Customs Administration of the Republic of Macedonia

CEFTA Week 2013CEFTA Week 2013

Customs Customs Facilitation of Facilitation of Foreign TradeForeign Trade

SarajevoSarajevo, , November November 20120133

Gorgi Naumovski, Dimche AdjioskiGorgi.naumovski@customs.gov.mkDimce.adzioski@customs.gov.mk

Customs FacilitationCustoms Facilitation

Customs Facilitation

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Single submission

of the documents

Submission of the declaration

before presentation of

the goods

Customs clearance at the border crossings

Simplified Procedures

EXIM – Electronic single window system EXIM – Electronic single window system for issuing export & import licensesfor issuing export & import licenses

Available at Available at www.exim.gov.mk, administrated by , administrated by MCAMCA

Recommended by UNECE as a Recommended by UNECE as a model for development of the model for development of the SW in the regionSW in the region

First award as software First award as software application in the public application in the public sectorsector

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EXIM – Electronic single window system EXIM – Electronic single window system for issuing export & import licensesfor issuing export & import licenses

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Q 1 Q 2 Total

Number of involved public institutions 16 16 16 16

Number of licenses issued via EXIM 62 62 60 60

Number of economic operators users of the EXIM 3,540 3,847 4,132 4,132

Import, export and transit licenses issued via EXIM 71,467 17,630 19,277 36,907

Applications for tariff quota submitted via EXIM 4,091 927 987 1,914

Average time for obtaining a license via EXIM 1,5 hour 2,4 hours 2 hours 2,2 hours

EXIM RELATED STATISTICS

Description 20122013

EXIM – Electronic single window system EXIM – Electronic single window system for issuing export & import licensesfor issuing export & import licenses

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Q 1 Q 2 Total

Authorisation for import of veterinary-medical products 145 41 43 84

Document for veterinary examination of animal feed at import 432 122 165 287

Veterinary entry document for live animals 609 115 136 251

Veterinary entry document for products of animal origin 12,893 2,891 3,253 6,144

Consent for consignments of food, products or materials that come in contact with food to

enter the territory of the Republic of Macedonia

27,375 6,157 7,566 13,723

Authorisation for transfer of firearms and amunition on import 106 24 42 66

License for export of Precursors 164 29 41 70

License for export of narcotics and psychotropic substances 524 120 127 247

License for import of Precursors 220 64 51 115

Permit for import of medicines 3,226 895 868 1,763

Permit for import of medical aids 3,717 1,035 1,049 2,084

Permit for import of hazardous and other types of chemicals 1,146 353 300 653

License for import of narcotics and psychotropic substances 143 44 40 84

License for transport/ transit of hazardous substances 907 293 291 584

Consent for customs clearance of goods of common use 8,237 1,884 2,188 4,072

Certificate for organoleptic examination and sampling 9,464 2,919 2,294 5,213

Authorisation for import of plant protection products 140 100 85 185

Certificate for export and exit of unprotected cultural goods 266 127 140 267

Other licenses 1,753 417 598 1,015

Total: 71,467 17,630 19,277 36,907

Type of license2013

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NUMBER OF IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENSES ISSUED VIA EXIM

E-Lohn - E_E-Lohn - E_management management of customs of customs procedures with economic impactprocedures with economic impact

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Electronic submission of the documents, faster processing of submitted documents; full transparency automatic comparison of data from documents submitted with the data from the system for processing customs declarations

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Q 1 Q 2 Total

Number of users 197 228 248 248

Approved requests 60 343 837 1,180

Authorisation for inward processing 4 93 26 119

Authorisation for outward processing 0 2 2 4

Authorisation for temporary admission 1 0 0 0

Authorisation for customs warehousing 1 6 2 8

Processing under customs surveillance 1 1 0 1

Simplified temporary admission 16 130 668 798

Simplified inward processing 13 10 11 21

Simplified outward processing 24 101 128 229

Messages exchanged via the system 575 2,428 3,876 6,304

Discharge - regular export procedure 246 1,320 2,335 3,655

Discharge - final customs clearance 27 47 58 105

Discharge - re-export 46 190 267 457

Discharge - destruction 36 86 252 338

Rates of yield 133 320 267 587

Discharge of inward processing 87 465 697 1,162

UTILISATION OF THE E_LOHN SYSTEM

Description 2012 2013

PEC - Portal for Electronic PEC - Portal for Electronic Communication within EDMSCommunication within EDMS

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EDMS PortalEDMS Portal

Used by 1.200 users within the CARM, more than 200.000 accesses per year within the CARM, more than 70.000 new documents created per year.

PEC - Portal for Electronic PEC - Portal for Electronic Communication within EDMSCommunication within EDMS

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PEC PortalPEC Portal

PEC - Portal for Electronic PEC - Portal for Electronic Communication within EDMSCommunication within EDMS

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Q 1 Q 2 ?

Number of users 351 362 371 371

Requests received 19,736 5,121 6,734 11,855

Request for relief from import duty 6,738 1,216 1,671 2,887

General Request 5,342 1,333 1,418 2,751Request for simplified procedure at export 1,378 537 580 1,117

Request for extension of deadline 1,077 175 241 416

Request for simplified procedure at import 874 176 319 495

Request for destruction of goods 362 154 68 222

Request for lodgement of incomplete declaration 57 509 1,372 1,881

Other requests 3,908 1,021 1,065 2,086

Approved requests 11,430 2,310 2,411 4,721

Request for relief from import duty 4,806 821 822 1,643

General Request 1,841 379 473 852

Request for simplified procedure at export 1,212 485 525 1,010

Request for extension of deadline 671 119 75 194

Request for simplified procedure at import 766 138 155 293

Request for destruction of goods 260 24 34 58

Request for lodgement of incomplete declaration 28 7 3 10

Other requests 1,846 337 324 661

USE OF PEC

Description 20122013

Other ICT supportOther ICT support

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43 applications in function supported by massive hardware and communication equipment

Each application has a designated Functional Project Manager and ICT Support Engineers responsible for technical support

MAKCIS – Information System of the Customs Administration was certified by the Ministry of Information Society and Administration

The average availability of the ICT systems and applications was 99.7%, which means that the targeted goal of 99,5% has been reached

EU related IT projectsEU related IT projects

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NCTS expected to be accomplished at very beginning of 2014

Expected start for joining CT – June 2014

ITE - in progress – to be accomplished May 2014

Simplified ProceduresSimplified Procedures

Fast, easy and effective customs clearance; Lower cost than classical clearance at the

terminals; Customs clearance can be done after

working hours of the Custom, during the weekends or public holydays;

Easy planning of the business process; Building of the partnership with the

Customs; First step to AEO

Benefits

Valid Authorizations in 2011 – 200, in 2012 – 314

Percentage of simplified procedures by items in the declaration increased in 2009 - 2012 from 28% to 47% (import) and from 4,3% to 18% (export).

Import and Export Customs Import and Export Customs Clearance at the Border CrossingsClearance at the Border Crossings

Faster tradeLonger working hours, one stop of the shipment

Decrease of the expansesNo expenses for transit declaration, free of charge stay on the terminal

Fewer documents neededNo transit declaration

Deve Bair, Delchevo and Novo Selo – with BulgariaBogorodica and Medzitlija – with Greece

Kafasan – with AlbaniaBlace – with Kosovo

Tabanovce – with Serbia

Submission of the Declaration Submission of the Declaration Before Presentation of the GoodsBefore Presentation of the Goods

Decrease of the waiting time on the border crossings

Facilitating the movement of the goods

Less cost for the operators Improvement of utilization of

recourses of customs and the operators

At latest, 2 hours before presentation of the goodsCopies of the documents are submittedDeclaration is registered in the systemIf the goods are not presented in 48 hours, the declaration is canceled automatically

•Copies are replaced with originals (if needed) •Customs control (depends on risk analysis)•The goods are sealed•Transit guaranty is charged

Why Single Submission of the Why Single Submission of the Documents?Documents?

In Customs Procedures the same documents are often submitted in several declarations and/or in several customs offices.

Documents can be in paper or in electronic form (PEK);

Those documents have long or unlimited validity period

Import of the Documents in eDMSImport of the Documents in eDMS

If the document is issued by CARM, it is entered in the system after issuing;

If it is not issued by CARM, it is entered in the system when first submitted;

The document in the system is visible to all customs officers if needed.

•Database for documents is created•No unnecessary copies of documents•Possibility to check the validity of the documents•Speeding up the procedure for the checking of the validity

Customs Administration of Customs Administration of the Republic of Macedoniathe Republic of Macedonia

THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTIONATTENTION

YOUR QUESTIONS ARE YOUR QUESTIONS ARE WELCOMEDWELCOMED

Sarajevo,Sarajevo, November November 20120133

Gorgi Naumovski, Dimche AdjioskiGorgi.naumovski@customs.gov.mkDimce.adzioski@customs.gov.mk