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Implementing UNeDocs in Pakistan

Implementing UNeDocs in Pakistan. Javaid Mansoor Executive Secretary National Trade & Transport Facilitation Committee - Pakistan. 2-6 October, 2006. UNeDocs Workshop, New Delhi, India. NTTFC - Pakistan. Established: August 2001

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Implementing UNeDocs in Pakistan

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  1. Implementing UNeDocs in Pakistan Javaid Mansoor Executive Secretary National Trade & Transport Facilitation Committee - Pakistan 2-6 October, 2006 UNeDocs Workshop, New Delhi, India

  2. NTTFC - Pakistan • Established: August 2001 • Worked with Pakistan Customs to introduce Goods Declaration as SAD • Coordinating with Pakistan Customs in implementation of PACCS • Pakistan Electronic Trading (PAKET) Study • UNeDocsPK Project

  3. Goods Declaration

  4. CARE Initiative & PACCS In 2002 the Central Board of Revenue initiated CARE (Customs Administrative Reforms) as part of its campaign to revamp the Federal tax collection machinery. PACCS (Pakistan Customs Computerized System) is the result of three years of R&D under this initiative.

  5. Broad Principles of Customs Reform • Completely Paperless • Web enabled • Online with all domestic stakeholders in the supply chain • Online with all domestic regulatory authorities • Advanced information of cargo, crew and passengers • Risk management

  6. PACCS Environment PACCS inaugurated on April 18, 2005 as pilot project at KICT • Single window • Paperless virtual environment • Self assessment • Expeditious clearance • 24 X 7 operations • End to end integrated Customs • Secure assessment and examination area • Risk management system

  7. Achievements • Pilot project at KICT successfully implemented • Reduction of Average Dwell Time from 11 days to less than 5 days • Reduction of average Customs clearance to 4 hours • Reduction from 26 steps to 1 step • Corruption-free environment • Reduction in cost of doing business • Elimination of discretion • Secured environment • PACCS rolled out to PICT and QICT in September 2006 • Countrywide implementation scheduled for June 2007

  8. PAKET Study • Review existing requirements, procedures and processes for import, export and transit documents • Identify existing systems and resources of relevant stakeholder organizations • Consider “best practice” methods in existing electronic platforms in other countries • Determine legal, technical and human resource implications of implementing PAKET • Propose implementation options and best approach

  9. PAKET Study Findings • PACCS has features of Single Window and scope for expansion • Some government organizations and large business enterprises have IT systems for interaction with PAKET • Many government organizations and most of small and medium enterprises lack IT systems • Human resource development is essential to enable IT interaction with PAKET • Strong government commitment required for successful implementation of PAKET

  10. PAKET Recommendations • First implement PACCS to its maximum potential • Build on PACCS to implement PAKET as Public Private Partnership • Methodology for moving forward from paper based commercial documents to electronic documents for making use of PAKET was not defined by the study report

  11. UNeDocsPK Project • Pakistan requested UN/CEFACT TBG2 support in August 2005 for development of customized UNeDocsPK • Develop a UNeDocs compliant data model defining specifications of international trade documents aligned to UNLK • Aligned to WCO data model, UNTDED and CCTS standards • Derivation of document structure and UN/CEFACT conformant XML schema acceptable to all users

  12. UNeDocsPK Project • Project to develop layout of international trade documents based on UNLK • Development of UNeDocsPK to be followed by development of an electronic trading platform for document exchange • Extensive training for transformation from paper based documents to UNeDocs

  13. Commercial transactions in Pakistan are mainly paper based Only a few UNLK based government documents introduced recently – Goods Declaration, Phytosanitary Certificate, Certificate of Origin UNLK based Commercial Invoice not yet adopted by most enterprises Challenges for UNeDocsPK

  14. Transformation to electronic documents will have to be gradual Methodology and guidelines required for electronic use of UNLK documents and subsequent adoption of UNeDocs Training material and technical support required for orientation of traders to use electronic documents Challenges for UNeDocsPK

  15. Lessons Learnt • Don’t reinvent the wheel • Automation is more than putting a PC on each desk • First decide the business process and then introduce the change • Don’t change the team during the game • Consult, consult and consult • Adopt best practices

  16. THANK YOU! www.nttfc.org info@nttfc.org

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