo declaration
form
Receipt of handling results
5CG/ACA,SCA,
etc.
Transmission of correction request
Receipt of correction
request/approval of correction
request
5EF, etc.
Receipt of handling result
54 forms,
including
BR1
Requirements check request form
Export declaration form
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Transmission of
requirements check
request form to related
agency/Transmission of
declaration form to customs
Receipt of request form
Transmission of
approval details
Receipt of approval number
and approval details
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Error check and C/S
Receipt of results of error check
and C/S
Selection, inspection, and
registration of inspection targets
Acceptance of declaration form
Issuance of export declaration
certificate
Receipt of export declaration certificate
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A
S
Receipt of correction
request
form/registration of its
details
Transmission of correction request
Check and registration of cargo
to be shipped by air or by sea
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6. Declaration Processes(4/5)
Chinese Taipei: part of clearance for export
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6. Declaration Processes(5/5)
Chinese Taipei: Import Cargo Clearance Process
Summit
Shipment
Pick-up
C3
Exam
Release
Duty Collection
C3
Classification
C2
& Valuation
Accept
Declaration
C1
Exam
Payment
Declaration
Necessary customs declaration documents:
C1: No document needed
C2: Import declaration report with attachment of Bill of Lading, Invoice, packing list. P/L and other necessary
license and/or permission documents may be submitted afterward, prior to shipment release
C3: Amended import declaration report and other documents as in C2
Custom
s
Declaration
C1 Exemption from Documentation and Examination
C2 Document Review
C3 Document Review and Physical Examination prior to Valuation
C4 Doc Review and Physical Valuation prior to Exam(Shipment release in wh)
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7. Advance Cargo Info Report(1/5)
Japan:
The Advance Filing Rules will be implemented
in March 2014
Which require a vessel operator or a NVOCC to
electronically submit to the Customs info on
maritime container cargoes to be loaded on a
vessel intended to entry into a port in Japan,
in principle no later than 24 hours before
departure of the vessel from a port of loading
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7. Advance Cargo Info Report(2/5)
Korea
 Shipping Invoice Submission Scheme was implemented by
the Customs Administration in 2012
 Sea-freight import
(Default)24H before loading cargo at its shipping port
(Close-range regions)Prior to departure of the vessel
(Bulk cargo)4H before entry of the vessel
 Sea-freight export
(Default)same as import
(Close-range regions)Before loading cargo onto the
vessel or 30 minutes before departure
(Bulk or transshipment)Prior to departure of the vessel
(Export items to be declared on board) Within 24H
after departure of the vessel
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7. Advance Cargo Info Report(3/5)
Korea
 Air-freight import
 (By default)4H before entry of the aircraft
 (Close-range regions)Prior to departure of the aircraft
from its shipping airport
 (Express cargo)1H before entry of the aircraft
 Air-freight export
 Submission shall be finalized before loading cargo on to
the aircraft or 30 minutes before its departure
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7. Advance Cargo Info Report(4/5)
 Chinese Taipei
 Sea-freight export manifest:The export manifest should be reported 24
hours before the shipment is loaded on the export vessel. The export manifest
(message N5202 907) should be submitted to the Single Window by the
transportation carrier (or his service agent) through transmission of the VAN
service provider, which will be accepted by the Customs and operated
accordingly.
 Sea-freight export customs declaration:The shipper or his outsourced
customs broker needs to submit the formal export customs declaration report
(message N5203) through VAN to the Single Window 1 hour before the
cargo/shipment arrives at the customs control zone, which will be received and
handled by the Customs accordingly. The Customs Control Zone covers
container yard and warehouse for the in-land and port shipment.
 Air-freight export manifest:The shipper or his outsourced customs broker
needs to transmit the message of export manifest N5202 to the Customs via
Single Window with VAN’s service 30 minutes before the aircraft departs.
 Air-freight export customs declaration:The shipper or his outsourced
customs broker needs to submit the message of export declaration N5203 to
the Customs via Single Window with VAN’s service 1 hour before the
container/goods arrives in the control Zone.
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7. Advance Cargo Info Report(5/5)
Singapore
To facilitate faster customs clearance for the air transport
community, an Advance Clearance for Courier and Express
Shipment System (ACCESS) was developed, which enables
pre-clearance for courier companies, allowing them to
submit the pre-clearance shipment information for the air
express and on-board-courier shipments to the Singapore
Customs.
Thank you!
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