1. Afghan Customs Department Strengthening Transport Connectivity & Trade Facilitation Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, Pakistan, 9-10, 2013

2. ASYCUDAWorld for Transit Facilitation Malyar Jabarkhel, ASYCUDA Program, Afghan Customs Department

3. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance New LLC Concept From Land Locked Country (LLC) To Land Link Country (LLC)

4. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance Landlocked and transit developing countries continued to benefit from the UNCTAD Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) which is designed to speed up customs procedures through the use of information technology. The new web-based “ASYCUDAWorld”, is being implemented in Afghanistan

5. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance ASYCUDA in the world 30 years of customs modernization experience 100 implementations on 5 continents 70,000 trained users 15,000,000 Customs operations per year 50,000,000 database transactions per year 19 languages and 8 alphabets 8 Regional Support Center

6. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance ASYCUDA in Afghanistan Project Started in 2005 – ASYCUDA ++ ASYCUDA World Started in 2013 13 Customs Offices Went Live with Transit 11 Customs Offices with Import/Export Process Risk Management, Revolving Guarantee Data Exchange with Pakistan Piloted 95% of Total Trade and Transit Covered 300/Day International Transit (T2) Declaration 1500 /day Inland Transit (T1) Declaration

7. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance ASYCUDA Transit (Afghanistan)

8. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance Introduction - ASYCUDAWorld today Integrated multifunctional platform International and European standards (WCO, ISO, UNECE, the EU) Customs-centric Single Window (e-portal, e-signature, e-licensing, multiagency risk-management) Enhanced technical features (web-services, SOA, XML, barcodes, portable devices) Regional transit and cross-border data exchange

9. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance ASYCUDA Transit e-Documents

10. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance ASYCUDA Transit Control and Monitoring Implementation of automated customs transit procedures at national level: All transit procedures are in line with international standards and best practices All transit declarations are submitted in electronic format All transit data, generated in the customs offices, is automatically consolidated in the Customs HQ All reference data, updated by HQ, is automatically sent to customs sites

11. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance ASYCUDA EDI Under APTTA

12. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance ASYCUDA TIR Submission of pre-arrival information through TIR-EPD Real time cross check of TIR Carnets validity Automatic generation and transfer of SafeTIR messages EPD administration, management of black lists, stolen carnets etc.

13. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance ASYCUDA Transit e-Documents

14. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance Enhanced Technical Capabilities Integration of images into ASYCUDA Transit document. All types of media files

15. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance Enhanced Technical Capabilities Integration of x-ray images into ASYCUDA Transit document. Opportunity to compare x-rays at the point of entry and point of departure.

16. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance Enhanced Technical Capabilities New functionalities provided by technology - barcode readers - PDAs, portable devices - number plate recognition - automatic barriers

17. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance Enhanced Technical Capabilities Automatically generated e-mails and SMS when specific events take place (early warning system) Customs DG Inspection Enforcement Trader Internal Audit Border control

18. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance ASYCUDA Regional Transit (centralised)

19. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance ASYCUDA Regional Transit (decentralised )

20. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance Conclusions Key factors of efficient customs transit: Legal framework Integration of Functions on Regional Level Secure guarantee system Infrastructure Modern and efficient computerised system

21. ASYCUDA Project – Afghanistan Customs – Ministry of Finance Thank You www.asycuda.gov.af