08.09.2008

Compliance with Statistics under Single Authorisation for simplified

procedures and centralised clearance

Customs seminar on "Single Authorisation for Simplified Procedures/ Centralised Clearance"

Budapest, 1-3 October 2008

08.09.2008 Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

EU Customs union: implications for FTS

Intrastat: statistics on trade between EU Member States

- based on Intrastat declarations

- Issues: quality, burden on enterprises, simplification Extrastat: statistics on trade with non-EU countries

- based on customs declarations

- Issues: Impact of the Modernized Community Customs Code, « European » perspective of Customs versus « national » perspective of statistics, simplification

08.09.2008 Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

Past system

With a few exceptions customs declarations are the source of statistics

EU Member State where customs declaration is lodged is the importing or exporting Member State

The only « difficulty »: Rotterdam effect

08.09.2008 Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

Goods movement: Present System

European UnionThird Countries

NL

SE

ATcustoms transit

Intrastat

quasi transit

08.09.2008 Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

Changes in the customs rules

Place of lodging customs declarations is disconnected from physical movement of goods

- Single Authorization for Simplified Procedures (SASP)

-Centralised Customs Clearance (CCC) Customs declarations not required in case of « self-

assessment », only ex-post on-site controls

08.09.2008 Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

Impact on FTS

Wrong allocation of trade flows to individual EU Member States under SASP and CCC, only EU aggregates are correct

Size of misallocation may reach in % of total trade double digit figures

Non-existence of data in case of self-assessment, as big companies might be affected impact on trade figures might be significant

08.09.2008 Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

Goods movement: Centralised Customs Clearance

European UnionThird Countries

NLparticipating MS

SEsupervising MS

ATimporting MS

customs clearance

data

08.09.2008 Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

Centralised Customs Clearance – solutions for FTS

Customs declarations have to contain information on actual importing or exporting EU Member State (MS of destination/actual export)

Data exchange system has to ensure that data available in the supervising EU Member State reach the actual importing or exporting EU Member State

08.09.2008 Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

Problems

Information on Member State of destination/actual export is not mandatory data element on the customs declaration

Quality of this information Data exchange system among 27 Member States is

costly, problem of timeliness Use of e-customs system is difficult as it was designed

for different purposes

08.09.2008 Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

Self-assessment

Customs declarations in traditional sense don’t exist Alternative system of direct collection of data by

Customs or statistical administrations will increase reporting burden on companies

Quality difficulties similar to Intrastat

08.09.2008 Extrastat in the context of the Modernized Community Customs Code

New Extrastat

New regulation on Extrastat to be adopted by the European Parliament and the Council and to enter into force in 2010

Reaction to the changes in the EU Customs system New indicators: trade by business characteristics, trade

by invoicing currency Enhanced quality framework