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IRU Contribution to further secure and facilitate trade in the Silk Road region through TIR

IRU Contribution to further secure and facilitate trade in the Silk Road region through TIR. Batumi, Georgia, 27 October 2011. The IRU and our actions in the Silk Road region. This is the IRU. Evolution of IRU Membership. Created 1948 National Associations from 8 founding countries.

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IRU Contribution to further secure and facilitate trade in the Silk Road region through TIR

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  1. IRU Contribution to further secure and facilitate trade in the Silk Road region through TIR Batumi, Georgia, 27 October 2011

  2. The IRU and our actions in the Silk Road region (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  3. This is the IRU (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  4. Evolution of IRU Membership Created1948 National Associations from 8 founding countries 2011180 Members 74 Countries Belgium Denmark France Netherlands Norway Sweden UK Switzerland

  5. IRU Priority Issues • Sustainable Development • Innovation • Incentives • Infrastructure • Facilitation • Trade • Tourism • Road Transport • Facilitate border crossing through efficient customs transit systems & modern control tools (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  6. What does it take to have a cup of coffee in a café? What is Globalisation? The combined efforts of 29 companies in 18 countries Road Transport has become a vital production tool! Source: IRU (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  7. Globalisation and its Impact: Ports are saturated Saturated Saturated to US West Coast to US West Coast Sea transport Land transport Key: (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  8. Evolution of sea containersin ports in 1971 Global Container Volumes 1971 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  9. Evolution of sea containersin ports in 1980 Global Container Volumes 1980 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  10. Evolution of sea containersin ports in 1990 Global Container Volumes 1990 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  11. Evolution of sea containersin ports in 2000 Global Container Volumes 2000 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  12. Evolution of sea containersin ports in 2010 Global Container Volumes 2010 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  13. Silk Road revitalisation If the Silk Road worked for Marco Polo then, why shouldn’t it work for trade and transport today? (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  14. Interconnecting all the businesses along the reopened Silk Road Saturated Saturated To East Coast Diesel fuel = 30 cents/litre Labour costs = $200/month To US East Coast To Black Sea to US West Coast to US West Coast Sea transport Land transport Key: (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  15. Interconnecting all the businesses along the reopened Silk Road Saturated Saturated To CIS To East Coast To EU To Black Sea To US East Coast to US West Coast to US West Coast To Mid East Sea transport Land transport Key: (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  16. Beijing-Brussels Caravan 2004 Brussels Beijing (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  17. Black Sea Ring Highway Truck Caravan 2007 The Caravan was initiated with the aim of promoting the future BSEC Ring Highway and identifying the physical road conditions and the non-physical barriers to road transport. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  18. IRU-ECO Silk Road Truck Caravan 2010Driving Progress from Islamabad to Istanbul Supported by 7 ECO member countries Monitoring the ECO Transit Transport Framework Agreement ECO Secretary General, Mohammad Yahya P. Maroofi (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  19. Road Freight Transport: Interconnecting every business and every transport mode between Europe and Asia – Focus on the Caucasus (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  20. The TIR System (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  21. The TIR System The bestmultilateral facilitation and security instrument for international transport and trade. Based on TIR Convention of 1975. Provides world-wide coverage. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  22. TIR Geographical Scope Contracting Parties 68 In Negotiation Process 13 Page 22 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  23. TIR is multi-modal TIR is multi-modal - road, rail, maritime, waterways and air transport – so long as one part of the journey is by road. Page 23 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  24. Pillars of the TIR System TIR System Secure vehicles and containers International Chainof Guarantee SafeTIR & IRU TIR-EPD TIR Carnet Mutual Recognitionof Customs Controls Controlled Access TIR Convention (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  25. TIR meets WCO SAFE requirements for Advance Cargo Information Requirement fulfilled by   (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  26. Facilitation Secure Trade Facilitation = (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  27. Key IRU IT instruments and their benefits to Customs and Trade (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  28. TIR IT Risk Management Tools:IRU TIR-EPD TIRElectronicPre-Declaration 1100110100110101 11011 11001101001101 1100110100110101 11001101001101 1100110100110 1011011001010101 01011 101101100101010 1011011001010101 101101100101010 101101100101010 11010 11011 11010 11010 11010 11010 11010 11010 11010 10101 10101 10100 11010 10101 10100 11010 10100 11010 11011 11001 110100100111010 1101111001010101 110100100111010 11010 01010 00101 00101 00100010111010 0010111001010101 00100010111010 00100 10101 11011 11001 11010 11101 11011 11010 11010 00101 11101 11101 11100 10101 11011 11100 11100 11010 11010 11010 11011 00111 1110111001010101 11011 101101100101010 11010 11010 11011 11010 1101011001010101 11012 1100110100110 Connecting Business and Customsfor facilitating and securing international trade (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  29. Electronic Advance Cargo InfoIRU TIR-EPD Single Window Concept 1 2 Customs authorities confirm reception of the message, validate the guarantee and release the cargo for transit. Traders & Carriers submit free-of-charge electronic pre-declarations to Customs authorities in different countries Benefits: this exchange of advance information facilitates pre-arrival risk analysis and makes border crossings simpler, more secure and faster. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  30. TIR IT Risk Management Tools: IRU Real Time SafeTIR (RTS) Connecting Business and Customsto facilitate and secure international trade 24/7 TIR Carnet guarantee status and validity check through web portal Automatic TIR Carnet validity check through direct link between Customs and IRU IT systems Automatic transmission of TIR Customs data to the IRU (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  31. Increased Security thanks to IRU RTS The status of the TIR Carnet is : • Valid (with following details: Holder ID, validity date, Issuing Association name) • Invalid • Not issued/False/other situations Real Time SafeTIR and TIR-EPD provide security to allow the issuance of $1billion/day in guarantees CustomsMoscow SafeTIR data IRU Geneva What is the status of the TIR Carnet ? Real Time SafeTIR: SafeTIR Customs data is sent by Customs in real time as soon as the TIR transport isterminated Information is made available to all relevant actors (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  32. Implementation in Georgia In partnership with Georgia Revenue Service and UNCTAD (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  33. Project Objectives ASYCUDA World TIR On June 17th 2011, the Georgia Revenue Service, the Georgian International Road Carriers Association (GIRCA) and the IRU signed a MOU to implementReal-TimeSafeTIR and TIR-EPD in Georgia through ASYCUDA In 2010, UNCTAD and IRU signed a technical assistance project on the integration of the latest features (Real-Time SafeTIR, TIR-EPD) of the IRU's TIR system into the ASYCUDA system (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  34. Project Partners Department for International Relations of Georgia IT Center / Georgia Revenue Service Georgian International Road Carriers Association (GIRCA) UNCTAD IRU (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  35. Project Timeline Oct. 2011 / 2012 July 2011 August 2011 Sept. 2011 April 2011 … Alignment on technical requirements Agreement on types of electronic messages Implementation Testing Acceptance « Go live » Promotion of the IRU TIR-EPD application among the Holders (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  36. Expected Key Benefits for Customs Submission of pre-arrival information • Advance processing by Customs (risk-management) • Automatic retrieval of documents • Less waiting time / faster processing at border Automatic cross-check of validity of TIR Carnet • Facilitation of legitimate trade • More efficient Customs controls, including transit monitoring/control Automatic generation/transfer of SafeTIR message • Timely transactions • Better control of entire Customs operations cycle Component of ASYCUDA Single Window environment Fully NCTS/TIR compatible (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  37. Expected Key Benefits for Traders Free of charge service - no need for broker assistance Simpler and faster border crossing procedures Guaranteed confidentiality of commercial data “Single window” concept - EPD sent simultaneously to all countries Accessible via the Internet from anywhere in the world User interface is available in more than 15 languages (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  38. Conclusions (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011 Next steps

  39. Conclusion The IRU is committed to work in partnership with Customs Authorities and National Associations in the Silk Road region in further securing and facilitating trade through the implementation of TIR, the best multilateral, globally available, UN-convention based instrument (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

  40. www.iru.org (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011

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