1. Regional Perspectives on Paperless Trade:
Paperless Trade in International Supply Chains: Enhancing Efficiency and Security
Regional Perspectives on Paperless Trade:
MONGOLIA
Erdenepurev Amarkhuu,
Geneva, Switzerland
22 June 2005

2. Agenda: The country overview
Tentative program on E-commerce in Mongolia
From ASYCUDA to GAMAS

3. Real GDP growth (percentage change)-3
2.3
6.3
2.4
3.2
4.0
10.6
6.0 4
5.6
1.0
1.1
3.5 -4 -2 2 6 8 10
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 11

4. GDP, by sectors (in percentage, 2004)

5. Inflation rate (end of period)
60.0
50.0
44.6
53.1
40.0
30.0
20.5
20.0
11.0
10.0
8.1
6.0
8.0
10.0
1.6
4.7
0.0
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004

6. Foreign Trade Turnover (in million USD)

7. Tentative Program on E-commerce in Mongolia
Main purpose
Activities
To create improved environment for e-commerce
Information data base, and info management system
Participate in international e-commerce

8. Tentative Program on E-commerce in Mongolia, Continued
Targets:
To create access to e-commerce for the capital city, all centers of aimags, and 70% of all somons (administrative units) by year of 2012.
To increase business volume of B2B (business to business) by 10% and of B2C (business to consumer) by 20%.
To make the e-commerce as a main tool for increase foreign trade turnover

9. Tentative Program on E-commerce in Mongolia, Continued
Actions:
to build a basement for the –commerce
to elaborate information data base and information management system
to join international e-commerce alliances and to participate in international e-commerce
to promote cross border e-commerce

10. From ASYCUDA to GAMAS ASYCUDA: Since 1993
Penetrated into 12 customs posts
Total cost for the system: USD900,000

11. ASYCUDA: Achievements:
Automation of customs clearance, control, collecting duties
A step forward to international standard of foreign trade and transport related documents
Registration of customs inspectors
Regulation of job distribution among inspectors
Procurement of equipment such as PC, printers etc

12. ASYCUDA: Continued Disadvantages:
Incomplete coverage of all customs posts
No network
Statistical data should go through many procedures
Lack of economical data analysis tools
costly
time consuming

13. ASYCUDA: Continued Problems:
Y2K problem during the transition of
Guarantee expired
Necessary software/programs were out of date

14. GAMAS: Mission statement:
Simplify and automate customs clearance procedures
Facilitate international trade
Digitize logistics process

15. GAMAS: Continued: The main objectives::
to initiate automatic system of customs information,
to increase efficiency of links between customs office and business entities, freight forwarding companies, customs brokers, banks, and government authorities,
to create environment in which technical tasks (computing, digitally storing, transferring etc) and manpower assignment (relationship between inspectors and customers) is clearly separated
to create e-customs that will make its contribution to the project of e-government.

16. GAMAS: Continued-2 Main advantages vs. the previous system:
capable of work within the Windows system
Easy to use and apply as it is in mongolian language
Information database uses the up to date technology such as SQL-2000
Easy to make a change in it following the fast developing IT technology
It is first national system

17. GAMAS: Continued-3 Main achievements:
Completing 64.7% of total customs clearance
Making 90.3% of budget revenue
First integrated system

18. GAMAS: Continued-4 Further goals:
connect all customs posts and units into one integrated system online
to create centralized system of control
to increase PC skills of inspectors particularly in rural areas
to elaborate the GAMAS system according to the current development of IT technology

19. ASYCUDA vs. GAMAS Procedures: ASYCUDA GAMAS Customs clearance
Use of typewriters
Software, and PC printing
Assessment/evaluation: and number of staff
By hand,
2 inspectors
PC program
1 inspector
Collecting duties, final permission of release and number of staff
Data base creating
DOS program,
1.44 Floppy disks
Windows system, through network
Control
By hand
Statistical data, report etc
DOS program and MS Excel

20. ASYCUDA vs. GAMAS Procedures: ASYCUDA GAMAS 1 Customs clearance
Procedures:
ASYCUDA
GAMAS 1
Customs clearance
Time consuming
5-8 times shortened 2
Control
Through several steps
At the moment 3
Management
Inconsistent, separated
Integrated 4
Statistics checking
Through many steps
At any time 5
Information database
Incl. hand procedures,
PC program
Paper based
Online based

21. ASYCUDA vs. GAMAS Conclusion:
the first national integrated online system
automation of customs clearance procedures
enabling online declaration
enabling online duties payment
enabled intranet
increased control management
decreased customs offence
increased revenue to state budget

22. UNESCAP
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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