Challenges and Opportunities of Customs Reform and Trade Facilitation: Jordans experience Ein El Sok

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Challenges and Opportunities of Customs Reform
and Trade Facilitation Jordans experience Ein
El Sokhna EgyptApril 17-20, 2004
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The Hashemite Kingdom of JordanMinistry of
Finance Customs Department

• Prepared presented by
• Tayseer Younis
• Deputy Director of Planning and
  Organization-Customs Department

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Role of Customs in Trade Facilitation

• Trade facilitation What is it?
• Simplification of international trade procedures.
  
• Change from revenue-collecting administrations.
• Maintain effective efficient controls ensure
  compliance protect the society.

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Establishment of Customs Department

• Established in 1922
• Known as Directorate of Excise and General
  Statistics
• The first law was in 1926
• The first customs tariff was issued in 1963
• Forty customs Houses
• Clearance Customhouses, Border, Postal
  Customhouse

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Our Vision

• To be among the pioneers of the world in
  providing a high quality customs services to all
  stakeholders

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Our Mission

• Providing an excellent customs service that
  fulfills the comprehensive growth requirements
  and copes with the development at the national
  and international levels

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Objectives of JCD

• Continue supplying the Treasury with revenues
• Contribute to the commercial and economic growth
  and promote investment
• Control the flow of travelers, goods and means of
  transportation

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Objectives of JCD (continued)

• Combat smuggling and other illicit trade
  activities
• Protect the local society and environment
• Achieve discipline and accountability - promote
  integrity

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Purposes of Customs Reform

• TO achieve the major objectives of customs
  effectively and efficiently
• Customs is exposed to corruption more than any
  other dept

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Steps taken by JCD in the Reform Process

• Optimum use of information technology
• Customs legislation and policy
• Simplification and Harmonization of Customs
  Procedures
• Human Resources development and training
• An integrity and anti-corruption program.

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Steps of reform (Continued)

• Optimum use of information technology
• Implementation of ASYCUDA
• V-SAT communication network
• X-ray inspection equipment
• Customs Departments Website
• Electronic system for receiving complaints
  suggestions

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Steps of reform(Continued)-IT

• The intranet
• Inquiries about transfer declarations
• Inquiries about rate of customs duties
• Data exchange
• CD containing all information on agreements

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Steps of reform(Continued)

• Customs legislation and policy
• Review the Customs Law
• Exempting and investment promotion
• Commitment to conventions
• Transparency publication, brochures, website
• The Administrative Organization System No.(43) of
  2000
• Partnership council with the private sector
• Strategic planing

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Steps of reform(Continued)

• Simplification and Harmonization of Procedures
• Coordination and cooperation with other
  departments
• Delegation of powers
• Computerized customs systems
• Value database

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Steps of reform(Continued)- simplification

• Partnership council with the private sector
• Payment of duties visa cards
• Accession to customs convention
• ISO 9001/2000 - TQM

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Steps of reform(Continued)

• Human resources development training
• Recruitment strategy
• Improvement of staff of the Department
• Customs Training Centre
• Yearly training plan
• Comprehensive training programs local, regional

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Steps of reform(Continued)

• An integrity and anti-corruption program
• Participation of the JCD in many Conferences
• Clear and precise laws and regulations
• Computerized customs procedures
• Regulations and notifications newspapers, the
  official Gazette, Customs website

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Integrity (Continued)

• Recruitment Civil Service System
• exams, interviews, committees
• Cooperation with Combating Corruption Directorate
• Salaries, incentives , allowances
• Inspection Directorate, Internal Audit
  Directorate

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Integrity (Continued)

• Accounting Bureau office in the Department
• Housing, health insurance
• Code of conduct and job ethics
• Cooperation with Combating corruption Directorate
  of the Intelligence Department.

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Establishing Customs Training Center and holding
training programs which ensure the integrity and
the opportunities of training and education for
all staff.
Distribution of training programs for staff and
the number of participants between (1996-2001)
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What are the Challenges that face the JCD?

• Rapid technological developments
• Focus on integrity, discipline and
  accountability
• Recruitment and training of new employees
• Facilitation of legal trade activities

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Challenges (Continued)

• Go on combating smuggling
• Fulfilling the requirements of stakeholders
• Providing a high quality customs service
• Maintain the critical thinking of the Department
  

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External Factors and Threats a future vision

• Jordans accession to the WTO agreements, and
  other agreements
• Persistent development of trade and industry
• Development of smuggling strategies
• Increasing terrorist threats at the world level
• Accelerating technological development

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Our opportunities

• Royal support
• King Abdullah Award for the Excellent
  Governmental Performance and Transparency
• Regional representative of WCO
• Technical assistance

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Address of Jordan Customs

• Jordan Customs Department
• P.O Box (90)
• Amman Postal Code 11118
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Web Site www.customs.gov.jo
• E-Mail customs_at_customs.gov.jo

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Thank You
Prepared presented by Tayseer Younis Deputy
Director of Planning and Organization-Customs
Department