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Trade related aid A reality check

Trade related aid A reality check. 21 st March 2006. Roderic Lichkus. General information. BRIEF cv Business in SA My role in trade facilitation- Boksburg Group Trade specifically exports an imperative Private sectors involvement This forum and notice. Trade. Expectations

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Trade related aid A reality check

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  1. Trade related aid A reality check 21st March 2006 Roderic Lichkus

  2. General information • BRIEF cv • Business in SA • My role in trade facilitation- Boksburg Group • Trade specifically exports an imperative • Private sectors involvement • This forum and notice

  3. Trade • Expectations • Expediting the movement, release and clearance of goods including in transit. • Technical assistance and support for capacity building. • Effective co operation between authorities. • Transparency, predictability, consistency and consultation. • Actuality • Mistrust • Scepticism • Fraud • Smuggling • Draconian enforcement • Low capacity

  4. Environment • Global • International • Africa regional • COMESA • SADC • Local • RSA • SACU

  5. Supply Chain Management • Government view • Policy- enforcement • Unscrupulous international companies • Business view • Labour view • Industry view • Not always the same • Time • Cost • Infrastructure

  6. Africa • Critical to enhance competitiveness of African economies. • Promote intra Africa trade • Reflected in the: • Bilateral • Sub-regional • Regional agreements

  7. Implications of AID for TRADE • Impact and environment studies • Moral obligations • Objectives • Special interest group’s hidden agendas • Political agendas and trade-offs • Implementation and review programmes • Maintenance, monitoring • Re Engineering and restructuring. • Better planning less changes

  8. Implications for the country • Compliance • Consultative • All the stakeholders and timeously • Protection • Social • Anti-dumping, safeguards • Non tariff barriers • Distortions • Transfer Pricing, multi-nationals • Import parity pricing, knee jerk reaction from locals.

  9. RSA and regional priorities • Reduce high cost of transportation and communication. • Reduce administration • Automation • Risk management • Accreditation • SAD • “One stop shop” “one window” • Use of IDZ and EPZ • Distorting duties on raw materials

  10. Timing • Phased approach • Capacity building • Enhanced and Special Differential Treatment • Beyond longer transition periods • Operations • Flexibility with self assessment • Commitment to long term fully implementation programmes

  11. Political will for simplified border procedures • Support of trade community and improved compliance • Co-operation with other border agencies • Impetus for customs capacity building • Boksburg-type dialogue between trade policy (incl. Geneva), customs and business essential • Project Prisma. How can the professional process benefit

  12. WCO revised Kyoto Convention • Principles for modern customs procedures • Partnership with trade • Transparency and predictability, incl. advance rulings • Use of modern technology • Risk management (better resource allocation) • Specially simplified procedures for authorized traders • Blueprint for customs to • Implement effective and efficient controls; and • Facilitate legitimate trade • Complementary to the WTO rules • Implementation tools for the WTO rules

  13. Self Assessment Checklists • Tertiary education. • Secondments • More comprehensive diagnostic tools available • Framework of Standards • Harmonizing advance electronic manifest • Using a common risk management approach • Using non-intrusive detection equipment to effect examinations • Leading to the accrual of benefits to nations, customs and business • Customs-to-customs pillar • Custom-to-business pillar

  14. Evolution of customs Revenue Collection of import taxes(duties & excise) Protection of Economic Interests (domestic industry) Protection of Society <health, safety> (drug trafficking, firearms, environment, counterfeit etc.) Customs function Economic Development <trade, investment> (trade facilitation) Security <terrorism> (shifting focus to entire supply chain)

  15. SO • Crucial for implementing global standards • Customs Capacity Building Strategy • Diagnostic and integrity tools installed • Regional approach • A moral Responsibility to • Tax payer • Recipient country or region • WTO members at large

  16. Thank you

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